One out one in

[DavidL]

Well it was with a touch of regret that I waved my S off to a new life in London and the racetracks of Europe last night but I really didn't need 2 944s!
I was pleased the car had gone to a new owner who checked the right things and came to the same conclusions I had, that it was a decent car.
Hopefully it won't meet the armco too frequently or too soon.

But in its place is a newer, faster version.
90 G 952.

I've had this a couple of months now and have requested a few bits of info so far.
Good bits - well bought for a good price and even with immediate post buy spending it only owes me decent 944T money. This includes all new brakes and belts, a few bits bit of brake pipe, ARBs,thermostats and a waist down respray and rust removal and proofing. Ok so the bonnet and roof could do with some attention to be the same colour!
And the clock works!
It is basically a 1 owner car - ok the real first owner kept it for 9 months and then px at Sytners Nottingham for something BMW/Alpina I suppose but owner 2 kept it 17 years. So I have all the paperwork for this - and there is lots. Last bill was a total top end rebuild totalling 4K!!

Splashed out on a CS wheel and some CS alloys but as these came with decent Conti sports it wasn't a bad buy at all.
Fixed a few interior bits - broken vents, gear lever gaitor etc.

Bad bits - well the car hasn't been used much for 18 months so I am still ironing out a few bits.
I have an annoying electrical fault in the temp gauge which means every 2 or 3 days I will be sailing along and the gauge will jump up to 100+ and then come down to 85 again. I've had the dash out, cleaned up all the earth points I can find and changed the stats but to no avail. I have cleaned the sender contacts as they looked a bit green but this is the next bit to be changed.
Turbo dash gauge only ever reaches 1.2 but an external gauge has shown 1.7 but I still don't think the cycling valve is operating as it should.
I imagine a new fuel pump wouldn't hurt as I get the hot start problem too.
Oh and the speedo reads 212K but you wouldn't know it!
Still nothing that stops me using it and when I've fixed everything that falls off it will be off to Mr S at Promax for a little extra help.
And its red so it obviously goes faster!

 

[sawood12]

Looks nice. Definitely the right colour. On your boost issues then 1.7bar (absolute) is about right for a stock turbo and pressure control system. Sure the manual say's 0.8bar max pressure, but with a 17yr old wastegate you can easily loose a bar of pressure there due to it opening prematurely. A DPW will sort that out no probs!

 

[Fen]

Needs the number plate mounted higher. Looks nice otherwise, for a red one.

 

[DavidL]

See i knew Fen would like it, especially in his favourite colour!
I should add that the 2 Pauls on here (Smith and McNulty) gave good advice when having the car inspected prior to purchase, so thanks for that.
It isn't perfect by any means but given a year and some money it will go like the wind.
Somewhere deep inside there is a 996T waiting to get out but I will be more than happy with this for a while!

 

[MonkeyRacing]

Thought i'd join in with a pic of my new purchase!

 

[944 man]

Why refer to a 944 Turbo as a 952? Does anyone ever refer to their 945?

 

[wibble]

Looks good. I would have kept the standard D90s. (better check my rear number plate position)

 

[Hilux]

Why refer to a 944 Turbo as a 952

Turbos are 951`s I always believed.

Below is copied from the web so who is correct?

[FONT=arial rounded mt bold"]951 (1985-1991)
[FONT=arial rounded mt bold"]951 is the factory designation for the 944 Turbo. The 944 Turbo is identical in external appearance to the 944S2 except the rear badge says only Turbo instead of 944S2.


[FONT=arial rounded mt bold"]952 (1988)
The more powerful 1988 944 Turbo S is often incorrectly referred to as the 952. It appears this 952 designation was adopted by owners due to the M52 engine number prefix. Others speculate that 952 is actually the factory designation for the rare 944 Turbo Cabriolet. However, Porsche part numbers show that 952 was, in fact, the factory designation for all right hand drive 944 Turbos.

 

[944 man]

As 945 is to right hand drive 944s.

 

[MonkeyRacing]

The wheels we're on the car when i bought it..... they've grown on me actually, give the car a fresher more modern look especially when combined with the clear indicators and front splitter which i fitted.

 

[DavidL]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

Why refer to a 944 Turbo as a 952? Does anyone ever refer to their 945?

It's just shorter to write and everyone knows what it means, on here at least!

 

[Fen]

952 is the RHD Turbo as DavidL and Paul's web link state. Oli calls his a 945 after a discussion a few weeks ago and I think Tony uses UK952 as a username on Rennlist. I wanted to badge mine 952, but I couldn't come up with a Porsche badge that uses a 5 and this was before we had a pet graphic maker in the community. I quite like the use if the designation, and a better question might be why do UK owners call their Turbos 951s?

 

[DavidL]

That's interesting as I just assumed 951 would be the 220 and 952 the 250.