Porsche 944 N/A

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A late night Ebay purchase. A foolish mistake, I know better and should have run away.
Seller was a liar and a c~nt.
What I should have done was set the car alight on his property.

The car lost its brakes on the way home (120 miles) and while I was fixing this the jack went through the rusty floor.
I also got a sun burned arse. My girlfriend thought all of this was funny.

The 944 originaly was bought as a square dash shitter on fondmetal wheels.
original plan was just a drop, but wheels were flat spotted,






Looks ok? look again..





look at the crease in the rear wing/qtr



I think that poor alighnment is due to an s2 nose with s1 light lids and bumper.



I sorted the brakes and welded the floors, made the car safe and reliable.

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Was a bad start, but a rat with stance was all i wanted...

Fondmetals were repaired and sold, replaced with O.z Futura , 8.5 & 10 x 17.

no tyres and in need of love but no kerbing and have never been apart.



As I said they needed a bit of love, the faces were fine but the rims were corroded and peeling.



The rims were wet flatted using 240,400,800 then 1200 and finished with some brasso.
I didnt want to strip the wheels and risk later rim leaks as the seal looked so good.

Finised rims -

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I didnt check the offset as i knew they were from a 928, but i didnt realise it was a late 928 with the 50mm offset - daym.



So i needed these..
2x 35mm and 2x 42mm hubcentric spacers.

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Cut springs and adjuster removed from trailing arm, i was pleased..

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I like it but needs more low! (:

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Fronts looked awsome, backs not so good, need big dishes, plus i **** the big spacers.

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It went a bit lower...



but then i got fed up with the rust, cracked dash, leaking fuel tank, ripped seats, broken sunroof ect..

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ALL CHANGES HERE


So I went out for a new door as mine was damaged by the handle, the door was going to be removed from a black shell - it was far bteer than mine and I knew I had to have it.
A later shell,, it only had a front screen and rear beam left on it, but it looked mint and had documents!
I was going to transfer as much as i could from the 85 car to the 86 car.
I was wrong to attempt this, almost everything was different, brake lines routed different, loom, battery location, seat mounts, the list goes on and on.
Porsche realy developed this car in 86, losing many of the VAG parts (door handles being one).
I stripped my car (in pic) and bought the other parts from the breaker.
Alloy trailing arms, interoir trim, loom, brake and fuel lines, plastic tank, sunroof mech ect..
The parts were Very cheap as most were exchanged for my early parts, plus he cut me a deal for buying the shell.
- it was a lucky find.



16" turbo rims were lent to me to sit it on.

Looking like a car again, saved from the crusher..
This engine was also from the breaker, he had a low miles automatic with a P/S/history so i px this for my high miles one and bought a clutch & fly wheel.



From car the 85 car i only used rear valance, gear lever, s/wheel, petrol flap, front legs/ brakes, wheels, rear calipers and no plate lights.

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Original seats were pinstripe, and buggerd.



So i bought some 964 turbo Recaro seats in porsche cloth, elec and heated from a low miles LHD-





The were expensive, but a must!

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As they are 911 seats, the rear doesnt fit and mine doesnt match.

There is a cage going in, so i made this.



I Cut the armrest from the rear seat, cleaned aera, used the original speaker wires from rear speakers int the qtrs (they reached uncut)




Errr... just noticed its not fitted in this pic


Will do until I find a matching lower rear seat.

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The steering wheel was not good -




So i got this, in keeping the theme



Works well with leather door cards-

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Got a decal for the back. I know its a lie, but turbo would be worse and i **** that massive 944 badge.

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Also on piston heads i found some 944 turbo brembo calipers front and rear with hubs seemed like a good deal.
But i later found i had to replace all of the link pipes and the nipples, 2 of them were broken off.
After sorting the calipers i notice one of the front wheel bearings needs replacing - i trusted this guy!
Once fitted i find the Discs are warped!..new discs.



The 1985 struts dont fit the hubs so 86 items needed (must be 86 as later cars have angled top mount for 52mm offset)







Needed these too




All together with new link pipes, ill paint them when they are on.

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The wheels will need to go soon as they are a bitch to look after. Ok for a show queen car for taking pics but no good for real life.
Another issue is the spacers, i see spacers as a bodge and also the hubs had to be modded to accept the spacers - im not doing that to the turbo hubs.

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On reflecting on this, Azevs were the thing for me-







Compared with-