944 Turbo S Engine Rebuild Thread
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Couldn’t be doing with the Orange cam cover as everyone knows that red is the fastest colour so had it powder coated. Painted the PORSCHE letters in black by hand (don’t look too closely), lubed the cams with assembly lube, sealed the cam cover down and chucked some plugs in:
Gave everything a good scrub, hot wash and rinse and then masked up all the sealing surfaces and bolt holes.
Turned my shed into a paint booth/murder room and hit it with a few coats of etch primer. Got some black VHT wrinkle paint coming this week so should have the manifold fitted this weekend.
Some Bosch 1000cc injectors turned up as well, just waiting on a fuel rail being made up for those to fit into.
Turned my shed into a paint booth/murder room and hit it with a few coats of etch primer. Got some black VHT wrinkle paint coming this week so should have the manifold fitted this weekend.
Some Bosch 1000cc injectors turned up as well, just waiting on a fuel rail being made up for those to fit into.
Thanks - coming together, still plenty to do and thats just the things I’m expecting.
Got the car back from the bodyshop too, 968 Turbo RS-style wing fitted and the required paint too. Gave it a quick machine polish, chucked some Gtechniq CSL on and then remembered it was for driving, not polishing, so booked a Trackday for 4 weeks time!
Got the car back from the bodyshop too, 968 Turbo RS-style wing fitted and the required paint too. Gave it a quick machine polish, chucked some Gtechniq CSL on and then remembered it was for driving, not polishing, so booked a Trackday for 4 weeks time!
As I’m using a 16v S2 head, Simon gave me the corresponding inlet manifold for it too. As standard they have a large air chamber hanging off the bottom of them right where my big turbo now sat.
This setup is a well trodden path so was a no brainer to follow in other’s footsteps. I had considered making the manifold wider to increase the volume and make a bit more space for the turbo outlet but decided not to in the end - I’m happier with less manifold over the turbo And less volume equals less lag.
This setup is a well trodden path so was a no brainer to follow in other’s footsteps. I had considered making the manifold wider to increase the volume and make a bit more space for the turbo outlet but decided not to in the end - I’m happier with less manifold over the turbo And less volume equals less lag.
TTM said:
I can’t take the credit for the welding - I only paid for it!
The compressor outlet silicon pipe does fit - just! Going to bring it out a bit straighter towards the front of the car/aiming at the intercooler inlet and then get a custom made hard pipe to replace the standard one.
CBschnell said:
It’s from a guy who goes by the name of "Marco Antonio” on Facebook - he’s actually a Serbian chap called Vladan Topalovic but not sure the Americans would deal with him under that name. The quality is best described as average FG and needed a fair bit of prep - my bodyshop guys owed me a favour and I got the parts on a bit of a deal so it worked out ok. In hindsight I’d have probably been better off buying the Carbon one from Jan at DRS Developments as its a nicer bit of kit and much more original in how he’s done the adjuster brackets - it is about 3 times the cost though!
The UV protection border had completely degraded on my hatch and left an unsightly mess.
I order some knifeless cutting tape and some matte black vinyl from Amason this morning, delivered about 9pm so gave me a little evening project.
Pretty happy with the results, not 100% perfect but I’ll never look at it as closely as I did tonight. I’ve got plenty left too - not bad for under £25.
I order some knifeless cutting tape and some matte black vinyl from Amason this morning, delivered about 9pm so gave me a little evening project.
Pretty happy with the results, not 100% perfect but I’ll never look at it as closely as I did tonight. I’ve got plenty left too - not bad for under £25.
VHT wrinkle paint was delivered this afternoon too so layed down 3 thick coats in Dexter’s Murder Room/The Shed as per the instructions and then hit it with the heat gun afterwards.
It went from wet and glossy (first pic) to matte and wrinkly (second pic) and despite some crazy temps from the paint stripping gun it remained cool enough to handle so it’s a thumbs up for budget zircotec from me.
Going to leave it curing for a couple of days like a side of beef and then it’ll get another going over with the heat gun to make sure it’s fully set and wrinkled.
It went from wet and glossy (first pic) to matte and wrinkly (second pic) and despite some crazy temps from the paint stripping gun it remained cool enough to handle so it’s a thumbs up for budget zircotec from me.
Going to leave it curing for a couple of days like a side of beef and then it’ll get another going over with the heat gun to make sure it’s fully set and wrinkled.
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