lovemyp-car

wow man...you've got ***** i gotta say...good job!!

someday when i have a cheap n/a or something to drive every day...i'm going to completely pull my car apart, down the the bare chassis, and completely respray it and redo all of the sound deadening and undercoating...i might even rewire the whole damn thing and rework the suspension/drivetrain a little while i'm at it...

we can dream right?

Speedyshel

Wow, very nice thread!
I came across it about a month and a half ago while browsing and now decided to get an account. So...first post!
I've been doing a restoration/ressurection project of my own on a 1983 944. Also with a loooooong to-do list. Awesome progress ! It's well worth it.

luftpirate

Thanks for the encouragement, on the home stretch with the interior.

Firewall hole now plugged.


The stock foam liner had this styrofoam integrated into it to give form to the bottom of the foot well. Kind of a backstop. The carpet I got from a later car I believe is cut shorter than the early carpet. So I am building it out with some more foam.






The new foam backboard.


Second layer of dampener material.


A heat gun really helps lay this stuff down esp. over textured areas.


Sparco seat brackets for stock sliders I have been fabing up. Almost done just need some hardware and a few welds to strengthen them. So far about 60 bucks in materials of which I picked up at Lowes. When I'm all finished with this Ill post the materials list in the other thread I started.

















"Cool White" LEDs now in guage cluster.

luftpirate

My replacement carpets didn't have a pad and since my old ones were ruined I picked this up cheap at Lowes.









I tried using some regular carpet glue but it doesn't dry unless you can get air to it. Seems 3M trim adhesive worked best for mating the carpet up to the pads.






Welded in new sheet metal, cleaned it all and sealed with POR15. Then sealed it again with seam sealer on top and bottom.



Now that I have the floor sealed up Ill be mounting the other seat and hopefully have some pics with seats installed tomorrow. Yay! While out enjoying the sun today I actually ran into two other Cincy listers which was a nice surprise.

luftpirate

Geldfalle 944

That is coming along nicely. I just picked up my latest 88 and am planning on doing this same type of resto over the next couple of years.

luftpirate

It came time to install my new head unit, my Radio/Sunroof relay has a bad radio portion. I checked to make sure there were no bad resistors in it but repairing it was beyond my capabilities. This means the switched 12v (red w/ blue striped wire was not getting current / should come on when key goes into off position in ignition lock) so instead of dropping 120 dollars for a new Porsche relay I spent 6 dollars at Autozone for a standard Bosch type 4 prong relay.

I pulled the 12v switched out (single red w/ blue striped wire) out of the Radio Relay plug and plugged it up to terminal 87 on the new Bosch relay. Then jumpered over ground to terminal 86, 12v constant (two red w/ blue striped wires) to pin 30, and finally the ignition control signal (red wire w/ black stripe & connector on it) to pin 85.





It fits up there nicely with the existing one with just a few zip ties.





Now finally I have some tuneskies!

Geldfalle 944

Brilliant adaptation on the relay. As a tech I often find myself in that very position. The money you can save by just understanding electronics is priceless.

Luis de Prat

Good choice with the dash cover. I had the same one on my 83. Now that you have it all back together, you've probably noticed that the texture matches the frame on the center console, ashtray, and the inner door handles and latches, making it almost look stock.

Keep up the good work, we're cheering you on!

Dogberri

Have you sold the fiero yet? i'm getting ready to replace the cradle in mine right now

luftpirate

Thanks for the encouragement Luis you have been here from the start Now that Ive had the cover a while you are right it is much much better than what I had. I don't think anyone else but us enthusiasts would notice.


Fiero is gone, too many projects and not enough time or money. It was a fun ride though and a joy to work on. I needed to get rid of it so I could focus more on the 944.



Next step is to part this stuff out, too bad it won't bolt up to the 2.5

Dogberri

yeah i was getting mine ready to sell when the cradle went. porsche stuff costs a little more than fiero and jeep stuff .
why you partin out the cavy?

luftpirate

Because I've taken it to the point where I feel its no longer safe without a cage and I don't feel like investing anymore in a Cavalier although it has been a great learning platform. I was trapping 105s two years ago on 10psi with that turbo, I threw in some RC 750s planning to take it higher but with the stock PCM program tuning decent driveability and boost with those large injectors is next too impossible, my girlfriend also hates it.

I think her and I have struck a compromise with the 944.

Dogberri

haha fun stuff, im looking into a dash cover for my 944, are you liking yours? worth it? any thing you woulda done diff?

theykallmekem

that interior looks soo clean and fresh. the seats look awesome too!!