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does anyone have any info on how to import a 87-89 911 turbo from japan, is it the same rule as for gtr's and so on, does anyone have any contact info where i can speak to someone about it.

Same rules, ie , the car must be 15 years old or more to the month.

95% of them were LHD though which can be a hassle as very few states will allow them to stay that way and RH conversion done properly will be around $8-11K

Cheers

Ken

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Personally I dont think its worth it.

Servicing is way too high for a car of that age.

For example, one of the porsche's at a local auction in sydney had a repair bill listed on it, before sale. It was an 80s model 911. Repair bill was in excess of 10k !!! Close to 15k i think.

Stick with nissans

:D

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It's still worth it in a sense considered all the old shape can be converted to looks like a 993 (the last of the original aircooled 911's) - that's my intention anyway. 993's are still worth closer to $100k mark so if a $30-40k car looks like it's worth near $100k I reckon I am in front. LOL.

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dont get me wrong tommyk i love my nissan and probably wont ever sell it,( maybe in 10 years or hand it dont to my son) but i love porsches too, my car is currently a high maintanance car, monthly servicing, change of oil and filter every 2-3thousand k's, spark plugs, and the rest of shit i have to go through every time i race or drive it.

so i think that the porsche cant be that hard, my mate had a 930 turbo was immaculate baby blue, very quick machine and he didnt have any problems with it, other then going through a wall and 2 fences after trying to pop hellies in it, but hey what can you do.

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Yeah call up PR Technology in Sydney before even thinking about one. I was just thinking about a RUF enhanced 911SC and I was freaked out the engine rebuild gonna cost more than a OS Giken 3L kit for my GTR...........

why are they so expensive? what makes porshe engines different to other engines? ( i dont mean your average 6 cyl )

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Tommyk: your car doesn't need much maintenance that's because I didn't rip you off LOL :P

Skyline_boy: no idea why it's so expensive besides I've told them to do it properly. Maybe that means half the stuff aren't factory parts anymore..

Funny enough a lot of Porsche parts aren't all that expensive, ie GT3 rotors are $200 each, GT3 4 Pot calipers $750 a pop and pads for em is like $200 a set. Then again that's on par with Nissan prices...oh air filter/oil filter these sorta day to day stuff aren't all that dear either. It's just that when it comes to rebuilding them it gonna eat your heart out.

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16 k for a decent conversion i found

you can buy a decent prka from jap LHD for anout 800k

until it gets to the docks and they jump start it the wrong way and it cost you 600 for coil pack

leather seats very nice

very laggy

very fast

external wastegate

be great till the engine blows

then cry

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