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Yes indeed: anything other than how to fit silly wheels, steering wheels or other tat intended to try to make it look 'more moderner'. [:D]
 
Take care that you do not strip the thread when you change the famous Hippo seal. When you get the housing off the back of the cam tower (944s are ohc and strictly speaking do not have a rocker box; the cam tower houses the 8 sliding tappets and the camshaft and is more like a machined from solid block ) you will see straight away why it is nicknamed a hippo seal
 
Thanks for your welcome and tips.

Simon, I have no intention of forking out for silly wheels, keeping the rolling resto on a reasonable budget and getting my hands as dirty as possible. Planet Rock on the radio, tea/beer on the go with spanner in hand (therapy). The interior is a lovely brown pin stripe affair, it is growing on me, I don't think you can get silly steering wheels in brown but it does need a refurb as stitching has come away - any recomendations ?

John, thanks for advice on Cam Cover. Haynes manual not very helfull, advises to contact main dealer LOL as apparently beyond realm of home hobby/bodger/mechanic. I havn't given it a close inspection yet but can i remove it without disturbing belt/pulley system ?

Please all have a Virtual Tipple on me and drive safe !

'Blessed are the crackpots as they let in the light'
 
If you fancy spending the value of the car again then KW Clubsport are very good indeed!

Simon's suggestion of Gaz Golds from EMC or similar is a great one though.
 
Thanks guys. Budget is around 1500 for the suspension, how much would I expect to pay for the KW clubsport and what are the advantages over GAZ
 
KW dont make dampers for series one cars, so theyre not really in contention. Series two / MY'86> only.
 
To answer your question, KW dampers incorporate a bypass valve which reduces the crashing usually associated with firm dampers on poor roads. Good for a dual purpose car which is biased towards road driving, but hardly the second coming that some people would try to convince you that they are.

Id suggest calling Kevin or Alex Eacock at EMC and seeing how much theyd charge to supply a set of GAZ dampers to their specification and fit them. Id also ask Alex to prepare your body for easy torsion tube adjustment (giving a hole similar to that seen on old 911s). This may make the set up and re-indexing cheaper too, as he wont need to remove the transaxle and torsion bar carrier.
 
Gaz Gold is about 1500 fitted by EMC with geo and corner weighting included. Top value for money.
 
Gaz gold fitted sounds good, need to get the car down to EMC and back though so that ail add a bit extra to the budget, suspect it may be taking a few trips there this year :)
 
EMC are great, really know there stuff and are reasonable priced, but at the moment are working flat out on their Pumas.
 
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