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new 944 Owner - one quick question....!

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Rockape

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Dear All,

I am a Boxster S owner, so apologies for gate crashing your forum. However, my Brother has just bought a lovely steel blue, C reg 944 as a hobby car and his first venture into Porsche ownership. I have to say I think it's great fun.

However, someone has tried to rip the front crest badge off and it all bent up and looking a little tatty. I've bought him a new one, but as the badge is mounted on a fixed panel I cannot work out how to get the old one off and the new one on....this would smarten the car right up.

Any suggestions on this one?

Thanks
Richie.
 
On my s2 1990 which i think is the same type of front you need to remove the front nose panel between the pop up lights, to do this pop the lights up and there should be a couple of ten mil nuts, also if you look into the corners of the slim section of the nose panel by the front edge of the lights there should be a screw each side, remove these and the panel should slide straight out. once out remove the badge by removing the fasteners on the back and thats the job done, well half the job. reverse to finish.[;)]
 
Not sure that will be the case on a Lux Steve as I think only the S2 and Turbos have a removable badge panel. On the Luxes the badge should just be a push fit into two holes which have plastic sleeves inserted so could be quite a snug fit!
 
Later Lux's also have removeable badge panels, I assume the swap over was in the 1985 update but am not sure. If the badge is buckled then it can be difficult to remove without acess to the rear, you can get your fingers in behind the panel to feel which type of lugs hold it on - from memory there are two, a metal clip like a star washer and a later hard plastic/rubber insert. Given that the scrotes couldn't get it off I bet it's the former and they can be a bit tricky, so removing the panel to access the rear is really the safest way.
 
I'm not sure that even the Turbos had the removable badge panel - it has to come off the S2 as the air filter is in there, but this is not the case on the Lux or the Turbo.

Try Rick Cannell's site for a manual - that'll tell you what you need to know. http://www.cannell.co.uk/Manuals.htm


Oli.
 
ORIGINAL: zcacogp

I'm not sure that even the Turbos had the removable badge panel - it has to come off the S2 as the air filter is in there, but this is not the case on the Lux or the Turbo.
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Turbo's have it to allow access to the intercooler, I think it was with the introduction of the Turbo that the shell on all 944's and 924's was changed from fixed to removeable.
 
ORIGINAL: Peter Empson
Turbo's have it to allow access to the intercooler, I think it was with the introduction of the Turbo that the shell on all 944's and 924's was changed from fixed to removeable.
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Oh - thanks - didn't know that. I guess the intercooler hangs down next to the radiator then? I have to say, my knowledge of the way that 944's other than S2's work is more than a little scanty.

Just goes to show, every day is a school day.


Oli.
 
the badge on my S2 just pushed on from the outside; no need to take off the front panel to get behind. Hope that helps you to work out what type yours is
 
ORIGINAL: zcacogp

Oh - thanks - didn't know that. I guess the intercooler hangs down next to the radiator then? I have to say, my knowledge of the way that 944's other than S2's work is more than a little scanty.

Just goes to show, every day is a school day.


Oli.
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The intercooler is actually inside the badge panel, the slots either side of the towing eye feeds it air via a deflector. It's for this reason I had to fit a 924 vented panel as on a Lux there's no way for the air to get in there. There are some intercoolers that hang in front of the radiator and it's one of these that I will be using. I'm putting an oil cooler inside the badge panel area too - I think it's going to a be a tight squeeze!
 
So, on a turbo, where does the air exit the under-badge-panel space? (Or am I being thick?)

So your car, having started life as a Lux (with nothing under the badge panel) will soon have an air intake (and filter) in there, as well as an oil cooler, and an intercooler hanging in front of the radiator ... did you say tight squeeze?


Oli.
 
ORIGINAL: zcacogp

So, on a turbo, where does the air exit the under-badge-panel space? (Or am I being thick?)

So your car, having started life as a Lux (with nothing under the badge panel) will soon have an air intake (and filter) in there, as well as an oil cooler, and an intercooler hanging in front of the radiator ... did you say tight squeeze?


Oli.
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The air under the badge panel is just ventilated into the engine bay itself, I suppose it's a low pressure area and that draws the air through.

The air filter on my car is gong to be repositioned so that's one less thing to worry about, but fitting the oil cooler between the intercooler pipes is going to be tight. I must remember to take the oil cooler with me when I next visit the car to see if it'll fit [8|]
 
OK, I suppose that makes sense. The back of the space under the badge panel is blocked on my S2 by some bit of plastic from the air intake mechanism, but I guess on the Turbo this is open.

I'm going to look forward to seeing the packaging of your car when it is done. Do you have any similar installations to base it on? (I think I am right in saying the supercharger was made for a 968 - non? And the 968 has a slightly different arrangement at the front.)


Oli.
 
Badge should be a press on fit, the pins are slightly angled towards each other so that the badge sits firmly against the panel (obviously with the rubber gasket between the two). Mounting the rubber gasket onto the badge can be tricky. When replacing mine I use very thin double sided sticky tape (about 5/16th inch wide) to hold the gasket in place on the badge. I understand some people have heated the gasket up in boiling water to make it more pliable and stretchy but cannot comment on that method.

Cheers,

 
Don't worry about it - every day is a school day. Heck - today I learned that Taipei is in Taiwan after thinking it was in Korea all my life!! I got a B in Geography as well!
 
ORIGINAL: sawood12
Taipei
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I know what one of those is...

Didn't do well at geography (as many here I'm sure will back up as I can even get lost in a convoy [:)]).


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ORIGINAL: sawood12

Don't worry about it - every day is a school day. Heck - today I learned that Taipei is in Taiwan after thinking it was in Korea all my life!! I got a B in Geography as well!
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Bu99er, is it?

(I'm excused - I got a C in GCSE Geography!)

ETA: Peter, you're way off mate. That's an 'ethnic' hat. I'm a Londoner, see, I can spot one of them ...


Oli.
 
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