i was pokin around the engine bay again, i was really bored, and my two front struts are loose. do i tighten the big nut in the center or the three nuts on the outside? and i found this wierd friggen plastic tube just hangin around(right behind the driving light pocket) ill take a pic tommarow. i gotta put the car on jack stands and look around underneath. could that tube be some sort of ducting?

 

yes, big nut or the strut bolts can all be tightened...depends on whats loose. Ducting is prob for the alternator. Many times it comes off and is laying in there.

 

alternator? why would they need ducting for that? its hangin in a wire loom behing the driver side driving light

 

i thought only the turbos had the alternator "intake" thing.

 

once i get the car on jack stands ill pull it out if i deem it serves no purpose, then see why in the hell my one driving light doesnt work as well. then ill post a pic of it.

 

The turbos had the duct because the alt sits right near the hot turbo. NAs did not get ducting until the later cars. Early NAs and the 924S did not have it. The original alt on my 924S had over 80K miles on it, maybe more I don't recall, when I removed it to replace it with a higher output alternator.

 

Neither of my turbos came with ducts attached. I never bothered to put them back on. Knock on wood, but never had an issue.

 

My 85.5na had the duct, but that thing was hard as ^&*% to get back on (and to stay on), so it never really was right.

 

my friend looked at my 944 before i bought it, and where the 944 badging is now, there was "turbo" badging there. im not sure what the deal is with that, but im pretty sure that there is no way to make a turbo motor a n/a, w/o doing some extensive mods.

 

i'm pretty sure someone just slapped "Turbo" on there a while ago.



it probably costs more to N/A a turbo than it does to turbo an N/A.

 

is this the part you're talking about?

 

hmm im not sure. i gotta weld up my ramps park the car on em n then determine what the hell is going on. man i wish some of u guys were around to give me a hand, since i only have 1. ill post some pics hopefully later 2 day if all goes well and the car doesnt fall on me.

 

You are welding a set of ramps up? Are you sure it will safely hold a car?

 

no i got a set of steel ones, just wanted to make sure they are safe, but it doesnt matter my air dam hits the ramp way b4 the tires

 

now on the struts, what are the torque specs on those bolts?