going faster
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Fred Hindle
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Remember to release the hand brake before setting off - cost - nothing[
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Failing that , fit a 5 litre engine from a 928, fit bigger brakes though.[]
Cheers,
]Failing that , fit a 5 litre engine from a 928, fit bigger brakes though.[
]Cheers,
Sell it and buy a 924 Turbo.... No I am not joking it is the cheapest way to do it and what a change. I own both plus a 911 and the 924 Turbo gives the best 'grin factor'.
Condition for condition you should have to find about £800 and you would then have what was at the time the facstest production 2 litre car in the world.
One word of warning... Go for a series 2. It can be idedentified by the side indicators on the front wings.
Come to 'Front Runners' on Sunday and I am sure that we can arrange a ride in one.
Condition for condition you should have to find about £800 and you would then have what was at the time the facstest production 2 litre car in the world.
One word of warning... Go for a series 2. It can be idedentified by the side indicators on the front wings.
Come to 'Front Runners' on Sunday and I am sure that we can arrange a ride in one.
937carrera
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Changing to a 924T is a good idea, though maintenance can be a little more expensive.
Regarding your comment about a series 2 rather than series 1 Geoff. I realise this is accepted wisdom, but I'm not conviinced there is such a great difference in reality.
Regarding your comment about a series 2 rather than series 1 Geoff. I realise this is accepted wisdom, but I'm not conviinced there is such a great difference in reality.
I realise that th 7 bhp is not that much different but there is a definate reliability benefit and much better fuel consumption figures.
Turbo lag is less apparent but some owners like the 'kick in the ass' that is more noticable in the series 1.
Both are Supercars for peanuts.
rhitchcott
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The 'trumpet' shaped duct on the air filter cover can be removed to give a slight edge (and slightly nicer sound).
Using a spark splitter that replaces the lead to the coil gives a slight edge too.
Using expensive plugs with rave claims gives a slight edge too.
Any excess weight like golf clubs in the back and the hitchhiker unless she's female can be removed.
Grinding down the head was the traditional way of getting more power - the head needs grinding every time a head gasket is replaced so finding out what how much could be shaved off at this point might be a good idea. In fact I wished I'd found that out last time I had a head gasket replaced
Shame there's no computerised chip solution.
Like racing cars it's a matter of adding up all the edges.
924nutter
PCGB Member
The head needs to be checked for flatness and trueness (warping) and if it is flat and true doesn't need to be resurfaced. Removal of material from the mating surface of the head of a 924 will result in no effictive increase in CR, as 99% of the combustion chamber is in the block, comprising a very sqaut cylinder, who's volume is equal to the cylinder cross-sectional area by about 0.3 mm deep, added to the volume of the valve-head recesses and bowl in the piston, the so called unswept volume. It is necessary to remove materail from the block to increase the CR, and that is a quite serious undertaking, due to the need to completely remove the crank, pistons and rods, the oil pump and pick-up strainer, and any other projecting studs (can't remember now it's been 14 years since I had my block rebored) to enable the block to sit flat on the bed of whichever machine is being used for the proccess.
rhitchcott
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I was wondering about the different head used when I made the suggestion!
rhitchcott
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That does work actually, it seems the only way of reaching the top speed advertised for any car,
924nutter
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No, the Cam with a capital "C", not a small "c" is the river from which Cambridge derives it's name, and yes, nowhere near Kent unless John Prescott has snatched it back and moved it to the northern end of the M11; it being the "Garden of England" over 99 feet long, and hence subject to a confiscation order.
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