Tamiya Porsche 911

[dvenn]

Hope you all had a good christmas, im just about to start this one, my misses haveing bought all the right bits, unlike me, but i need some good reference pics of the engine and its plumbing, any one know a good web site or book that will help.
Cheers Dave

[Fatty]

what model 911 is it...

[keefr22]

Firstly - which Tamiya 911 is it?

If it's the recent 911 Turbo release, then it's a 930 which is an air cooled 3 litre (turbocharged obviously! ;D). There's some good pics of various air cooled motors on;

www.albertweb.de/Sonderposten/Motoren.htm

And the thing with 911 motors is they are really boring & very little can be seen when they're in the car anyway! These engines are also the ones that would be needed in the 911 GT2 release (which is a 993 model)

If the model is the 911 GT3 or the basic 911 road car model from about 8 years back, then they are both 996 models, which were the first with water cooled engines, & a good pic can be found here;

members.aol.com/jameslook/JamessPowerflow.jpg

I found both these by a quick google, but probably have many pics in the pile of Porsche books & mags I have, so if you want anything specific, PM me & I'll have a look for you.

HTH
Keith

[dvenn]

H guys its the Tamiya model of the Porsche 911GT1, raced at Le Mans in 1996

[keefr22]

Hi Dave - well, I'd forgotten that one!

I've had a quick look through my mags, as I'm sure GT Purely Porsche mag did a studio photoshoot of a 98 Evo model (which I *think* had a similar engine/transaxle) but I can't find it at the mo.

I did also remember that there was a nice build of the Tamiya kit on the gpma website, & you can find that here;

www.gpma.org/Archive/anielsen.html

I've found a couple of small pics in the 'Porsche in Motorsport - The first fifty years' by Peter Morgan book , but my scanner won't co-operate at the moment. Let me know if you want them & I'll try again tomorrow!

ATB
Keith

[dvenn]

Hi Keith, thanks for the pics, very helpful, if you can find anything that you think would be helpful i would be very grateful, as we senior people seem to be a bit behind the times where kits are concerned, although im waiting for my enzo to arrive, scary,
Cheers Dave

[keefr22]

Dave,

Can you PM me your e-mail address & I'll try & scan & send you the two pics in Morgans book. I haven't come across any more yet sorry.

Cheers & Happy New Year!

Keith