1982 Porsche 911 SC Coupe Rebuilt Engine & Transmission New Clutch Restored Fuel Injection System

Many regard the 911 SC as among the best Porsches ever built.  They are simple and pure with a robust aluminum 3.0-liter short-stroke engine as well as a rust-resistant/galvanized chassis.  This generation of 911 could easily be used as daily drivers and most were.  This, combined with their robust reliability has led to most SCs having hundreds of thousands of miles on them.  Porsche produced 2,457 coupes for the U.S. in 1982.

This 911 was built in September of 1981 and sold new by Forest Lane Porsche + Audi of Dallas, Texas on October 24^th, 1981.  This SC was ordered with the following factory options:

• Platinum Metallic Paint
• Option Group M07
  • Forged alloy wheels (16×6 & 16×7)
  • Fog lights
  • Sport shocks
  • Automatic speed control
  • Dark brown headliner
  • Alarm system
• Digital Radio
• 88 Amp/Hr Battery
• Spoilers, Front & Rear
• Electric Sliding Roof

The final MSRP was $35,455.  That would be nearly $122,800 in today’s dollars.

The car was sold new to Ira Zack of Dallas Texas who kept this 911 for 4 years.  He sold it to Roswell Motorsports in Georgia on December 29^th, 1984, with 12,539 miles.  This dealer sold it to Emil Giglio of Fort Mitchell, Kentucky on February 5^th, 1985, with 13,232 miles.  Emil kept this SC for the next 13 years/50k miles (est.) and sold it on October 23^rd, 1997, to James and Amy Heldman of Vienna, West Virginia with around 65k miles.  The Heldmans kept this Porsche for the next 12 years and added another 7k miles before selling it to Astorg Motor Co. in Parkersburg, West Virginia on November 9^th, 2009, with 73,541 miles.  This dealer kept this 911 for less than a year and added less than 1k miles before selling it to Gregory Laurin of Ontario Canada on April 6^th, 2010, with around 74k miles.  Gregory owned this 911 for the next 6 years and added less than a couple of thousand miles.  During his care, he did significant work including rebuilding the engine and transmission at Foreign Automotive Service, which included the following:

• Top end engine rebuild, chain tensioners, and other repairs (7/10 @ 75k miles)
  • Remove engine and transmission
  • Send out heads for machine work
  • Cylinder head studs
  • Engine reseal/new gaskets
  • Oil return tubes
  • Spark plugs and ignition wires
  • Timing rails
  • Carrera chain tensioners (done previously)
  • Valve job
  • Clutch kit
  • New flywheel

• Rebuild transmission and other services (7/11)
  • Disassemble transmission
  • 1-4 synchro gears
  • 1-4 sleeve rings
  • 1-4 synchronizer
  • Reseal transmission
  • Selector shaft
  • Transmission fluid flush
  • Oil service
  • Ignition coil
• Replace A/C hoses/make new ones (10/13 @ 76,151 miles)

Gregory sold his 911SC to Joel Rippa, owner of Essex Motorsports, LLC in Essex, Vermont, in 2016.  Before selling it to the current owner, Rick Cabell (well-respected air-cooled specialist) of Eurotech was hired to perform the following repairs in preparation for sale:

• Replace heater boxes
• New exhaust/muffler gaskets
• New coil and cone with relays
• Heater cables and correct heat know/controller
  Replace heater hoses
• Front spoiler
• Lower valve cover gaskets
• New coil and bracket
• Power window switches and relay
• Repair sunroof

Essex sold this 911SC to the current NorCal owner on February 11^th, 2016, with 76,850 miles. This owner is a long-time Porsche enthusiast who is talented and enjoys working on his cars.  For the past decade, this owner has added another 12k miles of light weekend touring as well as further improving this survivor 911.  His goal was to do a sympathetic refurbishment of mostly mechanical and trim bits while preserving as much originality as possible.  He proceeded to go through every major system on the car to make sure it was operating correctly.  In total, he invested $35k+ not including hundreds of hours of his own time on the following services and repairs:

• Removed the engine & disassemble fuel injection system (3/16 @ 76,971 miles)
  • Test, diagnose, and replace or refurbish every part of the CIS system
  • New fuel injectors and o-rings
  • Clean and recalibrate warm up regulator
  • Replace all soft fuel lines
  • Clean and inspect all stainless fuel lines
  • Cleaned intake runners
  • New intake runner boots
  • Tested auxiliary air valve and regulator (AAV/AAR) and decel valve
  • New air box (no pop off valve needed due to CIS running properly)
  • New air box intake boots
  • New rubber air vent lines (all)
  • New oil cap
  • Tested FV, TTS, CSV and throttle enrichment switch
  • Calibrated air flow sensor
  • Cleaned and serviced control pressure regulator/fuel distributor
  • Replace fuel accumulator and fuel filter
  • Cleaned and calibrated throttle body/butterfly valve
  • Replaced Lambda ECU relay
  • Rebuild/reconditioned distributor
  • Replace CDI box with MSD ignition
  • Adjust valves/valve cover gaskets

• Ceramic coat in factory finish on entire exhaust system with all new gaskets/hardware (2/17)
• New O2 sensor and wiring / stock & functioning original catalytic converter (1/17)
• Original Fuchs wheels refurbished by Harvey Weidman (3/19)

• Suspension refresh at Custom Alignment, Mountain View, CA (8/19 @ 83,161 miles)
  • New rear Bilstein shocks (owner installed)
  • Turbo tie rods update
  • New spring plate bushings/modified with grease fittings for longevity
  • Ride height adjusted to RoW factory specification
  • 4 wheel alignment and corner balanced

• Rebuild braking system (6/20)
  • New master cylinder with new switches
  • New flexible brake lines
  • New rotors and pads
  • Rebuilt/refurbished calipers
  • New parking brake shoes
  • New dust shields
  • Parking brake switch
  • Reseal/repack rear wheel bearings
  • Replaced both rear axles

• Engine bay items serviced/replaced (2018 to 2023)
  • Nose bearing seal replaced
  • New engine cross brace
  • New rubber seals
  • New motor mounts
  • Powder coated all engine tins
  • Replaced 2 oil return tubes
  • New fresh air blower motor

• Rebuild transmission (1/21 @ 85,467 miles)
  • Remove and disassemble gearbox
  • Replace 1-4 syncrhos
  • Replace all bearings (inc. pinion and mainshaft)
  • Transmission mounts
  • Selector rod input shaft seal replaced
  • Replace all seals and gaskets
  • New clutch kit
  • Replaced shifter bushings
  • New clutch cable and clevis pin
  • Major service – spark plugs, adjust valves, oil service, belts, air filter, etc

• Other misc. items repaired during this owner’s care from 2016 to 2024
  • Pedal box copper bushings
  • Window switches
  • H4 sealed headlight bulbs/lenses
  • New battery
  • New rear light lenses and reconditioned housings with new gaskets
  • Replace all rear bulbs
  • New sunroof seals, driver door felt seal, and driver window/door seals
  • New driver’s seat bottom stuffing retaining original leather seat cover
  • New turn signal/high beam switch
  • Organize and tidy up under dash wiring
  • All new heater hoses
  • All engine hot & fresh air hoses replaced

• Recent service (8/23 @ 87,649 miles)
  • Repair high beams & fog lights/new dimmer switch
  • Front and rear hood/deck lid struts
  • Engine bay light
  • Glove box light
  • New heater box hoses
  • Lubricate pedal box
  • Clean up under-dash wiring
  • Rear engine support bracket
  • Repair seat belt & brake warning lights
  • Send out tachometer for repairs

The owner drove the car down to us from NorCal to have us prepare and help him sell it.  Besides our normal vetting process, we had the following done:

• Repair sunroof system with new cables and shade sliders at AAA Sunroof/Convertible
• Full paint correction
• Minor touch-up paint
• Steam clean underside
• Ceramic coat all painted surfaces for extended protection
• Condition leather interior and steam clean carpets

The exterior of this survivor 911 is in excellent shape with minimal signs of use.  Some of the paint is still original.  There has been touch-up and light paintwork/blending in the past, but it’s difficult to tell as the paint meter reads low as original paint and everything matches nicely.  Whatever paintwork might’ve been done was certainly many years and possibly decades earlier.  The body panel gaps are excellent with perfect shut lines.  Naturally, there are minor nicks and chips from use over the years, but most have been touched up with the proper paint.  The glass is in good shape with most of it being original.  The windshield has been replaced and there are no significant chips, cracks, or scratches on it.  The rest of the glass is in decent shape and original, wearing the proper factory stampings.  The Fuchs wheels were recently restored and are in near-perfect shape with no curb rash.  They are wearing Continental summer tires that were installed in 2019 and show no signs of age.  They have about 7k miles on them with just under half-life remaining.  The brakes are all new and have more than 75% life left.

The interior is equally as nice and indicative of a low-mile/well-cared-for survivor.  It appears to be mostly original with minimal signs of wear.  The leather front seats are original with no tears or other major issues.  The driver seat bottom padding was recently replaced for more support, but the original seat cover/skin was reused.  The rear seats look unused.  The original headliner is in great shape with no tears or stains.  The headliner lights work.  The carpet is also original with no heavy wear marks or significant stains.  The door panels are also original and in excellent condition with just slight warping of the door pockets.  The dash is perfect with no cracks or typical warping.  All the gauges work properly including the rare and never replaced US DOT 85mph speedometer (Porsche built the US DOT 85 mph speedometers between September 1979 and March of 1982).  The clock also works.  The power windows, mirrors, and recently rebuilt sunroof all work properly.  The original Blaupunkt Bamburg radio with Blaupunkt BEQ-S2 gooseneck EQ power up, however, the speakers are not connected.  The electric power antenna does work.  The A/C system evaporator has been removed (included with the car) so it doesn’t blow cold, but it does blow air and the A/C lines are all new.

The engine bay is very tidy and looks correct.  The original A/C compressor is still in place.  The engine sound pad is sagging slightly on the edges.  The top of the engine is very dry.  The underside is equally as nice with no signs of major corrosion or prior repairs.  The bottom of the engine is fairly dry with no major leaks.  Lots of new parts are present.  The floor, rockers, and jack points are original and dry.  There are a few spots on the floor where prior jacking attempts were made in the wrong location, but we had a dent removal service carefully repair the floor back to stock.  The trunk area is also clean with no signs of major corrosion or any prior damage.  This was a properly driven, maintained, and stored 911.

This 911SC is one of the best and smoothest starting CIS fuel-injected cars I’ve experienced.  It starts easily on the first try and holds a steady idle.  Once at operating temperature, it pulls strong throughout the rev range with no hesitation or backfiring.  The transmission shifts smoothly through the gears with no grinding or slipping.  It can be a bit sticky getting into first gear due to the recent transmission rebuild.  The brakes have an excellent initial bite with no fading or pulling.  The handling is crisp and responsive.  The car has been adjusted to European/ROW ride height and not only looks good, but has excellent road manners.  It’s a joy to drive and one of the best SCs I’ve driven.

This SC is California registered to March of 2025 and it passes CA’s strict smog/emissions test.

It comes with the original owner’s manual, factory maintenance booklet with stamps, 3 extra keys, space saver spare, jack, factory tool kit, original A/C evaporator with fan/hardware, box of small misc. parts, 2 workshop/repair books, new Porsche outdoor car cover, and 3-ring binder with many receipts as well as ownership history.

**Note: VIN and other numbers withheld to protect against fraud.  All numbers including VIN, Engine, and color will be provided to serious buyers.