appletonn
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There is the potential for me to move to the dark side (964) hence my beautiful red 1991 944 turbo may well be for sale in the not too distant future.
Toe in the water exercise here first before offering it further afield, not that I really want to sell her, but unfortunately needs must if i am to get that aircooled fix.
Will post the full list of work done etc shortly, but much of it is documented somewhere in these pages, just search under my name.
Very briefly, in the last 18 months it has had lower front wings and sills stripped, repaired as required and repainted with stonechip etc. The windscreen was removed to repair slight bubbling under the rubber trim on the leading edge of the roof and the roof and sunroof panel were then repainted in entirety. In the last month I have had the headlamp covers and the front badge panel stripped and repainted to remove the stonechipping. The results are a very clean, smart and shiny red (ie not pink!) 944 Turbo that has none of the endemic rust issues now affecting many of these cars.
Mechanically, she is in excellent health with very healthy compressions on all cylinders (150psi) and decent oil consumption (ave 1/2 litre per 1000 miles, well within Porsche specs) and thanks to the proactive (make it as good as possible, within reason!) maintenance/improvement approach taken by its slightly insane owner, anything worn or otherwise below par has been replaced or upgraded.
For an objective opinion of the car, you could ring Jonny Holland or Danny at Unit 11 in Warrington, who would tell it as it is!
I have a huge file of invoices and receipts, dating back to 1993, with a disproportionately frightening number of them falling under my ownership! The car is also on its second service record book, the first one being full of stamps.
Oh, and both the clock and the Air condition work - yes, really!
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In the last 18 months (6000 miles) the car has had the following (deep breath [8|]):
New disks and pads all round - pads are Porterfield fast road/track pads
Steel braided flexible brake hoses all round
ATE SUperBlue brake fluid
New handbrake shoes both sides plus 2x rear handbrake cables
New sunroof seals x 2
Rear hatch seal
Brand new Bilstein Cup suspension with new springs - rear torsion bars reindexed to suit (VERY IMPORTANT!)
New rear axle mounts
New 3" exhaust
Lindsey Racing 300hp kit fitted - chips, Manual Boost controller, Bosch 3 bar fuel pressure regulator, Bailey DV30 BOV etc
New neoprene vacuum pipes throughout - no more boost leaks!
Full suspension geometry alignment & corner weighting.
Rear cam carrier gasket
New cam, balance, PAS & alternator belts
New gearbox linkage bushes and all greased - nice slick gearchange!
New Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta road tyres - 225/40 & 265/35 on 18" RH GT3 replica rims
New caliper hard pipes
Calipers checked for plate lift and cleaned.
New rear load compartment light/switch
New Bosch wiper blades!
New Osram headlight bulbs - much better than the standard 'candles'!
New Lucas reconditioned alternator
New ignition leads
New rotor arm
New distributor cap
New DME relay!
New steering shaft
New 968 front castor mounts
New fuel filter and 2 connecting fuel pipes
Cambox removed to replace broken exhaust manifold stud - new studs throughout plus new gaskets, oil, antifreeze etc
New rubber door window scraper seals on both sides
New drivers door seal
New A/C condensor - did I mention that the A/C actually works?!![]
Separate VDO boost gauge fitted
Gearbox oil changed - fully synthetic Sylkolene
Racers Edge top mounts fitted to front struts - original standard ones still available if required.
Last service was Sept 08 with new plugs, oil and filters - only done 2500 miles since.
Front splitter fitted in place of original undertray - original available if required.
Leather seats fully refurbished in the last 2 weeks
Couple of pics but loads in the 944 forum:
Toe in the water exercise here first before offering it further afield, not that I really want to sell her, but unfortunately needs must if i am to get that aircooled fix.
Will post the full list of work done etc shortly, but much of it is documented somewhere in these pages, just search under my name.
Very briefly, in the last 18 months it has had lower front wings and sills stripped, repaired as required and repainted with stonechip etc. The windscreen was removed to repair slight bubbling under the rubber trim on the leading edge of the roof and the roof and sunroof panel were then repainted in entirety. In the last month I have had the headlamp covers and the front badge panel stripped and repainted to remove the stonechipping. The results are a very clean, smart and shiny red (ie not pink!) 944 Turbo that has none of the endemic rust issues now affecting many of these cars.
Mechanically, she is in excellent health with very healthy compressions on all cylinders (150psi) and decent oil consumption (ave 1/2 litre per 1000 miles, well within Porsche specs) and thanks to the proactive (make it as good as possible, within reason!) maintenance/improvement approach taken by its slightly insane owner, anything worn or otherwise below par has been replaced or upgraded.
For an objective opinion of the car, you could ring Jonny Holland or Danny at Unit 11 in Warrington, who would tell it as it is!
I have a huge file of invoices and receipts, dating back to 1993, with a disproportionately frightening number of them falling under my ownership! The car is also on its second service record book, the first one being full of stamps.
Oh, and both the clock and the Air condition work - yes, really!![
]In the last 18 months (6000 miles) the car has had the following (deep breath [8|]):
New disks and pads all round - pads are Porterfield fast road/track pads
Steel braided flexible brake hoses all round
ATE SUperBlue brake fluid
New handbrake shoes both sides plus 2x rear handbrake cables
New sunroof seals x 2
Rear hatch seal
Brand new Bilstein Cup suspension with new springs - rear torsion bars reindexed to suit (VERY IMPORTANT!)
New rear axle mounts
New 3" exhaust
Lindsey Racing 300hp kit fitted - chips, Manual Boost controller, Bosch 3 bar fuel pressure regulator, Bailey DV30 BOV etc
New neoprene vacuum pipes throughout - no more boost leaks!
Full suspension geometry alignment & corner weighting.
Rear cam carrier gasket
New cam, balance, PAS & alternator belts
New gearbox linkage bushes and all greased - nice slick gearchange!
New Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta road tyres - 225/40 & 265/35 on 18" RH GT3 replica rims
New caliper hard pipes
Calipers checked for plate lift and cleaned.
New rear load compartment light/switch
New Bosch wiper blades!
New Osram headlight bulbs - much better than the standard 'candles'!
New Lucas reconditioned alternator
New ignition leads
New rotor arm
New distributor cap
New DME relay!
New steering shaft
New 968 front castor mounts
New fuel filter and 2 connecting fuel pipes
Cambox removed to replace broken exhaust manifold stud - new studs throughout plus new gaskets, oil, antifreeze etc
New rubber door window scraper seals on both sides
New drivers door seal
New A/C condensor - did I mention that the A/C actually works?!![
]Separate VDO boost gauge fitted
Gearbox oil changed - fully synthetic Sylkolene
Racers Edge top mounts fitted to front struts - original standard ones still available if required.
Last service was Sept 08 with new plugs, oil and filters - only done 2500 miles since.
Front splitter fitted in place of original undertray - original available if required.
Leather seats fully refurbished in the last 2 weeks
Couple of pics but loads in the 944 forum:
