pete944

The background car is Andy's 300K mile non sunroof beater.

xsboost90

thats nine44's 300k beater.

pete944

ECHO, Echo, echo.....

kasturbo

That is exactly the reason I'm not autocrossing this year. Two ring & pinion's in two years was enough for me. After the first I wasn't even launching hard. I need a break from thrashing my car. I weighed the cost vs reward factor and two grand for two championship trophies isn't worth it.

I have an S tranny with lsd that needs a ring & pinion if your intrested.

groa944

I talked to my friend Elliot, who was the guy with the rabbit GTI. He blew a CV joint, but the transmission was fine. Another GTI'er trailered the car back to his shop for him, and a new axle assembly is ready to go onto the car. Not quite three and a half hours, but it won't be out of commission for long.

Sorry I didn't get to go run with you guys at this one. I was out late drinking the night before. With as much carnage as went on there though, I'm kinda glad I didn't make it.....

MichelleJD

Nice work guys!

Say......you guys interested in coming to IL and helping me with a trans swap? I'll be trading out my turbo trans for a newly acquired LSD trans. I'd then have a spare trans....hint, hint

tifosiman

Hmmm. There may be some real truth behind that statement. That's almost the same r&p ratio that I have had autocrossing. Any other listers out there experience similar r&p failures on cars that see a lot of autocross events?

This time the trans didn't give me the tell-tale whine like the last one did long before the detonation.

Chris_924s

Michelle- We have a spare room, Youre welcome anytime. I dont need a trans- but the spare parts would be nice for the SOW shop..

pearldrum944

Have any more pics of the "beater" Andy? From the little bit I can see in that picture it doesn't look that bad.

MichelleJD

"Spare" meaning "for sale!" I gotta recoup some of my cash outlay for the LSD trans!

Crippler

Okay, I also blew my tranny this past weekend on the way home from an Autox. I only have an n/a, but still. This really burns me that a porsche of all cars has such a weak trans. I also do not abuse mine with clutch dumps etc. I want to contine autox, but if this is going to be an ongoing trend I may have to find another car for this.

Scott at Team Harco

Bummer, dude. We feel your pain. After rebuilding my trans, I vowed that I didn't want to do that again anytime soon. Not that it is all that difficult - it's just very time consuming and it's a very intense experience. It made me wonder how often I'd have to repeat the exercise if I did autocross the car. I didn't like the answer I came up with.

On the other hand - if you can afford to carry a spare at all times (as this does seem to be the weak link (after the timing belt)) it is a great car for this sort of thing. I can't afford it - so I don't do it. I do have a dedicated car for autocrosses and time trials. It's not a Porsche, but it is very fast and a lot of fun. I save my 944 for daily use in the warmer months of the year.

I guess what I'm getting at: if you have the choice, use a different car for autocross purposes (or be prepared to do a trans swap every few years).

tifosiman

Well, the other real issue with Crippler's trans is that it is having to deal with 35% more horsepower than what it was intended to handle.

Crippler

forgot to change sig, I no longer have the car turbocharged, so it is just at stock horsepower. However the damage may have already been done by the turbo prior to this

I am at the point now of questioning myself as to whether I should keep it or sell it and get something that can handle autox and soome track days better. I don't have much money and can't aford to keep putting trannies in