cheap 944 (too good to be true?)
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Hi,
My place is "up in the hills" in LLangurig, and really I want the 944 to just drive round the mountains on the weekend. The roads must be some of the best. Topgear often use the twisties by me . Got an mx5 at the moment but no room in it for two whippets ! Oh and the other half..
al
Veerzigzag
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Not sure if it is the done thing to advertise cars here, so apols in advance, but I will have to sell my '89 2.7 at some stage soon as we are moving to France, whereupon I shall doubtless reappear with a LHD version.
At least the rear wiper on a LHD will possibly be of some use! I thought I would pop the details up here prior to advertising on eBay or whatever (Oh dear, it's a "Time Warp").
Not sure how to upload photos but there are some here that might be accessible.
Two sets of wheels: the original (not kerbed or scratched) 15" teledials and a set of Porsche Cup 1's, I acquired the latter ones from a racing team (no kerbing but quite a few layers of paint!), had them refurbished/powder-coated and fitted with Conti Sports a couple of thousand miles ago.
New clutch+sensors+slave cylinder and have spent lots of time keeping the detail stuff working, like rear hatch release system overhaul and ditto for the sun-roof. new rear discs / pads / shoes. Lots of fasteners replaced with stainless ones.
Manifold-back stainless exhaust system (the car has the factory decat option) which is, er, rather raucous but makes the engine noticeably freer at the top end.
Compression perfect when checked, as were the coolant system and cap pressure-tests.
Everything works, apart from the rear wiper (removed, and a posh racing bung fitted) and the headlamp washers (removed, as they don't make any difference to dirty lights but they do dump half a pint of soapy water onto the mechanisms).
Belts are about halfway through their life and last time the seals were changed as well.
Sills have not been replaced but are sprayed internally with Dynax and I don't think this 944 has been left out in the rain very much.
Paintwork has clearly been redone and I had an expensive respray on the front end to remove chips and marks - a perfectly matched job.
MoT until 23 July, and tax to end March, mileage 165k, which is about 10k per annum for the 2 years I have owned it.
All history docs in a very full PCGB binder; the historic mileages all look OK.
Location close to the top end of the M11.
As I am rubbish at selling cars, am not sure what to ask, maybe £3k with both sets of wheels or £2.5k with just the original teledials?
At least the rear wiper on a LHD will possibly be of some use! I thought I would pop the details up here prior to advertising on eBay or whatever (Oh dear, it's a "Time Warp").
Not sure how to upload photos but there are some here that might be accessible.
Two sets of wheels: the original (not kerbed or scratched) 15" teledials and a set of Porsche Cup 1's, I acquired the latter ones from a racing team (no kerbing but quite a few layers of paint!), had them refurbished/powder-coated and fitted with Conti Sports a couple of thousand miles ago.
New clutch+sensors+slave cylinder and have spent lots of time keeping the detail stuff working, like rear hatch release system overhaul and ditto for the sun-roof. new rear discs / pads / shoes. Lots of fasteners replaced with stainless ones.
Manifold-back stainless exhaust system (the car has the factory decat option) which is, er, rather raucous but makes the engine noticeably freer at the top end.
Compression perfect when checked, as were the coolant system and cap pressure-tests.
Everything works, apart from the rear wiper (removed, and a posh racing bung fitted) and the headlamp washers (removed, as they don't make any difference to dirty lights but they do dump half a pint of soapy water onto the mechanisms).
Belts are about halfway through their life and last time the seals were changed as well.
Sills have not been replaced but are sprayed internally with Dynax and I don't think this 944 has been left out in the rain very much.
Paintwork has clearly been redone and I had an expensive respray on the front end to remove chips and marks - a perfectly matched job.
MoT until 23 July, and tax to end March, mileage 165k, which is about 10k per annum for the 2 years I have owned it.
All history docs in a very full PCGB binder; the historic mileages all look OK.
Location close to the top end of the M11.
As I am rubbish at selling cars, am not sure what to ask, maybe £3k with both sets of wheels or £2.5k with just the original teledials?
Veerzigzag
New member
well, some people just like having twice as many valves and cams as you really need, and all held together by a bit of old bike chain... (only kidding..)
I think my next (LHD) 944 might well be a turbo, just for a change.
Veerzigzag
New member
The 2.7 is an 8-valve head, as opposed to the 16v twin-cam heads on other models.
The 16v seems to treat its cam belt much like the 8v, and as far as I am aware the 4-year 48k mile change interval is for either.
On the 16v, the cam belt still drives a single cam, but then that is linked to the other cam by a chain (with tensioners) half-way or so along the cams.
Opinions differ on engine types, but basically they all run beautifully - some are more top-endy than others, but they are all Porsches.
You won't get left behind.
The 16v seems to treat its cam belt much like the 8v, and as far as I am aware the 4-year 48k mile change interval is for either.
On the 16v, the cam belt still drives a single cam, but then that is linked to the other cam by a chain (with tensioners) half-way or so along the cams.
Opinions differ on engine types, but basically they all run beautifully - some are more top-endy than others, but they are all Porsches.
You won't get left behind.
Veerzigzag
New member
Particularly, as I hear, when you are driving it......
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