what did you do to your 944 today

[scam75]

New wheel centres, again! Got a set of metal ones in good nick for a bargain £65. I've seen these go for £200+ for a set used.

Old (plastic):

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Metal (left) vs Plastic (right)

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New (metal):

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Happy with those. Even the plastic ones are the best part of £100 each new or £100 for a ropey set of used ones.

Also the metal ones don't come with the 2 handy holes for thieves to use for removal!

Stuart

 

[Dan944t]

New wheel centres, again! Got a set of metal ones in good nick for a bargain £65. I've seen these go for £200+ for a set used.

Old (plastic):

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Metal (left) vs Plastic (right)

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New (metal):

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Happy with those. Even the plastic ones are the best part of £100 each new or £100 for a ropey set of used ones.

Also the metal ones don't come with the 2 handy holes for thieves to use for removal!

Stuart

a very pleasurable finishing touch !

 

[scam75]

Thanks Dan!

I've got 20 brand new shiny black wheel nuts as well, only got one fitted so far as an old one bit the dust, and it's not fell off in 6 months so I guess they are ok! Get them changed at some point..........

Stuart

 

[Dan944t]

new shiny wheel nuts is something i would like for mine ,…think i sprayed mine when i refurbed the wheels but there’s nothing better than new uns

 

[scam75]

new shiny wheel nuts is something i would like for mine ,…think i sprayed mine when i refurbed the wheels but there’s nothing better than new uns

I paid £55 for the set of 20. I don't think they are genuine Porsche but they are aluminium, black, and exact same shape/size as the originals and seem very well made to OEM spec. The ebay seller has sold loads of them and there was tons of positive feedback from 911 owners so that was good enough for me. As I said, I only put one on and 6 months later it still looks perfect and is still torqued the same as when I put it on. So they seem a good buy at £55.

[link=https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223807508681]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223807508681[/link]

Stuart

 

[blade7]

Today I added a bit of ignition timing at idle, to stop it occasionally stalling, dropping quickly to idle. Currently at 20 deg, which seems high but happy.

I’ve been having this same issue before I can get it to the tuners - I’ve been mucking around with afterrun fuel cut but haven’t touched the timing, I’ll compare current with previous tables but you might have inadvertently saved me a lot of head scratching. I’ll look at making a bit of a “timing valley” around idle so that it always drops back to the required cell.

I was checking VEMS posts on Rennlist, and someone had used the same 20 deg setting on there.

 

[blade7]

Thanks Dan!

I've got 20 brand new shiny black wheel nuts as well, only got one fitted so far as an old one bit the dust, and it's not fell off in 6 months so I guess they are ok! Get them changed at some point..........

Stuart

I bought 10 a while back to replace some of mine. A couple were crumbling, and I had to knock on a smaller socket on to remove one. I only use a 6 point socket on them now.

 

[James0]

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I was checking VEMS posts on Rennlist, and someone had used the same 20 deg setting on there.

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Cool, do you have a link? more info is always useful.

 

[Dan944t]

new shiny wheel nuts is something i would like for mine ,…think i sprayed mine when i refurbed the wheels but there’s nothing better than new uns

I paid £55 for the set of 20. I don't think they are genuine Porsche but they are aluminium, black, and exact same shape/size as the originals and seem very well made to OEM spec. The ebay seller has sold loads of them and there was tons of positive feedback from 911 owners so that was good enough for me. As I said, I only put one on and 6 months later it still looks perfect and is still torqued the same as when I put it on. So they seem a good buy at £55.

[link=https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223807508681]https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223807508681[/link]

Stuart

thanks Stuart ,…these ebay links are starting to add up for me,… good though !

 

[blade7]

I was checking VEMS posts on Rennlist, and someone had used the same 20 deg setting on there.

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Cool, do you have a link? more info is always useful.

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Sorry James, not sure how to add links. Search 951 VEMS install over on Rennlist, it's quite a long thread. I think Eldavo may have posted on it too.

 

[dlknight]

New wheel centres, again! Got a set of metal ones in good nick for a bargain £65. I've seen these go for £200+ for a set used.

Happy with those. Even the plastic ones are the best part of £100 each new or £100 for a ropey set of used ones.

Also the metal ones don't come with the 2 handy holes for thieves to use for removal!

Stuart

I spent ages trawling ebay, mine also had those plastic ones previously.

I got two used ones that looked brand new and then managed to score another pair still in boxes for next to nothing.

The metal ones look great on the D90s and think that is what originally came with them from factory.

Anyway I suppose I should share something I've been doing []

With the help of Tom's dad (David) at Augment the torque tube rebuild is finished! We had fun and games trying to get the shaft back into the tube on Saturday and text me on Sunday to say it was ready. Local to me and they are proper enthusiasts!

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I've finished painting my rear Brembos, going to bake them in a few days at 75C for a couple of hours in my food dehydrator and then they will be ready for new seals which I got from Bigg Red. I also ended up having to get one 28mm piston as one of the bores had a tiny bit of aluminium corrosion on the lip which had damaged the piston. I repaired some pitting in the aluminium under the slide plates with some JB Weld (don't knock it till you've tried it). Preparation is key to all of this, I think I must have washed the calipers about 5 times before painting. Shout out to Adam at Uber9 where I got the stickers from, the only place I could find selling the correct font style for our brakes. Most seem to sell the more modern 996 / Boxster font which is thinner. I used VHT Gloss Black caliper paint, left it to dry for 7 days and then applied the decals, followed by some VHT Gloss Clear caliper paint.

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This afternoon I started to fit the brake and fuel lines back into place as I've also finished treating the chassis.

 

[scam75]

That's all looking fab, great work!

I happened to be flicking through my history the other day, the previous owner got the 2 rear calipers replaced at Kwik-Fit (of all places!) in 2006. £275 per caliper inc. vat from Porsche!

Anyway, these went on unpainted, and to this day they are perfect, clean, and with zero plate lift (80k miles, 17 years). I have replaced my fronts since then with modified 993 turbo items, refurbed when bought (10 years ago) and then refurbed again 5 years ago due to plate lift and looking horrible They currently work perfect, with no plate lift, but are definitely showing the signs of 5 years of driving. Dirty and decals flaking off. The unpainted rears put them to shame! I suppose the fronts do have a harder time, but its an interesting comparison none the less!

Stuart

 

[blade7]

I also have 2 immaculate, rear calipers on my car. No record in the history of when they were replaced though. The fronts calipers could do with refreshing, but I'm tempted to switch to later bigger discs and calipers.

 

[vitesse]

Changed the cam & balance belts on my wife's 1986 924S a week ago after nearly 10 years.

The removed belts look almost unused & were Continental brand that time but with some new pulleys & a new water pump.They must have done at least 35K miles & although I have seen comments about them being prone to wear/stretch more than the supposed OEM Gates Powergrip ones,I am impressed by their performance & resilience.

This time round I got a more comparative price from GSL Carparts so went with the Gates belts but didn't need to replace any pulleys & as a First ,changed them both with ease without removing the crankshaft bolt & hence the power steering pulley even though I have my own home made flywheel lock & suitable & necessary breaker bar plus scaffold tube..

With Nicholas my son helping ,it was easier tucking the cambelt in around the crankshaft sprocket with appropriate soft nosed "poking bars".

tensioned with my usual "twist & shout" method with all pulleys ending up precisely on their timing marks.

The faff is really removing the top hose,aircleaner box & fan cowl etc but now ready for a summer worry free season with a sweet sounding engine with virtually no belt whine ,now showing 116850 miles.

Also fitted a new multi vee alternator drivebelt which now comes with 1 less V section than the original,but had forgotten to get a new power steering V-belt but the existing one was checked carefully & was OK.

NB:-My early industrial background was in power transmission ,chains,gearboxes clutches toothed belts ,V-belts,pulleys & couplings.

 

[MarkK]

I do too much looking and not enough driving,had my garage door up and looked at it yesterday ,must pull my finger out and take it for a spin its meant to be sunny this weekend.Have a good one all!

 

[blade7]

Which one?

 

[MarkK]

Red one is out this summer[]

 

[blade7]

Nice car.

 

[944Turbo]

Passed an MOT on the cab and moved form Sorn to Taxed.

 

[scam75]

Passed an MOT on the cab and moved form Sorn to Taxed.

Exciting stuff, about time! What about the coupe?

Stuart