what did you do to your 944 today

[944Scott]

After 7 cans of satin black I finally got a finish on the bridge spoiler I'm happy with.

 

[Eldavo]

Am in the States so have ordered some of the Ftech9 solid state DME relays with fuel pump prime option for me and some friends - being delivered to my hotel tomorrow

Sounds interesting .... tell me more!

Oli.

Joe from Ftech9 has redesigned the DME to use solid state components so no moving parts to the relays at all. He does a standard version or one that runs the fuel pump for 3 seconds first automatically to prime the fuel pressure - that's the ones I've bought.

They look OEM (will post pics when home as they've been delivered individually sealed in static-proof packaging) and come with a 4 year warranty even though it should be the last DME relay you ever need. Cost was about £57 each.

The kicker is that he only delivers within the US (although his arm may be twisted for a group but perhaps) so I waited until I was (am still) at DisneyWorld to order.

He also makes brand new DME circuit boards too!

[link=http://www.ftech9.com/new-products/]http://www.ftech9.com/new-products/[/link]

 

[944Scott]

I like the idea of the pump prime dme, if we could twist his arm I'd buy one

 

[zcacogp]

Joe from Ftech9 has redesigned the DME to use solid state components so no moving parts to the relays at all. He does a standard version or one that runs the fuel pump for 3 seconds first automatically to prime the fuel pressure - that's the ones I've bought.

They look OEM (will post pics when home as they've been delivered individually sealed in static-proof packaging) and come with a 4 year warranty even though it should be the last DME relay you ever need. Cost was about £57 each.

The kicker is that he only delivers within the US (although his arm may be twisted for a group but perhaps) so I waited until I was (am still) at DisneyWorld to order.

He also makes brand new DME circuit boards too!

[link=http://www.ftech9.com/new-products/]http://www.ftech9.com/new-products/[/link]

Interesting, thanks. What advantage does the solid-state DME give over the existing one, other than greater reliability? And what does the fule pump prime bring to the party?

Oli.

 

[Eldavo]

1: reliability, no moving parts and less current draw. Fit and forget.

2: makes it start easier. I have a fuel pressure gauge on my aftermarket adjustable fuel pressure regulator and can see that although there is a check valve the pressure at the rail drops off from 3bar within minutes of turning the engine off. In fact when the car has sat for a while it usually takes a few goes to start properly - by building up fuel pressure first it should start PDQ in future!

 

[Eldavo]

It's not like it's the answer to world peace though - I am the guy that spent £90 on a Carbon Fibre armrest one drunken Friday night on eBay remember!

 

[blade7]

If the cars been stood for a while a few turns of the engine to build up some oil pressure before it fires isn't a bad thing though.

 

[zcacogp]

Interesting, thanks for the explanation.

Back on the theme of this thread, today I installed a programmable intermittant delay relay to my S2. Superb modification and I wonder why it's taken me 11 years to do it.

Oli.

 

[StuK]

My 944 had an outing for the first time in quite a while today. I took it to the Flitwick classic car show; it's only a small show (about 150 cars), but there was some interesting stuff there. Mine was, of course, the best looking car there, but strangely didn't win anything!

 

[StuBBerS]

Yesterday I changed the gearbox oil and gave her a good clean ready for Sunday Scramble at Bicester Heritage today. After having the geometry done by Centre Gravity last week she handles much better and is less 'inconsistently erratic'. It still pulls left though...(could have something to do with both front wishbones having different part numbers)

 

[Eldavo]

Interesting, thanks for the explanation.

Back on the theme of this thread, today I installed a programmable intermittant delay relay to my S2. Superb modification and I wonder why it's taken me 11 years to do it.

Oli.

Now it's my turn to ask what that is and does!

Here's a video of the relay doing its thing:

[link=http://s213.photobucket.com/user/eldavo69/media/Porsche%20944%20Turbo%20S/E9C8D68B-2CC4-4D33-89A8-EF24FB19C5BC.mp4.html]http://s213.photobucket.com/user/eldavo69/media/Porsche%20944%20Turbo%20S/E9C8D68B-2CC4-4D33-89A8-EF24FB19C5BC.mp4.html[/link]

[link=http://s213.photobucket.com/user/eldavo69/media/Porsche%20944%20Turbo%20S/C2C2184D-F33B-4B75-9AAD-EC4765BB53B6.mp4.html]http://s213.photobucket.c...-EC4765BB53B6.mp4.html[/link]

 

[zcacogp]

Couldn't make either of those videos work ....

And, with apologies, my post was badly written - it's a programmable intermittant wiper delay relay. Swap the wiper relay with VW part number 357 955 531 or 3BO 955 531. Here's a video showing what it does. (It's fitted to a Saab but the function is identical no matter what car.)

[link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5MXAmZF-8E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5MXAmZF-8E[/link]

Wiper relay position is Relay 9 on my S2, and probably the same on all later 944's. It's a straight swap and makes the delay twiddle thing under the steering wheel redundant.

Oli.

 

[g944s2]

Drove 2hr round trip to a car meet last weekend thinking how hot it was then realised the heating was on full heat on one of the hottest days of the summer even though it was set to cold.

I removed the glove box this morning to find the expected metal rod hanging down having broken away from the clip so tied it up and put the glovebox back since I have another two hour drive tomorrow, at least it will be cooler this week.

Will try the OPC on Monday to see if they have the two broken clips.

 

[Neil Haughey]

Finally finished off re-fitting all the PAS gubbins on my race car which included having to re-bolt up the steering rack & ARB as had to free both to get at one of the unions. Forgot also had to refit one of the racing brake ducts, bit of a tortuous route now for the hose up and over the PAS cooler. Really chuffed as this has been one of the most difficult jobs I have done on a car in 2 decades (rebuilt A series engine back then with my brother, God knows how I managed but on a mini you had no choice but to be good with the spanners, lol).

The PAS all seems to work fine now fingers crossed the car drives OK.

 

[chipmunk]

Started to prep my wheel arches for some fresh paint. The only area of paint I'm not happy with is in the rear wheel arches at the bottom from the inevitable stonechips. It's booked in for the August bank holiday

 

[944Scott]

Argued the toss with the insurance company

 

[g944s2]

Fitted a new badge after someone ripped mine off the bonnet.

 

[StuBBerS]

Spent the afternoon in Bicester for a charity Porsche show at Garth Park which was fab then decided, at about 8pm, to fix my digital clock with a kit I bought off eBay. Works a treat now and was relatively straightforward.

 

[gerb_b]

Had a nice wee run out to Inverness after doing a full brake overhaul calipers, discs and pads all new and working well.

 

[Eldavo]

Nipped out to a local classic car meet on Wednesday night and noticed the faint smell of fuel when putting it away in the garage. All the lines and rail are upgraded and pretty new so thought it might be running a bit rich - even though all seemed wel on the AFR.

Went nt into the garage on Thursday after work at it stunk of fuel, saw a wet patch behind the driver's side rear wheel and when I poked my head under there was a big puddle of petrol under the car!!!

The V-shaped hose from the tank to the pump was leaking (it's double walled but had separated and peeled away). Luckily I had some spare fuel hose, so swapped the old but for the new and kinked the new bit into place - I got soaked with petrol for my troubles too. It's now continent again and the replacement hose will arrive on Tuesday - good job I'd not left it longer, or it'd happened on track, or, or, or!