Dougs951

Pulled out of the garage into the parking lot and got lots of stares and looks all day!

krazykarl

I got them from 944online, came off a '98 Boxster. There is some minor curbing on one and a few nicks, but they're in pretty good shape for being 11 years old and I got a good deal.

thirdgenbird

some engine/engine bay cleaning and a little under hood painting.

things are coming together nicely

JohnKoaWood

Drum roll please.......

I GOT MY N/A RUNNING and took it for a drive for the first time in a year and a half... turned out to be an over tensioned belt, and a few other things...

Installed silly-cone vacuum lines on her.
Installed NEW fog light housings.
cleaned her up a bit.
Cleaned up the engine bay "while I was in there"
Installed my original 951 wheels on the N/A.. big difference...
Actually had a good day of wrenching, sorting and playing with the N/A.. forgot how fun and easy it was to wrench on.. and how much fun it is to drive...

Tomorrow MIGHT bring new fuel lines to her... MIGHT...

thirdgenbird

pictures?

JohnKoaWood

Was too dark out to use the cell phone, regular camera is BROKE, I'll get some tomorrow and post em... god it has been FOREVER since I wrenched on this thing...

hp18racer

New rod bearings.

thirdgenbird

how long can a guy expect that to take on his first try?

JohnKoaWood

You asked for em... I took em...



Today I replaced my fuel lines, and resealed mu injectors... breaking one of them in the process







And a shot of the only damage on the body other than the dent in the header panel...

thirdgenbird

thats a pretty clean looking car. good thing its back on the road.

JohnKoaWood

Thank You, and only 83K on the clock (working original odometer gear!!!!, I have a spare on hand for when it breaks)

I am gonna have a body shop fix the rear fender, PS side door trim, and chips..that way the body will be 100%.. replaced clutch about 2 years (10K miles) ago, and did a bunch of other maintenance then... now it just needs the body work and a new carpet set.. everything else is working (even the clock!)

thirdgenbird

if i had a 951 i would probably buy a clean NA for the hand-me-down parts as well.

after i got the ac, power steering, and charcoal canister system out of my 924s it actually became pretty easy to work on.

JohnKoaWood

I actually bought my 951 a month after parking this car due to a leaking water pump..

I had forgotten how easy the N/A of the breed is to work on...

krazykarl

Started reading thru the WSM manual again for information on my engine rebuild, realized I missed a spot when putting loctite 574 on the crankshaft girdle. Fortunately I haven't gotten the oil pump or pistons installed yet so it won't take too long to fix.

JohnKoaWood

Good catch, it needs to be there for the oil galleys in the block to seal....