Welcome to 2014 924 owners
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vitesse
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Well here is Happy New Year from me-what have I done to our 924 S's recently--fitted a better sunroof to the e-bay car -fits & seals better--nearly finished repairing the Grey one's offside front wing after an aerosol dropped on it right on the edge of the turn down into the engine compartment-also been an expensive year for the grey one what with a new waterpump,belts & rollers fitted by me & replacement OPRV including oil cooler refurb done by Unit 11.
Generally covered by forum posts.
Still working on my friends points fitted early 924-now getting it to start but having to check through the rest of the fuel system as I think the fact that it doesn't carry on running is down to fuel system-just hope my rebuild of the fuel distributor isn't the problem.
Generally covered by forum posts.
Still working on my friends points fitted early 924-now getting it to start but having to check through the rest of the fuel system as I think the fact that it doesn't carry on running is down to fuel system-just hope my rebuild of the fuel distributor isn't the problem.
richard kirk
New member
Happy New Year guys.
We might be quiet most of the time but we are still our here Paul.
Hope to see you all very soon.
We might be quiet most of the time but we are still our here Paul.
Hope to see you all very soon.
Andrew Mearns
Member
Happy New Year Paul, and all other 924 fans. My black 1977 'princess' is tucked up away for the winter, and work on the 1976 Martini has come to a halt for the moment, with work getting in the way (although I just managed to buy the missing centre console plaque from a fellow enthusiast in Greece for it), I hope to get back onto it over the next few months. Already looking forward to some fun 924 outings in 2014, what's in the pipeline ??
Andrew.
Andrew.
Will be racing my 24S in CSCC Modern Classics again this year. Just waiting for the weather to improve (and to have some time at home) to get a track day in.
The calendar is:
http://www.classicsportscarclub.co.uk/calendar.htm. Not sure which day of the weekends we will be racing at yet.
May not do all of the races but will try for as many as time/ work/ money allow.
The CSCC weekends should be real Porschefests as we have about 27 members racing Porsches across all our series relatively frequently and on top of that the new Dunlop Production Porsche series will race with the CSCC too.
The calendar is:
http://www.classicsportscarclub.co.uk/calendar.htm. Not sure which day of the weekends we will be racing at yet.
May not do all of the races but will try for as many as time/ work/ money allow.
The CSCC weekends should be real Porschefests as we have about 27 members racing Porsches across all our series relatively frequently and on top of that the new Dunlop Production Porsche series will race with the CSCC too.
CarreraRSR
New member
Still lurking around here often dodging the tumbleweed [
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I plan on getting my turbo to the Thruxton dyno day organised by Tref on 25th January. Steve Hodgkins is taking his CGT. Any other 924's up for it? Diary is quickly filling for 2014 924 days out. Look forward to catching up with you all here and there
]I plan on getting my turbo to the Thruxton dyno day organised by Tref on 25th January. Steve Hodgkins is taking his CGT. Any other 924's up for it? Diary is quickly filling for 2014 924 days out. Look forward to catching up with you all here and there
John H
New member
Lurking too ... took the 924 for a run to Dundee last night (PCGB Meeting) and was rewarded with a traffic free cruise home in the dark down the A92 through North Fife, car running like a Swiss watch, what a treat [8D]. Jet washed the salt off it this afternoon though, and it has gone back into storage again for the better weather. []
Roll on spring! []
John H
]Roll on spring! [
]John H
Happy New Year to all. Looking forward to another 924 filled Summer. In the pipeline? Well the RS Day at Oulton Park is a good starter.
I think we will miss Porsches on the Prom, but we will definitely be 'Through the Trough' again and we have booked our accommodation for the Old Timer Grand Prix again.
Over the Winter I have had the wheel bearings replaced, which has cured the tyre rumbling! Should have gone with my first impressions.
I have had a replacement windscreen fitted, green tint top. The old screen had started to delaminate around the edges. I was really surprised when removed how much of the strength and rigidity had been lost, however a clear view now and how it has improved the look of the car!
Hope to catch up over the summer, and do not forget to drop a line to Paul with your stories for the PP.
Regards
I think we will miss Porsches on the Prom, but we will definitely be 'Through the Trough' again and we have booked our accommodation for the Old Timer Grand Prix again.
Over the Winter I have had the wheel bearings replaced, which has cured the tyre rumbling! Should have gone with my first impressions.
I have had a replacement windscreen fitted, green tint top. The old screen had started to delaminate around the edges. I was really surprised when removed how much of the strength and rigidity had been lost, however a clear view now and how it has improved the look of the car!
Hope to catch up over the summer, and do not forget to drop a line to Paul with your stories for the PP.
Regards
vitesse
Active member
Some good news on the -points fitted 1977 924-.
Having rebuilt the fuel distributor-fitted new cam belt-& corrected the 75mm out cam timing,repositioned the distributor & set correct timing,but with engine only running 15 secs max, it was time to work backwards from the fuel filter back through the fuel accumulators.
Took the outlet hose off the filter first to find crud! in it -like very fine tea leaves--ran the pump using the switched & fused jumper lead & found the fuel pumped through had more of the same.
A good point however was that fuel supply was well up at over 1000ccs in 30 secs & pressure well over 6.5 bar.
Told my friend little point in doing anything more until fuel tank was drained ,cleaned out & fuel lines blown thro'
So off it was towed in fact using my spring loaded rigid bar -went to have a good look both at the fuel supply kit & what came out of the tank.The removable outlet plate had a half "tomato" shaped dome of thick muddy material on it & the petrol drained was well contaminated.
Back in his garage with fresh petrol but initially only 5 litres ,it started 1st twist of the key but only ran for 15 secs.My presumption was that despite the rebuilt fuel distributor,it must have been contaminated by the fuel previously so decided to fit the newer version that my friend had from the later car.Technical data says you have to also use the later fuel accumulator,but I reckoned that could wait 'til later-I couldn't see that using the existing 20 cc version fitted would prevent the car starting.
In the meantime my friend cleaned the newer matching injectors with his ultrasonic unit & yesterday swapped the top parts of the Bosch units over including the Bosch socket from one to the other .
Left the existing braided fuel lines -engine started immediately but still only ran for 20 secs max. No desperation but realisation that problem now could only be the braided lines & injectors , so then fitted the steel fuel lines & cleaned injectors and because of the shaped steel ends in the fuel lines where they attach to the fuel distributor,coupled with the fuel line lengths,automatically prescribes which line goes where cylinderwise at the distributor--slightly surprised to find they attach in the same order as the firing order-
Engine again started 1st twist didn't run long but fuel system by now had been disconnected several times so started /stopped engine several times hopefully to disperse air from system--after these attempts engine finally started to tick over & as it warmed slightly it would pick up speed when opening the throttle ( just the 1st stage) & settle back to a reasonable tickover when throttle released.
Will now have to wait 'til next week ,to get car out of garage to really warm up,set timing accurately (have repaired my strobe /Tacho/dwell meter/voltmeter) ,adjust mixture (have a Gunson exhaust analyser) & idle speed.
Had to stop as his garage was filling up with smoke etc -after all,having not run for 12 yrs or so-all accumulated stuff was coming out of the exhaust--his double garage is built into the house![&o]
Went home feeling rather happier with it than has been the case some weeks ago.
Trouble is -unless I refit the other distributor ,I will never know whether my rebuild was really successful--I do now think it was the injectors.
Having rebuilt the fuel distributor-fitted new cam belt-& corrected the 75mm out cam timing,repositioned the distributor & set correct timing,but with engine only running 15 secs max, it was time to work backwards from the fuel filter back through the fuel accumulators.
Took the outlet hose off the filter first to find crud! in it -like very fine tea leaves--ran the pump using the switched & fused jumper lead & found the fuel pumped through had more of the same.
A good point however was that fuel supply was well up at over 1000ccs in 30 secs & pressure well over 6.5 bar.
Told my friend little point in doing anything more until fuel tank was drained ,cleaned out & fuel lines blown thro'
So off it was towed in fact using my spring loaded rigid bar -went to have a good look both at the fuel supply kit & what came out of the tank.The removable outlet plate had a half "tomato" shaped dome of thick muddy material on it & the petrol drained was well contaminated.
Back in his garage with fresh petrol but initially only 5 litres ,it started 1st twist of the key but only ran for 15 secs.My presumption was that despite the rebuilt fuel distributor,it must have been contaminated by the fuel previously so decided to fit the newer version that my friend had from the later car.Technical data says you have to also use the later fuel accumulator,but I reckoned that could wait 'til later-I couldn't see that using the existing 20 cc version fitted would prevent the car starting.
In the meantime my friend cleaned the newer matching injectors with his ultrasonic unit & yesterday swapped the top parts of the Bosch units over including the Bosch socket from one to the other .
Left the existing braided fuel lines -engine started immediately but still only ran for 20 secs max. No desperation but realisation that problem now could only be the braided lines & injectors , so then fitted the steel fuel lines & cleaned injectors and because of the shaped steel ends in the fuel lines where they attach to the fuel distributor,coupled with the fuel line lengths,automatically prescribes which line goes where cylinderwise at the distributor--slightly surprised to find they attach in the same order as the firing order-
Engine again started 1st twist didn't run long but fuel system by now had been disconnected several times so started /stopped engine several times hopefully to disperse air from system--after these attempts engine finally started to tick over & as it warmed slightly it would pick up speed when opening the throttle ( just the 1st stage) & settle back to a reasonable tickover when throttle released.
Will now have to wait 'til next week ,to get car out of garage to really warm up,set timing accurately (have repaired my strobe /Tacho/dwell meter/voltmeter) ,adjust mixture (have a Gunson exhaust analyser) & idle speed.
Had to stop as his garage was filling up with smoke etc -after all,having not run for 12 yrs or so-all accumulated stuff was coming out of the exhaust--his double garage is built into the house![&o]
Went home feeling rather happier with it than has been the case some weeks ago.
Trouble is -unless I refit the other distributor ,I will never know whether my rebuild was really successful--I do now think it was the injectors.
vincematthews
Member
Hello Paul
Still here - according to the government there are 1042 of all flavours of 924 taxed and potentially on the road . . .
Still here - according to the government there are 1042 of all flavours of 924 taxed and potentially on the road . . .
Hi Paul
Just re-taxed the turbo for the next 12 months and ran the beast around the block to keep everything moving. All electrics working and just looking forward to some drier roads to get a few mile under the belt. Need to then plan for wheel refurbishment in the Spring. Used Wheel Pro Scotland in Edinburgh for my Merc and they did an excellent job.
Roll on some better weather!
Cheers.
Robert
Just re-taxed the turbo for the next 12 months and ran the beast around the block to keep everything moving. All electrics working and just looking forward to some drier roads to get a few mile under the belt. Need to then plan for wheel refurbishment in the Spring. Used Wheel Pro Scotland in Edinburgh for my Merc and they did an excellent job.
Roll on some better weather!
Cheers.
Robert
Ed Bradshaw
New member
Hi all, newbie here.
Just bought a 1980 Turbo with Carrera GT kit. Will post some pics later.
I want to start exploring options for a little more poke from the motor. Been reading the JMG words of wisdom but they are miles away so would like to find a 924 Turbo expert somewhere in the Bucks, Herts area to first of all tell me what I have already! and then give some options as to where to go next.
Understanding that recommendations are dangerous....any recommendations?
Thanks
Ed
Just bought a 1980 Turbo with Carrera GT kit. Will post some pics later.
I want to start exploring options for a little more poke from the motor. Been reading the JMG words of wisdom but they are miles away so would like to find a 924 Turbo expert somewhere in the Bucks, Herts area to first of all tell me what I have already! and then give some options as to where to go next.
Understanding that recommendations are dangerous....any recommendations?
Thanks
Ed
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