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Porsche 911 Performance Handbook

Porsche 911 Performance Handbook
By Bruce Anderson

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Buy, tune, maintain and modify your prized 911 with this ultimate guide. Learn about wheel and tire improvement, up-to-the-minute autocross or showroom stock suspension and brake mods, custom add-on bodywork and paint, and interiors -- where to buy it, how to install it and what to expect for a result. Covers engine, suspension, chassis, transmission, tune-ups, model history, body and more on all 911s up through 1996.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #120615 in Books
  • Published on: 1997-02-02
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 272 pages

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A definitive guide for hopping up your 9114
Bruce Anderson takes his 30+ years of Porsche experience and distills it down to one relatively simple guide book.

Covering the first 901's up to the last of the 993's, this book breaks down chapters by car parts. Suspension, gearbox, brakes, and engine all have their own chapters. Also included is a chapter on how to buy a good used 911, and an overview on engine rebuilding.

The bad side of this is that in some places, it can be a real dry read. Bruce is notorious for his use of charts and obscure
serial numbers in this book. If this can be forgiven, it is due to the fact that he compiles a lot of hard to find data for Porsche owners to have at their fingertips. As the last models covered in the book were the 993's, which were discontinued in 1998, this manual is long overdue for a 2nd edition to bring 996 owners into the fold.

While this manual would never be considered a replacement for a full blown repair manual or a factory manual, it is still a highly informative guide to finding more information on your air cooled Porsche, and making the right performance choices.

Porsche 911 Performance Handbook (Performance Handbook Serie3
I have both a late model Turbo and looking for a 993 Supercup. The technical specs are good but the book jumps around in the model years. It is very funny to see Corvette wheels in a Porsche book. There are also too many high dollar advertising plugs. If you use Andial or Promotive to build you an engine-it's gonna cost you 30K. How's that for advise!!

Excellent Performance Overview5
Bruce's grasp of the intricacies of the 911 engine is excellent. This book is one of the best sources of information regarding the 911, and should be a staple in any owner's collection. The book focuses on the history of the 911 engine from a technical perspective, and then talks about performance modifications that can be performed on your car. The focus is the engine, with a lesser focus on the rest of the car's subsystems. The book's one drawback is the layout - the pictures don't match the text on the pages, and the index is just about useless. The book takes on more of an overview of the performance upgrade process with very little how-to focus. It's a great reference for learning about the modifications that you would want your mechanic or engine rebuilder to perform. Bruce's knowledge and integrity in his recommendations are also well respected in the Porsche industry.