what did you do to your 944 today

[Diver944]

That's one hell of a shiny old girl Peter [8D]

 

[PSH]

I believe you Oli...honest... Cheers Paul, she's not looking to shabby now is she? ... I have plans though...I have the blown front bumber that needs attention and I still have a spot of rust on the passengers lower wing which has been there for over 10 years now... time to get it fixed My son has a top body specialist, he's a bit of a perfectionist...he's looked the car over and in his eyes the paintwork is bad so she'll have a full respray in the near future, he also reckons that he can fix the bumper so that's good news as I was about to source a replacement. He's offered to do all of the work at cost so i can't complain.... then it's the interior...lots to do there...I will tackle this in the next few weeks.....all good fun though... cheers Pete

 

[Hallsy]

Looking sexy Pete. Are those late offset 16's or early? I have a set of late offset 16's waiting for powder coat, and seeing that pic of yours has me itching to get them done and on. They look so right

 

[PSH]

ORIGINAL: Hallsy Looking sexy Pete. Are those late offset 16's or early? I have a set of late offset 16's waiting for powder coat, and seeing that pic of yours has me itching to get them done and on. They look so right

Hi Andrew thanks for your kind words... they are early offset.. cheers Pete

 

[Hallsy]

I thought the rears did look deeper, but thought your car was later than '86 for some reason. Sadly my tele's won't like quite as good, but almost as good

 

[PSH]

ORIGINAL: Hallsy I thought the rears did look deeper, but thought your car was later than '86 for some reason. Sadly my tele's won't like quite as good, but almost as good

yes Porsche certainly got things right with the 86...alas what with costs and new emissions they had to change things to keep in touch with the latest regulations, air bags, ABS etc..still IMHO the teledials of all types do suit the car best, plus I'm not a big fan of fitting 17" or larger, it upsets the cars performance IMHO... Pete

 

[PSH]

more bits and pieces done today... oil changed for fresh mineral oil, filter fitted to the fuel purge vent pipework, this runs behind the engine, along the drivers side wing, down behind the windscreen washer bottle and fixed to the vertical supports attached to the inner wing. Piggy back has now been fully enabled with the global settings adjusted, boost limit set at 20 PSI ( although I'm not intending to run much above 15 PSI for now ), RPM set at 6500. EBC has been switched off so that the car is relying purely on the wastegate spring , again just for now. Pete

 

[Frenchy]

Regret selling my 86 as it was a good un, Pete car sounds awesome, post up the spec when all done .

 

[OLD_ian]

I tried to start it... I'm going to be travelling and camping in Canada for the next few weeks, so thought I'll take it for a quick spin to blow out the cobwebs so it won't have been sitting for 6 weeks before i get back and next go for a drive. So i take the 20 minute walk to where my car is parked ( i live central London and no parking near me) and would it start? would it fuck. tach gives a nice big bounce and it happily spins over but not a hint of starting. as i said tach bounces once, but then sits at 0 rpm while it turns over happily. i'm leaving in a few days and have a load of work to finish before i go, so there's no time to do anything about sorting it out until i'm back. just a bit frustrated by this. I'm coming to the conclusion that in my circumstances i can't really have a classic car.

 

[Frenchy]

That's classic ownership !

 

[PSH]

ORIGINAL: Frenchy Regret selling my 86 as it was a good un, Pete car sounds awesome, post up the spec when all done .

Thanks Jim...will do when finished...just sorting a few teething issues with fueling under load....we have a number of things( actually quite a lot of possibilities) to check before plugging the laptop in and adding more fuel..will post what we find.. today i popped along to my son's work to give the car a clean, he's working all this weekend till late tonight as he has a TR4 that he's restoring for a customer that needs to be finished ready for tomorrow so I took advantage and used some of his gear...first job was to clean the wheels and then apply the pre-wash foam for cleansing all of the paintwork

Now although the paint isn't as bad as it looks in the first picture it does look a little pink in places when it's had all of the polish cleaned off as you can see in the picture..the result of sitting unused for 4 years on the drive and why it's going to have a full respray in the near future..so next was to use a product that alas I don't know it's full name but it's called 'enhance' and is part of a large range of polishing products that my son uses at work. It's very easy to apply with a soft sponge, leave for 3-7 minutes and buff off....result is a nice bright red finish....it will certainly do me until the car gets repainted.....

Pete

 

[zcacogp]

Looks marvellous Pete - remind me why you need a respray! I changed the gearbox oil in mine on Friday. The last stuff had been in there 3 years / 20,000 miles, and it's worth changing fairly regularly to keep everything sweet. A bit of thinking made the job a LOT easier; it's usually a battle to get the new oil down a tube and through the filling hole on the gearbox, but a pressurised brake bleeding kit provided the perfect answer! Filling the brake bleed kit with gearbox oil and attaching it to a compressed air supply provided a brisk flow of gearbox oil down a pipe, which meant the whole job took around 20 minutes! (Yes, cleaning the oil out of the bleed kit took me another 20 minutes, but that was only because SWMBO wouldn't let me put it in the dishwasher .... []) Also discovered a missing bolt on an exhaust heat shield while I was underneath the car, so replaced that. End result is that the car is smoother, quieter and doesn't rattle, and the gearshift is better than ever. (The new pin in the gearlever and some proper rose joints on the back, done about a year ago, mean that the shift is by far the best I have ever come across on a 944.) Oli.

 

[Worsey]

After meeting some of the other R30 members up at the Grandstand and finding Ian with the roof down on his Boxster, I decided I could go for that lightweight look and tag along with the passenger window and door card missing. Hey, wouldn't be that cold Shirley? 50 miles later inc a run back over the Mountain Course i wished I'd put some warmer gear on. Still, had a nice cup of tea and some poached eggs afterwards at the Caff whilst chewing the fat so not all bad. Hugh (996) particularly impressed with the bark from the AAS stainless exhaust. Really need to pull finger out and fix window.

 

[Hallsy]

Put my 951 in for MOT today - I was a little nervous as I haven't really used it much so far this year, and haven't had it up in the air since last year. She failed But thankfully nothing serious - wiper blade, front indicators, rear foglight & tell tale. I have had the indicators play up after wet weather or car wash before, so hopefully just poor connections, but I am surprised by the rear fog as I recently refurbed the lamp holders and checked all lamps. My own fault for not checking the basics this morning, but time was not on my side!!

 

[Hallsy]

Back to the MOT station this afternoon and now a clean bill of health for 12 months. One of them was a very easy fix, as I had said, I was pretty sure the fogs were OK as I had recently refurbed the lamp holders - sure enough, they were working fine - MOT tester obviously hadn't turned the front fogs on first Likewise, wiper blades, some nice new Bosch Super Plus went in place of the nackered old ones. Drivers side indicator wasn't so easy though. Removed lens and could see what the problem was, plenty of corrosion and the lamp was stuck solid. Smashed glass and tried to remove, but no joy, had to get the housing out. This wasn't as easy as I had thought, I undid the two mounting nuts but it wouldn't budge, as if it was held in the middle. I didn't want to risk breaking it as I had to get it back to MOT station for midday before work, so off with the batwing & brake duct - then a firm shove from behind and it was out!! Seems that the drain tube was preventing me from pulling it out the first time, I should have just pulled a bit harder, lol!! 20150626_101037 by Hallsy01, on Flickr Don't worry, I wasn't drinking the plus gas [X(] 20150626_101115 by Hallsy01, on Flickr Just a little crusty! Removed the lamp holder and gave it a good clean up, I was short of time so didn't get it perfect, but made sure the contact points were clean, I will probably replace the lamp holder at a later date. Still doesn't look great, but was making contact in the right places [] 20150626_105211 by Hallsy01, on Flickr God knows how it got so wet as the passenger one was pretty much mint inside, maybe the drain tube was blocked/squashed. Next on the list is to measure my drivers side engine mount to saisfy my paranoia that it could be past it's best, then I can put some miles on the clock again!! Terrible rattle from the clutch though, don't know whether it is release bearing or the torque tube (TT is quiet when on the move) - not really an issue as such, but it does detract from the experience a little when your car sounds like a ball bearing filled washing machine at the traffic lights!! Something else for the 'to do' list, lol!!

 

[cornelis]

My clutch rubber donut sheared of so i had to get in there and replace the clutch definitely not the most difficult job to do but really time consuming when done on axle stands on your own. Wile i had the gearbox out i saw the gearbox mountings are starting to shear. Out came the welder and in comes solid mountings a definite improvement

 

[George Elliott]

That's one hell of a shiny old girl Peter

Totally agree, have to say a Guards turbo with teledials just looks so class....[8D][8D][8D][8D] Why is a new Porsche so uninspiring by comparison, is it the bling, or lack of character? George 944t

 

[PSH]

ORIGINAL: George Elliott

That's one hell of a shiny old girl Peter

Totally agree, have to say a Guards turbo with teledials just looks so class....[8D][8D][8D][8D] Why is a new Porsche so uninspiring by comparison, is it the bling, or lack of character? George 944t

Thanks guys...she is pretty...well 'eye of the beholder' and all that... had another good day today...lots of little jobs sorted. clock light working fuel gauge now reading correctly oil pressure gauge now stable instead of being very erratic fixed slight coolant leak on the hose closest to the bleed screw, turned out that one of the jubilee clips was damaged cleaned the wideband O2 sensor which was very bad, the little fan wasn't working due to it being clogged resulting in the system refusing to calibrate properly set the wideband gauge display to increase in brightness when running lean.....the gauge now lights the whole of the inside of the car up when going over 15........ mineral oil now ditched for the expensive stuff...that being Millers CFS 10w50NT and a 400 micron oil filter fitted fuel regulator moved to further away from the exhaust manifold....trying to be extra careful, also wrapped the fuel lines with heat resistant tape, my son is going to order some better suited hosing for extra protection. found that the vac pipe under the throttle body that had been blanked off had been damaged by yours truly when doing up the clamps...fixed now...lol reversed the connections on the APEXI boost control solenoid ( son said this was probably why the car was running rough under load.....he was right.... she goes like a rocket now...still need to test her on the main roads in high gears but need to be careful as she gets up speed very, very fast... set the Apexi at MAP A 1 bar and MAP B 1.3 bar finally received and fitted the last LED's for the side lights. while playing around with the interior i asked my son to reconnect the A/C in the glovebox so i can keep my drinks cool...the tube had come disconnected..while doing this he discovered that the climate control sensor fan wasn't turning...to be honest for all i know it never has...I don't tend to play with the temperature settings. Anyway he took the unit out, split the casing, carefully removing the temp sensor and cleaned the motor. It was covered in black dust, the motor and the sensor were clogged up solid...a good blow through with the air gun and a spray of WD40 while applying power soon had the motor spinning as Porsche intended. The thing is I didn't even know this motor existed...it's probably an unknown for many owners as i think I'm correct in saying that only the 86 model had Climate control,another cost saving for later models having A/C..i stand to be corrected if I have this wrong, sure i read it somewhere... couple of pictures first the mysterious climate control motor after being cleaned...

and the new LED lights...i had to move back a little in an attempt to reduce the glare, failed miserably....lol btw the high beam and fog lights are off....they are far too bright for my poor phone camera to get an image...

so today has been a good day.... I floored the throttle a few times on my way home from the garage ( well 92%) and all was great, no hesitation points through 1st,2nd and 3rd with me being pinned to the back of the seat....just need to try out 4th and 5th to be sure all is as expected. the impressive thing is that i'm still running on 55lb injectors with no ignition modifications....god knows what she's going to be like when properly set up....to much for me to handle i suspect.... report brought to you by a man with a big smile on his face... Pete

 

[PSH]

Small update from yesterday....have now tested the car under max load in the high gears....all good.....pulled back once which i think was due to hitting the overboost settings on the piggyback. So all great...i do need to go through the APEXI settings though....I currently have the car on map A which should be up to 1 BAR.....however when checking the data after a run in 5th gear I noted that the boost peaked at 1.56 bar at 65% throttle before i backed off. It may be that i need to go through the MAP in detail as you can set the boost at different levels per 1000rpm...perhaps i have it set for more boost at higher rpm which is the better way of doing things so perhaps i had it this way from previous setups.?? A little more playing to get things as required i think... Pete NB:..perhaps the last two updates should be in the build thread and not hear...i can move them if others think it best.... Cheers Pete

 

[blade7]

ORIGINAL: PSH

ORIGINAL: Hallsy I thought the rears did look deeper, but thought your car was later than '86 for some reason. Sadly my tele's won't like quite as good, but almost as good

yes Porsche certainly got things right with the 86...alas what with costs and new emissions they had to change things to keep in touch with the latest regulations, air bags, ABS etc..still IMHO the teledials of all types do suit the car best, plus I'm not a big fan of fitting 17" or larger, it upsets the cars performance IMHO... Pete

I'll have to disagree with you here, IMO the 88 Turbo S was an improvement over the 220 bhp car.