944teen

It seems that the parts for these cars far exceeds what theyre worth when they are put together. If im trying to get around 3k or more outta my 944, is it a better option to sell the motor, trans, and other miscellaneous parts?

odonnell

Why? Fix it. Plus unless it's an S2 or turbo you aren't going to get anywhere close to $3k out of it in parts...

V2Rocket

It depends on the parts.
a 944NA is worth the sum of its parts.

951/S2 often are worth more in parts than a whole...until recently.

Ask Lart why he never buys NAs.

JustinL

Generally my rule is that the smaller you break it down the more value you can extract... but at the expense of the time it takes to break things down, inventory and then sell.

Van

Justin speaks the truth... You might be storing and selling parts for over a year to make your money.

But, without a doubt, it's more valuable in parts than whole.

Non-running 944 = less than $500. Hundreds of 944 parts = more than $500. How much more? That depends on many things... It's all supply and demand!

odurandina

half car forum, half no-start forum, half junk car swap meet.

get your ripper man on.

anyone got a nice S2 windshield???.....

that'll fit a 968 and fetch a few dollars.

fiily

Prophetic Reading--> read post #6.

https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...g-collant.html

tempest411

You should absolutely sell it whole. There's WAY too many of these things being parted out. Lots of parts on E-Bay from sellers asking too much, and the parts just sit there forever. What's needed are whole cars. I think the parts market is fairly saturated right now.

odonnell

+1 a friend who also has an account here (admiralkhole) and I parted a 85.5 mixed with some 83 drivetrain, Motronic, and suspension parts. Took well over a year, in fact it's been almost 2 years and I still have some crap in the garage. We probably made $600 each. But that was cool cause we got that car for $300 and we each got some parts we needed (I needed a trans/TT and admiralkhole got the shell and interior).

tempest411

After looking at some the OPs posts, I really doubt his car is at the point beyond return. All it has are minor issues. He needs to spend some time learning about how things like hydraulic clutch systems work, the importance of timing belt maintenance, and so on and the car should be fine. I haven't read anything about blowing massive amounts of smoke or steam, loud crunching noises coming from the transmission or the like. Even if he needs a new clutch, as in: https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...h-failure.html , good used pieces can be had on E-Bay often enough.

fiily

I don't think it's the car that is beyond the point of now return, OP's done spending time, effort, and sooo much money into a car that in reality will not fetch 3k in it current state.

This is why I say if your young and have limited funds and this is your only car, your better off buying a toyota/honda and have a state of high reliability that is inherent in those cars.

There is no such thing as a cheap porsche.

odurandina @ post #16 in the thread is also preaching truth. https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...collant-2.html

944teen

What should my first step be then when it comes to diagnosing the clutch then? I think it could be the master cylinder but are there other connections that i can check to rule out other possiiblities before i spend the money on the part?

Arominus

No it won't, the S2 coupe uses the same windshield as all of the other late 944's.

Arominus

Jack up the car, pull the starter and look for bits of rubber floating in the bellhousing, if you find some your rubber center is going or gone. If you don't find rubber, make sure your slave is bolted down tightly and then bleed the circuit. See if that helps.

odonnell

Also pull back the carpet by the gas and clutch pedal and look for any evidence of leaking. Puddles under the car will also tell you.