art

I just bought an '82 944 that was brought into the country from Austria many years ago. It is a non-sunroof, roll-up window cloth interior 'stripper'. AC was added here, but with proper parts (I may delete again).

I need to re-do the interior, so I'm wondering if anybody know source for the striped velour mat'l for the seats. I have searched the archives here and looked around, and it seems this material is not very available. Maybe it will have to come from Europe. I'll also need a dash, but at least there are options for that.

Thanks

Tom R.

cant help you with the interior, but you may want to do a search to see if your car was the one taken apart to produce the Haynes manual.

The daughter of the person that wrote the book and took apart the early 944 posted that she wanted to locate and possibly buy the car. She posted the VIN in her thread.

art

I forgot to mention that it has the high compression engine that requires high octane fuel. I'm wondering how easy it would be to change to a US spec engine.

82-T/A

This is VERY VERY easy to do.

Remove the motor, put it on a pallet, and ship it to Cooper City, FL.

You'll then receive in return a 67k mile US Spec "low compression" 2.5L!!!

(I'm joking, but I would be completely serious if you're interested!!!).


Todd,
2006 Pontiac Solstice
2004 VW Beetle Convertible (Wife's)
2002 Ford Crown Victoria LX-P74
1987 Pontiac Fiero SE / V6
1984 Porsche 944
1981 Pontiac TransAm WS6
1973 Volkswagen Type-2 Transporter

potent951turbo

I don't understand why you would want to swap out the engine.

The haynes manual car had polished fuchs and was not a euro car if I remember correctly.

Mike C.

Maybe not having to pay extra for high octane gas....

art

It was mostly the fuel issue that had me thinking, but when I drive I might be willing to pay the price. I thought the computer might be different, or the wiring since it is such an early car.

alordofchaos

for some reason, I thought '83 was the first year. Must be they sold in Europe in '82, and came to the US in '83?

What kind of fuel does it require? I thought all the early cars used 87 octane (which would be 91 RON, IIRC)

+1 on the Haynes car having polished Fuchs.

Tom R.

many on this board will argue that you have the finest 944 made. lightest, and purest 944 since no weight adding things like ac, windows, ps, etc. add the ten or so extra hp you have from the motor and you see why that argument is made.

i say pay the extra for fuel and enjoy the extra hp people are paying hundreds of dollars to get out of their low compression motors. it is the cheapest way to get the extra hp.

look up how the chips work, they rely a lot on the euro tune specs.

art

It says 98 octane on the fuel door, but I don't know if they use the same method to spec it. It seems to run well enough on normal premiun. It is only ~10.5:1, so not an outrageous compression ratio. The PO says it runs great on avgas!

redmund

From wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating ):

The most common type of octane rating worldwide is the Research Octane Number (RON). RON is determined by running the fuel through a specific test engine with a variable compression ratio under controlled conditions, and comparing these results with those for mixtures of isooctane and n-heptane.

In most countries (including all of Europe and Australia) the "headline" octane that would be shown on the pump is the RON, but in the United States, Canada and some other countries the headline number is the average of the RON and the MON, sometimes called the Anti-Knock Index (AKI), Road Octane Number (RdON), Pump Octane Number (PON), or (R+M)/2. Because of the 8 to 10 point difference noted above, this means that the octane in the United States will be about 4 to 5 points lower than the same fuel elsewhere: 87 octane fuel, the "regular" gasoline in the US and Canada, would be 91-92 in Europe. However most European pumps deliver 95 (RON) as "regular", equivalent to 90-91 US (R+M)/2, and even deliver 98 (RON) or 100 (RON).


So then I guess you'd need 93 for that car of yours.

alordofchaos

BTW, welcome, and nice car! I love the euro look.

V2Rocket

Just fill it up with whatever rating your local Premium is and it should be fine.

Congrats on the first-year

nh7cy

I'm dying to know how much you picked it up for..

944CS

car requires 90, 91 will be fine