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I could have picture of after once done, i have thought along the process to take pictures but i have not...
The wheel were really dirty inside but i mean really bad, to clean them up, i went in with:
- Hight pressure water first
- then i have used a oven degreaser/cleaner
- then i have use a steel brush
- then again the high pressure water
- then i finished up with a razor blade, and SOS (steel wool)
and when it was clean or i shall say cleaner, i have spray 3 coats of clear on the inside only, and i still plan to now used a clear polish and finisher to make it perfect.
That was for the inside, if you want i can try to post pictures.
the inside was better, but those wheels had been so much cleaned up in the past that there was no more paint all over the wheel.
Same, i am planing to let the paint and clear seat for a week before i go and polish to make it smooth perfect.
Was a lot of work as you have to wait between coat and so forth, but well worth it.
I am happy to answer any questions to anyone.
Not sure the picture do justice to the result, but the wheel at least the outside look really good!
Yesterday, I drove to Chicago to pick up a turbo Subaru to serve daily driver duty. After dutifully serving over 200,000 miles, and several years of daily driving in all weather, my S is now retired.
911Inv87- The front side of the phones look great. I have a set in similar condition. I suspect the back side of yours were equally as bad as mine are now. Looks like you made quite a lot of progress with them.
Are the remaining black marks brakes dust/road grime/grease that resisted your efforts or pitting?
Either way lots of work but good pay off.
From: Marco Island , FL --- Red River Valley, midwest
Originally Posted by Flammulator
I finally got around to changing out the transmission fluid for Swepco 201, and I'm shocked the difference it makes. I had no complaints about my shifter, but the new fluid reduced the effort it takes to change gears almost to half what it was before, and the gearbox now seems happier with faster changes. The noise level was also reduced more than I expected. The fluid I took out didn't look bad, and I'm inclined to believe someone had changed it before, but the change was more overdue than I realized.
It's nice to take on a job that improves performance for once, rather than simply performing preventative maintenance.
If 924/944/951/968 owners could only be persuaded to try THIS.
It is without a doubt the best, no...... BEST transaxle lubricant for our Porsches. Mine have it in them, all. I love the stuff. It's like 'butter'.
And for LSD transaxles, Swepco 201 does not need a friction modifier to keep those in 'good kit'. The super refined lubricant has what it takes to meet the demand and keep them from premature wear.
@mdg577 yes the inside wheels marks are actually mostly road grims and dings, at the bottom it is definitely brake dust, but when I start the project the wheel inside were all black and the stuff was hard as metal...
Thanks all for the compliments, if anyone needs advise about what products steps and so forth I am happy to tell you more.
And again so sorry I did not took before pictures.
Popped out the trans on the 951 and test fitted the EBC pads for the NA Volvo brake conversion. Also received my new hotside from Tim's Turbos and mocked it up....will require slight grinding on the mount to correctly align to the crossover.
I checked my fuel pressure using Arnnworx gauge and Clark's Garage write-up.
I have the 3bar regulator, so I measured 46psi (3.13bar) using DME jumper, 40psi (2.72bar) at idle, and had no noticeable drop in pressure 20 minutes later on the leak-down test.
Clark's garage spec's +/-10% from listed values for 2.5bar regulator, so I guess I'm within range.
Waiting eagerly for the muffler shop to install a new muffler- the old one literally fell off the car when the welds at the front of the muffler failed. Knew it was likely to go based on some rattling and such, but wasn't sure when it'd give up the ghost...
I hate having to pay people to do work on my car, but welding just isn't in my skillset at the moment, and this seems like a pretty one-off job that shouldn't need redoing in the foreseeable future, so I'll just suck it up.
Originally posted by mrgreenjeans If 924/944/951/968 owners could only be persuaded to try THIS.
It is without a doubt the best, no...... BEST transaxle lubricant for our Porsches. Mine have it in them, all. I love the stuff. It's like 'butter'.
And for LSD transaxles, Swepco 201 does not need a friction modifier to keep those in 'good kit'. The super refined lubricant has what it takes to meet the demand and keep them from premature wear.
Even after a couple weeks of driving, I'm still adjusting my shifting cadence. Most of the time, it's not like I'm shifting particularly aggressively, but even under spirited driving, I'd take a pause mid-shift while the revs fell before slotting it into the next position. Particularly shifting between 3rd and 4th, now, I just use one quick movement.
What are your thoughts on their engine oil? (Question open to anyone else who has used it, of course...) I'd assume it's high quality. I just put some in a family member's 3.2 Carrera, but it's hard to judge anything about it since I don't know that car so well. I've been running generic 20W50 in my car (it never sees sub-50 degree temps), and have had no issues, but if there advantages to running another type, I'd hate to deny my car.
11-09-2016 | 11:07 PM
