Chris71383

Took dead alternator to get rebuilt, rotor was bad and the shops supplier could only find 1 replacement rotor in the US, for $220. I bought a used low mile alternator for $100.

Cyberpunky

Hi Jinx <<<sorry had to go there

I got it from bestexhaust.com.au
I was intending to get it direct from fabspeed but their website doesn't say anything about shipping outside US and I had seen best exhaust did them a while back, so decided it was just as easy to use them(best) and I figure not that much more expensive considering any warranty would have to be honoured due to Australian law. It was around Aus$1200 shipped to my door. Direct from Fabspeed (if they do it) would be US$897 + shipping and if it came dinged up, am not sure I would have any recourse or how much hassle it would be to get rectified. Mike from Best has been great to deal with, as I ordered a day before the super storm hit Fabspeeds facility, so order was naturally delayed. NZ shouldn't be an issue to ship to
peace
Cyberpunky

ZR8ED

Selections of ovals are poor at best, so I decided to go with a round tip. It is a magnaflow single wall 3" in 4"out with a "slash" cut exit.

NHPorsche

Got some parts in. Precision 46mm vband wastegate, RCI 17 gallon fuel cell, Bosch '044' fuel pump + bracket. Still waiting on the turbo to show up.

Also put the car into storage a few nights ago.

Hollywood D

Changed the oil. It's still for sale

ditch68

Got towed home...broke down on the way to work. Exploded CV joint and backed out bolts.

Replaced the entire assembly. I need to find bolts with holes to lockwire them...this is not the first time I've done this job on a 944.

Jeff

Butters944

Scored an awesome set of perfect script cloth seats and SO much more from an awesome dude! Thanks "Scotty S"!!!!
This is why I love the porsche community/family!

Might have some parts available fs soon...

Gotta love perfect script cloth


And a truck full of parts! sorting it out tomorrow afternoon

Nashio

On the way home tonight my car over heated :/ My electric water pump and fans were running correctly. I think my radiator cap/overflow tank cap failed. I will have to check more out tomorrow and see if any coolant is mixing with oil or vise verse. I might have to change my head-gasket. Which I would not mind, would allow me to make the ports in my head smaller and get some better air velocity.

V2Rocket

make the ports smaller, or do you really want to make the intake runners longer....

Nashio

Ideally a little of both We shall see if the while I am there syndrome gets the best of me haha.

bnoon

I ordered WLED-x6 LED's in warm white to replace the dim dash bulbs. Ordered new spark plugs as well. On the fence about ordering new carpet vs waiting to find good used... hummmm

Nashio

Changed the radiator cap. That was defiantly the problem for why my car overheated. The old one just let out the pressure while at operating temperature. And you can't keep a car cool if it loses water. I also checked my cylinders no water or oil getting in there, the oil appears to be water free. Although I am going to change my oil this weekend to double check, and there is no oil in the coolant. The only thing now is I have an oil leak from the rear of the head gasket that drips down onto my exhaust.

So in the back of my mind I am thinking I am going to do this head-gasket change. As much as I would like to do it during my winter break I am just a tad paranoid that fluids might mix or something till then. Or that even the oil leak on the outside might get severely worse on my way to work or something. At least I am going to total the costs for most of the things I want to do while I am there

J1NX3D

got my strut top mounts today

Butters944

Installed the new script seats

See project thread

xsbank

Nashio, its probably the rear cam tower gasket. Panic not (yet) over your head gasket.