UKs most powerful 944! Apparently!!
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Peter Empson
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ORIGINAL: Diver944
It was just a standard 2.5 engine.
It was the BB turbo, Vitesse MAF and other bolt ons that made it so powerful (plus it ran at 1.4bar [] )
I can only imagine he took them off to open up the market of potential buyers.
I believe Ben's 3.2 car had a potential buyer looking at it on Tuesday
Ah, good point! Not sure why but I thought it was a freshly built 2.5 [
]That was an interesting thread (to start with). All the more so for me as I so nearly bought Chris's Turbo cab nearly 2 years ago (then bought the 964 instead).
I have to disagree with all of you (virtually) apart from Nick and Jon. I think a 400bhp cab is a superb idea and I don't really believe that the chassis would struggle that much - having 18's on it would be worse. You're only going to open the taps all the way when it's pointing where you want to go on a smooth road after all and while the cabs wibble a bit they are hardly hinged in the middle like many chopped saloons/hatches/coupes from other manufacturers.
In fact were circumstances a little different I might have had the money for that car myself, second time round. I can say in all honesty it's the first 944 I've felt any real desire for in a long time - my own included. Of course if it now makes standard power then despite the nice wheels (just 18" Cup replica split rims with black centres I think, Oli) it's no longer especially interesting to me, although it's a rare Turbo cab being triple black.
I'm going to have to disagree with the "people can see you driving" view as well. I had this on the BM3W forum when I considered an e46 M3 cab as well. I simply couldn't give a stuff if people can see me or not while I drive, and I am somewhat surprised (while accepting the Mr Sims tongue may well be in his cheek for the purpose of a wind-up) that genuine car enthusiasts think that is why people buy cabriolets. The real purpose is that nothing beats sitting in the open air, and that is why a sacrifice is made in outright rigidity. I haven't driven a Caterfield but I bet it isn't the same as a good open GT keeps you nice and free from buffeting so you can travel at great speed while people can see you. Every spring I get an itch to buy a cab when the weather starts to improve (hence the M3 idea) because it's so much fun.
Could you fit a 996TT engine to a Bogster for 4k? If so then that might be a fun car, otherwise leave 'em to the hairdressers and give me the 951 cab any day.
I have to disagree with all of you (virtually) apart from Nick and Jon. I think a 400bhp cab is a superb idea and I don't really believe that the chassis would struggle that much - having 18's on it would be worse. You're only going to open the taps all the way when it's pointing where you want to go on a smooth road after all and while the cabs wibble a bit they are hardly hinged in the middle like many chopped saloons/hatches/coupes from other manufacturers.
In fact were circumstances a little different I might have had the money for that car myself, second time round. I can say in all honesty it's the first 944 I've felt any real desire for in a long time - my own included. Of course if it now makes standard power then despite the nice wheels (just 18" Cup replica split rims with black centres I think, Oli) it's no longer especially interesting to me, although it's a rare Turbo cab being triple black.
I'm going to have to disagree with the "people can see you driving" view as well. I had this on the BM3W forum when I considered an e46 M3 cab as well. I simply couldn't give a stuff if people can see me or not while I drive, and I am somewhat surprised (while accepting the Mr Sims tongue may well be in his cheek for the purpose of a wind-up) that genuine car enthusiasts think that is why people buy cabriolets. The real purpose is that nothing beats sitting in the open air, and that is why a sacrifice is made in outright rigidity. I haven't driven a Caterfield but I bet it isn't the same as a good open GT keeps you nice and free from buffeting so you can travel at great speed while people can see you. Every spring I get an itch to buy a cab when the weather starts to improve (hence the M3 idea) because it's so much fun.
Could you fit a 996TT engine to a Bogster for 4k? If so then that might be a fun car, otherwise leave 'em to the hairdressers and give me the 951 cab any day.
ORIGINAL: Indi9xx
Standard exhaust is a big limiting factor on a 3.2.. This week we have been playing around with a 2.5 with many of the same tuning bits apart from the exhaust as Nick's turbo cab, but the power is being held back to about 365 bhp. I am confident that with a free flowing exhaust like Nick's the power would rise on this one, as it would on the 3.2's... But that was predicted when the 3.2's were just on the drawing board.
We have just also almost finished an very unusual project, prepping up a 944 turbo specifically as a stock 944 turbo but to get specifically 250 BHP... The reason for this is there is so much talk of what mods give exactly what BHP increase, we have decided to prep this car as a typical faultless but well used 944 turbo that a typical 944 owner may have, circa 100k mile engine (but with all new gaskets) and standard everything else.
The plan is to publicly dyno it in stock form, and keep the car open to inspection by anyone who is interested, then to cycle through adding every 944 turbo tuning part we can get our hands on, in as many combinations as we can find, so we can catalogue an array of dyno charts which will be openly published for the 944 turbo community so people can see the snake oil from the good stuff. Wherever possible the car will be dyno'ed publicly before and after fitting parts, with both runs being performed in the same day.... Should be interesting
Looking foward to seeing KUI 9557 alive again.
Nearly 12 months on the pain hasn't gone away.
In that case they are unusual. While I couldn't see the fake bolt heads I thought it was the quality of the photo masking them.
Do you think it's possible that the fake bolts have been removed from a set of replica split rims, however? I have never seen this wheel design before and it strikes me as unlikely that a new style is available based on the Cup theme. On the other hand the replica split rims sometimes corrode easily (I know an ex-local to me who's a concourse polisher and even his did) so perhaps they were refurbished without the fake fasteners. The rim profile looks a lot like the replica splitties that were common a year or two ago.
Do you think it's possible that the fake bolts have been removed from a set of replica split rims, however? I have never seen this wheel design before and it strikes me as unlikely that a new style is available based on the Cup theme. On the other hand the replica split rims sometimes corrode easily (I know an ex-local to me who's a concourse polisher and even his did) so perhaps they were refurbished without the fake fasteners. The rim profile looks a lot like the replica splitties that were common a year or two ago.
bennyboy
New member
I have asked that very question, and I'm sure it is possible but I would imagne it's a bit of a ball ache. Original reason for asking was this...(see attachment). Taken from http://www.garaget.org/show.php?browse (some nice motors on here!). Chaps says they are Keskin cup wheels and perhaps they are the first version because the only other keskin cup wheel you can get now is the 2 - which has bolts!
Interesting. I love deep dish wheels and it has always struck me as odd that a car needing such a minimal offset (in comparison to the rim width) always seems to be fitted with effectively flat-face wheels. Fuchs were the only factory wheel fitted to the 944 with any dish whatsoever, and it's pretty shallow even though on the early cars that can wear them the offset lends itself even more to a dished design.
Fen drops in from the clouds like nothing has happened. How're you doing? Are you in NZ?
As for the Boxter engine conversion, we have one here in Sydney that the owner has spent a fortune on shoehorning a GT3 motor into and widened the body in the mix. Actually looks amazing in shiny all black livery!!
As for the Boxter engine conversion, we have one here in Sydney that the owner has spent a fortune on shoehorning a GT3 motor into and widened the body in the mix. Actually looks amazing in shiny all black livery!!
Indi9xx
New member
How much do you want a set and how much would you want to pay?
The reason I say this, I now own the car and the wheels
)The wheels are in A1 condition, probably 2000 miles since a complete restoration, complete with a set of Toyo Proxies on them (almost new condition)
They are not staying on the car, I had earmarked them for my 964 roadster americana (turbo body cab) but I may be tempted away from them or doing a trade in against some other wheels.
With the rest of the car, its had an unfortunate end, Nick had a buyer lined up for it and took it for one last drive, while in a country car park some idiot moving house with a rented 7 ton truck reversed into the rear quarter.
Long story short, I bought it for a reasonable price and now own a Black turbo cab, with only about 85k to 90k miles on it, mint condition but needing a rear quarter and a cat-c on its history now.
Indi9xx
New member
Its alive, in bog standard 250 BHP trim and some restrained styling bits (968 mirrors, handles, spoiler - clear indicators all round - Black leather sports interior and some other odds and ends including 10 speaker sound package)
Then its off for some scientific testing of different performance bits for benchmarking and probably tuned to somewhere between 360 to 420 BHP as its final spec. Once its done its job, you can buy it back if you like?
pauljmcnulty
Active member
The yellow 924 was at the Ace last month. Amazing car.
The only thing was that Sian and I looked at each other and said "innit". I guess that say it all....[&o]
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