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kcoyle
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 Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:43 am Post subject: What part is this, never seen it before |
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The circled part looks nothing like any other 924's I've seen. It's on a 1985 924 (French). Any reason it looks different than US?
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pcelenta
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:00 am Post subject: |
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must be something that was used on the 83 and forward euro cars. looks like some kind of rain shield. check the PET.
oh wait this is a French car....must be something to make the "S" Car Go! |
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Harm
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:29 am Post subject: Re: What part is this, never seen it before |
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| Since there is also an extra liquid container up front I quess it's got something to do with Air Conditioning?? |
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kcoyle
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:56 am Post subject: |
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Dunno. Doesn't appear to be an AC car tho... weird. My PET dosn't show anything like it.
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pcelenta
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| That car looks clean. Do you have European pet? |
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kcoyle
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Tried Porsche Europe PET, no luck. Maybe its a wine cooler.
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gerben1986
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Because it is french it is for wine or baking bread.
But, in fact I guess it is an aftermarket, non-original, ventilator unit. maybe even an airco for the warm french climate?
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pmcaya2
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OK are we all know that the French are different. Inspector Clouseau would suspect everyone and ask if the tubes lead to a "bumb"..... so what does the tube(s) in the photo lead to? And what of the cap on the side? On cars, parts are usually connected to other parts, so give us a "clew".
One other thing - what the heck are they using for a distributor - there is no normal distributor cap.
Lastly, it would be interesting to know the cars history - its model year is late for a 924. |
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Kens_74_911s
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:17 pm Post subject: cap |
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| pmcaya2 wrote: |
One other thing - what the heck are they using for a distributor - there is no normal distributor cap.
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The distributor has a metal shielding ring that extends up around the. cap. My 82 had that also.
K
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Harm
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:35 am Post subject: Re: What part is this, never seen it before |
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| pmcaya2 wrote: | | OK are we all know that the French are different. |
Bazinga! 
| pmcaya2 wrote: | | One other thing - what the heck are they using for a distributor - there is no normal distributor cap. |
This is how it came from the factory and consists of a stamped and rolled piece of
sheet metal that fits snug over the distributor cap. This shield is grounded to the
distributers cilinder body through a braided copper strap and brings down the bandwidth
to prevent (radio) frequency interference. I have no idea what I just wrote down.
Oddly enough there is no mention of it in the PET. My guess is it came aboard during
the electrics upgrade from ~1980 onward. Over the years a PO might have got rid of it,
likely somewhere in the mid nineties when these rides weren't becoming any good
and fell into the wrong hands.
| pmcaya2 wrote: | Lastly, it would be interesting to know the cars history - its model year is
late for a 924. |
When you put things into perspective you'll notice the North American Toofah market
abruptly came to a hold in the early eighties and was force-fed the bulging 944 to meet
the costumers need (?). Sales peaked, but a few years later the Deutsch Mark (West
Germany's currency (there where two Germany's at that time (West & East))) was so
expensive for the US dollar that sales dropped dramatically and the 924S was shipped in to
fill the US Porsche markets foundation. During that time of absence in North America
the 924 was still for sale in the Rest Of the World till it was replaced by the 924S in 1986.
The narrow body 924 saga that was started in 1975 ended when the S model
production came to a close in September 1988.
Kind regards,
Harm.
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Fasteddie313
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:53 am Post subject: |
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mine has that distributor cap-cap too..
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Kens_74_911s
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:22 pm Post subject: Hist |
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Thanks for the history Harm, This helps put things in perspective with that timeline & needs for US and rest of the world.
K
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