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Slam
Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 1689 Location: Wainwright, Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: |
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Yup, all in their own little bathtub!
Been driving the 924 and the 944 to work for a couple of weeks. The 944 is just plain smoother in every way. A good ride for mornings I don't feel like I want to be completely involved with a car. _________________ '84 944 - kid blew motor
'83 944 - resting comfortably. For 12 years
'87 944 - sideswiped by trucker
'80 924 - gone
'78 924 - gone
'77 924 - rusting comfortably |
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Chrenan
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 12:50 am Post subject: |
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Well, time for a 10 year update on the 944.
When I got the 944 it had 110,000 kms on the odometer, that has gone up to 125,000. The vast majority of those kms have been at the four track locations we've had locally here over the last decade. Much maintenance was done through the years; rod bearings, head gasket, head refresh, clutches, etc. About 18 months ago I felt the engine needed to come out for a major refresh. I decided to try something a little different so I installed a crate LS2 in it's place. This track season has been its first outing as a swapped 944.
The swap itself is fairly "normal", I didn't really experiment and followed what had already been done in the past and went with off the shelf solutions wherever available. The swap kit was sourced through Texas Performance Concepts.
Brakes utilize a Ford hydroboost but retain the stock 944 Turbo master cylinder and brake pedal. A Turn One pump moves the hydroboost fluid, but only to the brakes as I retained the manual steering I installed years ago. There is a cooler for the fluid given it's a track car.
There's a big aluminum radiator that comes with the swap kit, I retained the big oil cooler I was running with the stock engine. I used a Setrab remote oil cooler mount between the engine and the cooler to get the filter away from the headers where it lives on a stock LS.
I went with the optional upgrade of long tube headers with the swap kit instead of the log headers. The long tubes are made by Kooks and are a perfect fit and specific to an LS in a 944.
The swap uses a Corvette C5 bellhousing and an adapter plate to mate it to the torque tube. The hydraulic push style throwout bearing lives inside the bellhousing and is moved by a 7/8 clutch master cylinder actuated by the stock 944 pedal. The 944 LS swap clutch disk and pressure plate are from SPEC, I also went with a SPEC lightened steel flywheel.
I topped the engine off with an LS6 intake which flows better than the LS2 intake. A Lokar cable moves the throttle body and is attached to the stock 944 gas pedal.
Some of the other details on the car:
Front Suspension:
400in/lbs springs
Racers Edge Camber Plates / High Strung 44 Control Arms with monoball bushings
Ground Control coil over / Koni Sport
30mm front sway bar
Rear Suspension:
650in/lbs springs
Elephant Racing Poly Bronze Bearings / Solid torsion carrier mounts and monoball bushings
Ground Control coil over / 30 series Koni
19mm adjustable rear sway bar
Weights: (Prior to LS swap - will weigh again soon)
Corner balance:
818.....810
782.....747
Cross weight 50.4%
Total weight 3157 including half tank of gas and 215 for driver (2942 without driver)
Brakes:
Front:
996 GT3 4-Piston calipers on 330 Cayenne rotors
Pagid Orange pads
944 Turbo Cup cooling ducts and 968 air spats
Rear:
Stock 944 Turbo calipers and rotors
Pagid Black pads
Safety/Interior:
Heigo bolt-in rollbar
Cobra Evolution GT halo seat
Scroth harnesses
Momo Mod 07 wheel on NRG quick release
Transmission:
Stock 944 Turbo with added Quaife TBD
Steering:
Factory manual steering rack
Wheels:
993 narrow body fitment Hollow Spokes - 8" front 10" rear (no spacers) _________________ 1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan
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Adismo
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 80 Location: Guatemala
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 1:06 am Post subject: |
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10 years update? That is pacience! Lol, love it! _________________ Porsche 924 1977 XK Euro |
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Chrenan
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 12:01 am Post subject: |
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Annual update!
Great last track day of the season here on Sunday, cool weather and a major snow storm south of us meant a very empty track. Such a fun car, LS2 + 944 = perfection. Had a few transaxle buddies lapping with me as well including fellow long time 924board member Brockoli!
Interesting minor update as well, I had the car on corner scales again this summer, the weight after the swap is 2935lbs, so 7lbs lighted than it was before. New rims and fibreglass hood are lighter than what it was scaled with when it had the stock engine, but still an interesting result. So much for the “boat anchor” V8 theory.
_________________ 1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan |
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Chrenan
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2021 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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Still out there racking up laps...
@944RrackRat
https://youtu.be/lKUMiCGAnG0
_________________ 1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan |
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Fasteddie313
Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2596 Location: MI
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:22 am Post subject: |
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These dirty LS thoughts have crossed my mind enough to price engines..
The 941 is mine now, and really it just feels like it has a lot more tire..
Compared to my narrow car with quite poor tires, and the 41 with wide A052s.. Huge difference.. It sticks incredibly.. _________________ 80 Turbo - Slightly Modified |
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Chrenan
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:31 am Post subject: |
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Fasteddie313 wrote: | These dirty LS thoughts have crossed my mind enough to price engines..
The 941 is mine now, and really it just feels like it has a lot more tire..
Compared to my narrow car with quite poor tires, and the 41 with wide A052s.. Huge difference.. It sticks incredibly.. |
Proper spring rates and a wide square tire setup transforms these cars. They can't keep up with something like a GT4 through the corners on a road course, but they certainly aren't left behind either. _________________ 1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan |
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Fasteddie313
Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2596 Location: MI
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:50 am Post subject: |
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The cayman GT4 is that good?
You think it’s better than the C8?
I have loved the thoughts of the Cayman GT4, but I got to ride for some hot laps in a C8 recently at Barrett Jackson and WOW!!
That thing is amazing..
Not that I’m going to buy either anytime soon, but maybe some day.. _________________ 80 Turbo - Slightly Modified |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8886 Location: Romania
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2021 1:29 am Post subject: |
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I drive the base model 987 Cayman with a suspension upgrade that should nudge it towards the Cayman R setup and it is by far the best handling car i have ever driven…for the money..as obviously you can always add another zero at the end of the price tag and that will surely be better. _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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Chrenan
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2021 1:49 am Post subject: |
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Fasteddie313 wrote: | The cayman GT4 is that good?
You think it’s better than the C8?
I have loved the thoughts of the Cayman GT4, but I got to ride for some hot laps in a C8 recently at Barrett Jackson and WOW!!
That thing is amazing..
Not that I’m going to buy either anytime soon, but maybe some day.. |
Cayman GT4 is that good. They are incredibly fast on a tight road course. I haven't been on track yet with a C8 so I can't comment. _________________ 1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan |
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Chrenan
Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Annual update? Great season of 27 track events spread across the four road courses within 2.5 hours of where I live. Great fun!
_________________ 1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan |
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kondzi
Joined: 02 Jul 2018 Posts: 485 Location: Poland/EU
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:58 am Post subject: |
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I'm jealous _________________ ---
Konrad
'89 951 US
'88 Mustang 5.0 LX Convertible (factory specs)
'84 911 Carrera 3.2 RoW (factory specs)
'81 931 RoW (TBD)
'81 Ford Capri 2.8i (factory specs)
'79 Ford Capri 2.9 (heavily modded) |
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