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Rasta Monsta
Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11724 Location: PacNW
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Rattle cans? _________________ Toofah King Bad
- WeiBe (1987 924S 2.5t) - 931 S3
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Rattle cans? No.
Two stage lacquer. _________________ 84 944--924 Carrera GTS clone w/520HP Chevy 302 V8--RUNNING!
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:37 am Post subject: |
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Clearcoated. I just need to buff and polish it now.
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:40 am Post subject: |
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It's coming along! Mostly what is remaining to do is the interior and a few minor mechanical things.
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GeorgeV
Joined: 14 Mar 2010 Posts: 306 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Rasta Monsta
Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11724 Location: PacNW
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:43 am Post subject: |
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GeorgeV wrote: | Rasta, you're still a ST! |
The car does look great, but I was having a hard time imagining using a pro-style paint gun without a paint booth. _________________ Toofah King Bad
- WeiBe (1987 924S 2.5t) - 931 S3
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | I was having a hard time imagining using a pro-style paint gun without a paint booth. |
It isn't a problem because I used Lacquer. If I used If I used urethane or canalized enamel I would have needed to make a kind of booth with plastic sheet.
I'm almost ready to put the interior in now. _________________ 84 944--924 Carrera GTS clone w/520HP Chevy 302 V8--RUNNING!
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Moved it on it's own power for the first time!
I didn't take it for a drive because I needed to shim up the hydraulic T/O bearing. The clutch was grabbing at the floor. Fixed that yesterday. Now I need to do a basic alignment so i can drive to the alignment shop, buy license plates and insurance.
Can't wait to go for a ride! _________________ 84 944--924 Carrera GTS clone w/520HP Chevy 302 V8--RUNNING!
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:26 am Post subject: |
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v8carreragts wrote: | Can't wait to go for a ride! |
When you do, you should drive to Woodstock _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Harm
Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 1373 Location: Holland
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:27 am Post subject: Re: Latest On My Conversion |
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Neat! |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8886 Location: Romania
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Great looking car ! Must be one of the best looking reps out there.
Make sure to get us some videos if it. _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 5:54 am Post subject: |
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Here are a couple of videos from yesterday. I only drove it up and down the block because I don't have plates or insurance yet. It feels good but still needs of tuning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oCvxo6C_y4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc2Kq5q5RF8 _________________ 84 944--924 Carrera GTS clone w/520HP Chevy 302 V8--RUNNING!
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Well, now that I have my garage set up and we are basically settled in here in Tucson, I finely got to do some work on the car. I couldn't get it to run well enough to trust driving anywhere so i called FAST tech support. They told me my cam had too much duration to work with a self learning system. (247/253 @ .050") So I called Crane and they ground me a custom cam. I got the car running Sunday and it runs great.
I also had some trouble with clutch engagement. After talking to Speedway Motors about the pressure plate I bought from them they said that this cover doesn't engage very smoothly and probably wouldn't be suitable for the street. So to get the car back on the road I just bought an OEM early HP Camaro pressure plate. It feels very smooth pushing the pedal down and letting it up. Then I started the engine and tried to drive it. With the engine running, doesn't matter if it it in neutral or in gear, the pedal is smooth going to the floor but coming up it binds like the pivot bushing is galled up. This makes it difficult to drive as it causes the clutch to chatter. I can't figure out why it only does this with the engine running.
I have a stock 944 clutch master cylinder and a McCleod hydraulic T/O bearing with a -3 braided line connecting them. The pedal assembly is all factory 944. It just seems crazy to do it only with the engine running.
Anybody have any ideas? _________________ 84 944--924 Carrera GTS clone w/520HP Chevy 302 V8--RUNNING!
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joecitizennn
Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 2096 Location: no mans land
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds almost like some wierd centrifugally triggered problem with the pressure plate assy. _________________ 87 924s
88 924SE gone
447 hp cgt clone
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 10:41 am Post subject: |
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I had a suggestion from another forum and it turned out to be the problem. I needed to limit the pedal travel. It was pushing the pressure plate over center. I reduced the travel by about 2 1/2" with an adjustable stop I made up. _________________ 84 944--924 Carrera GTS clone w/520HP Chevy 302 V8--RUNNING!
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