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Re: 1980 900 Turbo, Purchasing Advice Needed Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email] (#32) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Tue, 2 Dec 2014 16:56:07 In Reply to: Re: 1980 900 Turbo, Purchasing Advice Needed, Landjet [Profile/Gallery] , Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:54:47 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
... but that's only if that's the way you want to go. If the car *has* a fuel system problem, then yeah, you're potentially dealing with just throwing money at it til it's right. OTOH, there is about nothing stopping you from throwing a 16v motor and LH2.2 on there in a weekend, given the parts. If I was staring down there barrel of a $2k fuel rehab, you can bet I'd be gathering parts for a 16v swap. In fact, that's where I was in Y2K when my '80 900T got its 16v motor. ;) Back then - and I don't really see what it'd be different now - I bought a wrecked 900T for $800 and just moved everything over. Solved that issue in... two weekends. :) (And then I went nuts and swapped suspension, ignition, installed APC, and some other random stuff. Heh.)
My opinion is that - this late in the c900 game - priority one is a good body and priority two is a good transmission. Virtually everything else is 100% negotiable and subject to the owner's limits - either mechanically or financially. ;) It really depends on whether you'd rather (or can) spend your workdays or your weekends making the thing go.
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