ANDIAL Racing 3.2L tuned & re built motor

1979 Porsche 911 SC Coupe (ANDIAL Racing Built 3.2L Engine)

1979 911SC Coupe 5-Speed

Base MSRP: $22,960

• Color to sample $980
• Indiana Red Metallic Paint
• Genuine Leather Seats- Cork- $680
• Air Conditioner $920
• Porsche CR Stereo Radio $500
• Electric Sliding Roof $795
• Forged Alloy Wheels $1,230
• Leather covered steering wheel $120
• Fog Lights $115
• Power Windows $500
• Center Console $60
• Additional speakers, Rear $185
• Black Trim instead of Chrome $200
• California Emission Test $110

Car History / background

Car was sold new 12/22/1978 in Riverside, CA from Colley Porsche/Audi. It appears to be leased to, or by Kennedy Cadillac, a 3rd generation dealer in San Bernadino, CA. I say, 'by' because car leasing in the 70s-80s was done by regional financial institutions on a case by case basis. So it's possible that Kennedy Cadillac was offering leases to other dealerships in their area or it was a personal vehicle to the owner/family of the dealership.

The service manual does show it was serviced at Bill Van Porsche and Chick Iverson Porsche in Orange County, CA. During the 1980s, almost all of the documentation is non-existent. I always assumed that it was because it was withheld by the first owner, or if the owner was in the auto industry, then the service documents would be internal.

From 1979 till 1990 it was their daily commuter car in SoCal from Newport Beach either LA or the inland empire averaging 20k miles per year.

By 1990 car had 210,000 miles and at that point the car went through a complete 1.5 year mechanical and cosmetic restoration.

I don't know the back story on who or why they decided to invested so much time and money back into the car. I can only assume it was the first owner or gave the car away when the motor needed a full rebuild. Either way they wrote the checks in the sum of $62,000 to have the car fully restored.

Cost of the restoration was as follows: ANDIAL Engine tunning and rebuild was about $35k, Interior was $15k, all other cosmetics was $12k. $62,000 in total in 1991.

The next owner (likely 2nd or 3rd), a local doctor from Huntington Beach, CA purchased it in 1991 with 215,000 miles. He owned it for the next 16 years, till 2007 and was a avid Porsche enthusiast. He was part of P.C.A. and had no complaints when it came time to invest into the car. He sold it to me with 275,391 miles and has been in my care for the past 17 years and 4,000 miles.

Cosmetic Details

Exterior:

The paint on the car was originally a custom order color. Paint code 879 (Indiana Red Metallic) which was not an official optional color offered by Porsche for the 911. The color was available for the 944 and some Audi models at the time. What I have read is 879 is a rare color for Porsche, but especially rare on 911's. Apparently only a handful of Carrera’s and 930 Turbos received it between 1978 and 1980 when it could be special ordered.

The color was likely changed during the restoration. There are some scrapes here and there that i never found the need to address.

The optional 16-inch wheels were refinished in 2004, but are in perfect shape. I've never had any leaks or issues with them.

Interior:

The interior is very clean and the leather was regularly conditioned and cared for since the restoration. Windows and sun roof all work. Window switches were just replaced. Radio is unknown but I think works. Its from the early 90s and likely time for a new head unit. Window tint looks to be about 20% all around and is at least 20 years old. Its not peeling or bubbling so I've left it on. The floor mats were shampooed 2 years ago and have the Porsche crest stitched into them They mats are made of matching carpet to the rest of the interior.

Mechanics

Engine

ANDIAL Racing was founded in 1975 by German racing engineers in southern California. Unfortunately they closed the business when the founders/owners retired in the late 2000’s. Porsche (the actual car manufacture) purchased the company and assets due to its historical significance ANDIAL Racing had in Porsche Motorsport. The engine was fully documented, and all receipts are present. The original engine was bored and stroked from the standard 3.0L to 3.2 liters. ANDIAL Racing added an additional spark plug for each cylinder and increased compression, camshaft profiling and tuning. The result was an engine that is supposed to be as powerful as the 930 Turbo without any turbo lag. From what I was told it has a lightweight flywheel, forged piston and had the intake ported. The clutch was also upgraded in 2005 to manage the extra low end torque and driving around town easier. The exhaust system was upgraded to the signature ANDIAL twin-tip design and has the matching ANDIAL cat-less test pipe.

The current rebuild despite being done 34 years ago shows just 70k miles being driven since the rebuild. A leak down test was preformed and shows everything running within ANDIAL spec.

In 2021 I had the car towed 40 miles away to the original repair shop it had been serviced at through the 90s. I had only put about 3k miles on it in the 13 years i owned it at the time so the repairs came to be $5,100 including some new Michelin tires.

I only drove the car 4k miles in the 17 years of ownership, but I can say it’s a very quick car. The engine feels like it was built for racing. Additional cooling was added to the car with a massive undercar oil cooler. It revs very fast and freely!!!! The throttle is extremely sensitive and begs to be driven.

The one thing that I’ve noticed with the car is that it’s very picky with environmental conditions and fuel. It loves cool weather and equally race fuel. When I had the tune-up done 3 years ago it runs flawlessly at sea-level or at ambient temperatures below 90. When I brought the car to Arizona for a second time, I noticed that it will stall at operating temperatures if it’s above 90 degrees when coming to a stop. It likely needs 100rpm more on idle or ethanol free gas to fix this (or I likely haven’t been driving it enough)

Transmission:

The clutch has lots of life on it and was replaced in the early 2000s which is likely only 10k miles ago. The gears all work. What i can say is the trans feels like it was modified during the engine build. I'm no Porsche expert but my 1975 911S i thought has the same trans as this car and the g-body cars didn't get a different 5 speed (the G50) till the mid 80s. I think there might be a short throw shift kit on it. At times the shifter will need to be held for a millisecond in the desired gear position to ensure its fully engaged. Likely a new shift kit would address this.

Extras

Comes with original Gillet catalytic converter and a massive binder full or receipts over the years including the official engine rebuild and scope of work. The original owners manual with delivery date, keys and original 1979 Porsche dealership print brochure is also included