what did you do to your 944 today

[scam75]

Strangely I have no lifter noise at start up but after running for 30 mins or so I start to hear a little lifter chatter at idle, when bonnet up, not from cabin. Been like that 10 years I've owned car. Did replace a couple of lifters when engine rebuilt but no change, may have missed the culprit. Nothing major just a slight lifter noise above the injector ticking. Can live with it.

Have done several flushes before and no change. A well known indy up here once told me not to use flushes on a turbo. Haven't used one last 5 years.

Stuart

 

[Eldavo]

Just get a Lindsey Racing fuel rail, you won’t hear the lifter over the sound of the injectors then!

 

[Waylander]

Pete, If you need it rebuilt I can do it for you, I have rebuild shed loads of starters over the years, depending on what it needs the whole lot only comes to about £40.

Bendix,

Bearings,

Brushes,

Throw Arm,

Solenoid,

 

[PSH]

Pete, If you need it rebuilt I can do it for you, I have rebuild shed loads of starters over the years, depending on what it needs the whole lot only comes to about £40.

Bendix,

Bearings,

Brushes,

Throw Arm,

Solenoid,

That's very kind of you, it may be sometime before I know 'what's what'.. I will keep it in mind..

Many thanks

Pete

 

[PSH]

This evening my son dropped over a new set of brakes, he wanted me to check them before accepting them, Sebro discs, pads (can't remember the make) and sensors for all four corners, total price £330. I'm happy with that. Hope to get them fitted soon...

Pete

 

[Frenchy]

About £85 a corner, not bad at all, I did my brakes last year, i fitted cross drilled fronts, cross drilled rears, aka 964 RS, pads and wear sensors, calipers stripped, acid dipped, new seals, and powder coated (Red) new nipples missus !

near enough £1400 with free labour ( mine) much grippierband look uber sexy []

 

[Dan944t]

Hi Pete , that sounds like a bargain mate!

Did you make sure they are handed?

I got thise make discs once from euros but they weren’t correct And weren’t handed so bought the full set from Frazier part in the end.

Daniel

 

[PSH]

Handed?...are they handed, I've had a couple of new sets on ow and don't recall anythibg about handed?... mind you the way my memory is these days anything is possible...I'll check tomorrow...if I remember...

 

[Dan944t]

Handed?...are they handed, I've had a couple of new sets on ow and don't recall anythibg about handed?... mind you the way my memory is these days anything is possible...I'll check tomorrow...if I remember...

Hi Pete,

mine deffinately were when when I bought original Pagid from fraizerpart cant remember if it was just the fronts that had to be?

Also not sure if it doesn’t apply to yours being a 86? As mines a 87?

I bought the ones you have just over 3 years ago from euros and it was actually Jon mitchell that told me they were not the right discs when they sapposidly fitted new lifter plates on my callipers ( which they didn’t !!!! Just bodged them as you may remember the photos I sent you ) ........... the thickness was also wrong ( something they did get right )

something to check mate, but yours may not be handed being a 86? I know my fronts were and i would check the thickness and find out what they should be as I had trouble with that make. Doesn’t mean you will of course, but worth checking mate, as I won’t get them again.

atb

Daniel

 

[PSH]

Thanks for the heads up Dan, I have just done a little googling. From the suppliers that I've looked at, none specify left or right for an 86 but do for 87 on so I guess handed isn't an issue on the first cars. I also searched for thickness dimensions, according to a very good article by 'Excellence' detailing all specs, the rears are 24 mm and fronts 28, same rears for later cars but they have thicker 32mm fronts. I don't have the front's here yet as they are being delivered next week, I have everything else and the rears (in their plastic) measure just over 25mm so I think all is well.

Regards

Pete

 

[924Srr27l]

OE Rotors may not be directional, but many aftermarket ones are.

Either the Vanes, the slots, the hole patterns or all 3 need to be orientated in the direction of travel...

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R

 

[John Sims]

This has been one of my long standing preponderances particularly as I don't think mine (993TT OEM IIRC) were handed.

Consider first that the discs nestle in the shelter of the wheel rim. Second, is it better that the vanes scoop the air and push hot air through the holes or cause low pressure and, in effect, suck cold air through the face of the disc evacuating the hot air, dust, gasses from the perimeter of the disc?

If the process is truly effective, pushing high pressure pre-heated air against the pads would perhaps be less desirable than sucking the air/gasses/detritus away.

My conclusion is, it probably doesn't move that much air so doesn't make that much difference which, I assume, is the conclusion the engineers at Porsche came to. Granted OCD would dictate that the vanes should both either go forward or backward but...

 

[edh]

M030 discs are handed but standard S2 brakes (and early turbo I guess) are not.

 

[blade7]

I'm fairly certain the 944 Pagid discs I bought from CP4LESS were handed, and had different part numbers. Don't recall if the A4 ones were. One of the Audi discs was rusty, and had big machining fault though. I reckon that disc had been punted out a few times in the hope no one noticed.

 

[blade7]

This evening my son dropped over a new set of brakes, he wanted me to check them before accepting them, Sebro discs, pads (can't remember the make) and sensors for all four corners, total price £330. I'm happy with that. Hope to get them fitted soon...

Pete

Should have fitted proper turbo size brakes Pete, S2's don't go fast enough to need handed discs .

 

[PSH]

Haha....no bigger brakes for me...i like my deep dish tele's too much and just think of that extra weight...

 

[924Srr27l]

What did I do today.............?

Removed the dash, heater and central console etc.

More weight savings (over 10kg), including the Loom which will be cut and reduced also new clock layout and new

locations for the battery cut out, extinguisher, laptimer, countdown timer and fuel gauge etc...

The gearstick position is going to be made further back to be closer to the driver and steering wheel.

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R

 

[PSH]

Interesting Roger...what are you going to do with the dash and what type is it?..I'm looking for a beat up oval dash which I can re-cover...

Pete

 

[924Srr27l]

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924S / Early 944 Dash..

 

[924Srr27l]

It now looks rather messy and naked, but I guess that's the RACE look!

R