Looking for authoritative books on Porsche 901s

[tac911t]

Bruce Andersons "Porsche 911 Performance Handbook" ISBN 0-87938-269-4 The BIBLE to building 911SC and earlier motors (and suspension upgrades). Try to find this first edition (look for the sticker on the cover that slipped by the proofreaders). The second edition ISBN 0-7603-0033-X is the same as the first, with updates to 1996.

Also visit Rennlist.com http://forums.rennlist.com/ the forum for Porsche. There are entire sections for the air cooled cars (what other Porsche is there ) and Performance and Competition.

[mossaidis]

Sweet - thank you guys. just ordered the 3rd edition as it was not clear what was so special about the 1st edition... lol. Care to share online?

[callard]

An outstanding resource on the 901 is the factory shop manual. It has great pictures and assembly information on the car; body, suspension, engine and transmission. The other books tell you how to mod for performance. Porsche put out many iterations of the shop manual over the years so look on e-bay for the early versions.
Chuck

[mossaidis]

hmmm... well, ebay has manuals from 63-72 for only $250... lol. Will Haynes do okay for $20? i used have a Haynes manual for my old '75 2002 and it did okay.

[tac911t]

IMHO the Haynes manual is throwing away $20.00. Check out Rennlist.com or the Pelican Parts forums. There are a large number of DIY articles that are no cost and have better descriptions and pictures than the Haynes. I also noticed that Pelican sells the Bentley manuals. Based on my experience using one with my BMW, that would be better money spent.

You may also find the factory manuals in some of the Porsche for-sale forums.
When I had my 911, I purchased the factory manual on microfiche. If you could find a copy in microfiche, that would be a savings. I used the microfiche machine at the public library, and I am sure most library's still have microfiche machines.