Thought I'd share my little project with you & hope you can give me some hints & tips along the way.
Ethos- budget & the big emphasis here is on budget, a reliable & cheap to maintain track toy, really not going to see much daily road use, but I do like to do European track days so drive to & from. Wont see much 'ring use as I keep a car there, but it might see a few sneaky laps I suppose [
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Engine swaps & expensive mods are thus not on the cards, I've had faster track cars, but the costs all rise, really need to keep the costs down with this one.
Ok the base is a good 'un, stumbled upon a cracking 924S 114k & body free of rot, have had enough 944s in my time & none were this clean if im honest.
The expensive bits have already been done.
New EMC Engine- 944 lux spec
Leda coilovers
Full cage
Best bit is not only did it cost not very much, but that all that lot has done a mere 3k miles & a single track day & 5 of sprinting, sweet.
Oh & its got a particually foul blue steering wheel too [] feels great, just looks shocking [:-] will be changed soon.
Done 200 miles & yep suspension is proper firm, & its no rocket esp as im used to a similar weight but near 300bhp, but 1st impressions are good, its 8 yrs since I had a 944 lux & I loved that little thing.
So a couple of pics
So 1st up= shove it on the scales & see what she weighs. with just under 1/4 tank & full trim.
Dont pay to much attention to the weight splits, not sure the floor where I did it was entirely level, will be done later on level ground as project progresses & sorted if needed.
Guessed at 1200=
1226!! you fat git, right lets get some of that easy to remove lard out straightaway[]
Track strip phase one-
Ah thats a bit better-
1185
On warm days I'll run minus the sunroof- bloomin' thing weighs 10 kg! so 1175kg without it
So next on the cards-
- Race pads & new race fluid (but may see how the new but standard pads get on)
- Bucket seats
- More weight loss (I'm after a grp bonnet & plexi hatch if you have them)
- Dyno to see start point before any engine fiddles
- Proper cage padding
Ethos- budget & the big emphasis here is on budget, a reliable & cheap to maintain track toy, really not going to see much daily road use, but I do like to do European track days so drive to & from. Wont see much 'ring use as I keep a car there, but it might see a few sneaky laps I suppose [
]Engine swaps & expensive mods are thus not on the cards, I've had faster track cars, but the costs all rise, really need to keep the costs down with this one.
Ok the base is a good 'un, stumbled upon a cracking 924S 114k & body free of rot, have had enough 944s in my time & none were this clean if im honest.
The expensive bits have already been done.
New EMC Engine- 944 lux spec
Leda coilovers
Full cage
Best bit is not only did it cost not very much, but that all that lot has done a mere 3k miles & a single track day & 5 of sprinting, sweet.
Oh & its got a particually foul blue steering wheel too [
] feels great, just looks shocking [:-] will be changed soon.Done 200 miles & yep suspension is proper firm, & its no rocket esp as im used to a similar weight but near 300bhp, but 1st impressions are good, its 8 yrs since I had a 944 lux & I loved that little thing.
So a couple of pics
So 1st up= shove it on the scales & see what she weighs. with just under 1/4 tank & full trim.
Dont pay to much attention to the weight splits, not sure the floor where I did it was entirely level, will be done later on level ground as project progresses & sorted if needed.
Guessed at 1200=
1226!! you fat git, right lets get some of that easy to remove lard out straightaway[
]Track strip phase one-
Ah thats a bit better-
1185
On warm days I'll run minus the sunroof- bloomin' thing weighs 10 kg! so 1175kg without it
So next on the cards-
- Race pads & new race fluid (but may see how the new but standard pads get on)
- Bucket seats
- More weight loss (I'm after a grp bonnet & plexi hatch if you have them)
- Dyno to see start point before any engine fiddles
- Proper cage padding
