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The car is continuing to look mote and more amazing with each amount of progress that you're making. The car is still, hands down my favorite 924 that I've seen over the last 25 years. I really admire your hard work and dedication to the car!
The car is continuing to look mote and more amazing with each amount of progress that you're making. The car is still, hands down my favorite 924 that I've seen over the last 25 years. I really admire your hard work and dedication to the car!
Wow! Thank you so much!
Couplers are all done, I struggled a little with getting the ball cup seated. On the 928. I have used a ratchet strap around the ball cup and the torque tube to snap it place but the off center position of it on the 924 made that method useless. A large prybar was also unsuccessful. The successful method for me was placing a large 1 1/4 inch socket on top of the ball cup between it and the body and jacking the torque tube up. Actually took a lot of force to get that seated. I opted for a new end piece instead of just the insert which probably added to the difficulty.
Two weeks ago was a tease. I am very anxious to drive it with the couplers repaired. Going to replace the wheel cylinders while I am back there and should be able to hit the road shortly.
Hey Guy, solid work!
You should make your way down to Hunt Valley MD for cars and coffee on Saturdays. They average 400 cars every Saturday and the largest mark is Porsche!
It would be nice to see another running 931 park with me!
Hey Guy, solid work!
You should make your way down to Hunt Valley MD for cars and coffee on Saturdays. They average 400 cars every Saturday and the largest mark is Porsche!
It would be nice to see another running 931 park with me!
Drove it home at 70mph on I 95 last night. Car is really doing excellent. I noticed a few things including a slight whine when cruising in 4th gear and some vibration coming thru the dash under certain conditions. Everything else was perfect.
This is my first 924 Turbo and like my 924 N/A they seem to like 3000 rpm and up. Need to fine tune it yet as I don't believe the fuel mixture is quite spot on yet. Could be slightly rich as the revs don't feel quite as smooth as they should at the higher RPM. I really try to avoid fiddling with it too much until it gets some more miles.
Temp is good. Never went above half way even in 89 degrees stop and go.
Drove it home at 70mph on I 95 last night. Car is really doing excellent. I noticed a few things including a slight whine when cruising in 4th gear and some vibration coming thru the dash under certain conditions. Everything else was perfect.
This is my first 924 Turbo and like my 924 N/A they seem to like 3000 rpm and up. Need to fine tune it yet as I don't believe the fuel mixture is quite spot on yet. Could be slightly rich as the revs don't feel quite as smooth as they should at the higher RPM. I really try to avoid fiddling with it too much until it gets some more miles.
Temp is good. Never went above half way even in 89 degrees stop and go.
I'm sure you already know but the vibration could be a bent wheel(s), old tires, worn out front control arm bushings or a combination of all 3.
The "slight whine" could be a bunch of potential things.
Been driving the Turbo frequently and fine tuning it. Wound up replacing an injector as I wasn't happy with the spray pattern on #4. Smoothed the car out significantly. It's been a pleasure to drive. Will now address the air conditioning and interior.
Its refreshing that this interior has never been messed with. No hack jobs, just pure originality. Carpets pulled over the weekend. They look much worse out of the car. The seats weren't terrible but not worth saving. I started working on the seats. Still need to steam out a couple wrinkles but it's coming along. Full leather as original. Probably some of the nicest quality upholstery I have worked with
pages 25-26 of my thread are where I dyed aka painted my carpets using SEM interior product I had mixed at a local auto paint jobber. I’d vigorously cleaned the carpets beforehand. The results were excellent; I’d choose that path again.
I did my seats with leather covers from LSEAT.com. It was my first attempt and, as is often true when you try something normally done by a pro craftsman/woman, your appreciation and respect for such artisans jumps infinitely. I got OK results but one wouldn’t have been pleased if paying for the labor. Obviously, not the easiest shaped seats for the rookie attempt.
pages 25-26 of my thread are where I dyed aka painted my carpets using SEM interior product I had mixed at a local auto paint jobber. I’d vigorously cleaned the carpets beforehand. The results were excellent; I’d choose that path again.
I did my seats with leather covers from LSEAT.com. It was my first attempt and, as is often true when you try something normally done by a pro craftsman/woman, your appreciation and respect for such artisans jumps infinitely. I got OK results but one wouldn’t have been pleased if paying for the labor. Obviously, not the easiest shaped seats for the rookie attempt.
Your car looks really great.
John
Thanks John. I hope its good deja vu!! I went with seat upholstery from a gentlemen in CA that came highly recommended. The leather used is a great quality weight and feel. The Lseat is a great option but I didn't care for the material used as it was thinner.
A pressure washer would do wonders for this carpet along with your suggestion of a light coat of dye to bring color back. I opted for a new set of carpet but there's a ton of work getting all the proper backing in place for the cargo area etc. Should be fun.
Many snail equipped cars had little holes cut through the trunk cut by mechanics changing the transmission linkage. Mine had such holes. I presently have a 43 year old 931 exhaust that had been in storage for decades installed on my 951. The clamps are different, but it does fit and sounds great.
pages 25-26 of my thread are where I dyed aka painted my carpets using SEM interior product I had mixed at a local auto paint jobber. I’d vigorously cleaned the carpets beforehand. The results were excellent; I’d choose that path again.
I did my seats with leather covers from LSEAT.com. It was my first attempt and, as is often true when you try something normally done by a pro craftsman/woman, your appreciation and respect for such artisans jumps infinitely. I got OK results but one wouldn’t have been pleased if paying for the labor. Obviously, not the easiest shaped seats for the rookie attempt.
+1 for pressure washer on the carpet; I recently swapped in a carpet set we saved from the junkyard last fall, and I just took it to the local coin-op car wash and used their pressure washer... worked beautifully.
There were a few spots I still wish I had hit with some dye... but TBH I could yet hit them in place, without removal probably, since it's clean now...
06-23-2023, 08:02 AM
