odurandina

the hard ps line came in from DC Automotive in Rocky Mount on Mon....

Angelo got some heat on it and gave it a much better bend. the part clears the pan nicely now.

ps and hydroboost brake pressure all good. next; upgrading the pump to the 044 unit.

no timetable for that, but i'll try to do it within the next few weeks.

odurandina

Well, since the install of the line, she's as tight as a drum.

i'm still totally addicted to this car. I drive her into Boston almost daily.

this car has proven itself in spades over the last 380 days/29 k miles.

but, you know those donuts they do at the end of the Nascar races.

well, i procrastinated, but i'm thinking i need to be doing that kind of stuff sometimes just to be extra deplorable and obnoxious.

it's setting right here on my desk; the '044' fuel pump from German Autoparts, Clifton Park, NY/$193.00

i'm wondering if i need to go to a higher capacity filter or change my pressure regulator.

any ideas?

James G.

I'm in Newton NH (other side of Amesbury) with an LS2 968. Are we neighbors?

odurandina

i'm about 3.5 miles north of Foxboro stadium on the Charles.

the guy who built that car is a pro.

it's like getting the East Coast equivalent of a Vision Motorsports or Tony G built car.

odurandina

182mph. she was still pulling.....

ran out of straight.

JimV8

Was the car still planted at that speed?

odurandina

Very much so....

i've experienced it before at 164mph with the old inline 4 running straight pipe on the 25.6" Dunlops.

This time running Pilot Super Sport 255-35-18 F and Continental Sportcontact-3 285-35-18 R.

smooth as silk. but the front spoiler was bent, almost touching the ground at the rear of the splitter. .

it was so cold, i guess it kind of aided in changing it's shape.

odurandina

huge reason the 968s are workable; is because the Motronic's are 10,000 X better than their previous generations. the 800 pound elephant in the room for 944 owners is the formidable challenge running the near totally-fried 1980s computers presents. (how would you feel about sending an F-22 up into battle with an '80s laptop to run the weapons, guidance and flight controls)?

the 968s as collectable $$$ cars. hit or miss. they're fun kit cars for any and all forms of preserving... or tuning all the way up to expensive turbo conversions or dropping in well-built v8s. BUT, YOU DO IT FOR THE SINGLE PURPOSE OF DRIVING IT!! .....going past the extremely costly 968 Turbo, V8's are a viable option worth a serious look. the v8's bring an enormous amount of stability and workability to the platform, and truly unleash the performance and latent potential built into these cars–all at a relatively, reasonable cost.

if i'm honest, the key in this endeavor is to acquire an inexpensive engine from a totaled car, and direct the lion's share of the funding on the precise details of the engine swap and transmission upgrades. failure to build the car correctly will render a poor result, a car that you will dislike, won't drive, and a car you will eventually depart from–with a lot of money wasted.

in the end; there's death, taxes, the Crimson Tide – and a v8 944 or 968 running the interstate.... ....leaving not so much as a drop of liquid on the floor when she gets home from Topanga Canyon, the Rockies, the Grand Tetons or wherever.

in the pleasant, warmer months, it's a great choice for daily driving or a long drive....

you can drive it insanely fast–very far–with almost no limits.

carry on.

odurandina

update; 94.8mph in top gear at 2700 rpm. gee, i wonder if i should have gone for an ultra-economy .560 instead of a .600 top gearset.

from the Ferrari of Italy really are a bunch of assdouches thread from RLOT....

not surprised to hear this at all. but, i often find owners of P-cars to be very nice too. some are aloof. well, that's because Porsche's are go-to rides for very-busy people who might not be playing social (or gregarious) car enthusiast at a particular moment.

on my trip out to Chicago 2 weeks ago, i drove by a cars and coffee in progress in Toledo, Ohio on US rt20. i love getting off the interstate sometimes.... the place was packed with all sorts of hot rods, Vette's, euro stuff and ricer cars. ...everyone from every walk of car life was awesome, and super stoked to see a newcomer and learn about the 968 Sledgehammer going on another transcon drive (what does this make, 6?).

Holy God; 6 transcon trips (LA/Boston) with the v8 *ok, i'm still in Chicago, but i'm driving to LA next week. ....add (i think) 3 trips from Boston to Chicago and back, and 7 trips to Phoenix and back from LA... doesn't leave a drop of anything in the driveway. just the normal 7-8k miles between oil changes. yes Jeff, Raj, Lart and friends; this is turning out to be a solid GT car.

odurandina

Well the car is insane, driven it about 3 k miles here around California in the last 2 months!
however, this week i had to limp her into a shop to troubleshoot a sudden intermittent no-start (at Del Taco).....
luckily it happened only a few hundred feet from 'Tony' at Park's Body Shop off Beach Blvd in Stanton, just a bit north of Huntington Beach
NO TOW TRUCK.... was able to jog the engine and limp in!
got help from LART and son's (we weren't able to catch the dme acting up but)..... it would ultimately be proven bad in any case..
CONFIRMED; one fried h.o. 044 pump and drove the car for a day.....
then the dme relay CONFIRMED going spazzy in hot stop and go (we jumped it and THAT worked),
then it was ok once cooled down for an hour or.....
Q; which one contributed to the other's demise? probably the pump going bad messed up the (24 y.o./238 k mile) dme relay?

looking to pick up a solid state dme relay ASAP

does anyone have the guy's number for those units?

btw, a few killer upgrades (to be posted soon)!

Dan Shea

Ftech9.com LMK if he's sold out, I bought one a few months ago then jumped to stand-alone and I'm pretty sure we wired around the dme relay so I don't need it.

odurandina

^^thanks. he's not sold out.

unfortunately, he doesn't do phone orders (apparently).......

odurandina

how much is too much to spend on interior + stereo upgrades?

i could state the number but would they believe it?

coulda had a hybrid F-car.

(next project).

odurandina

wow.... i forgot all about this day.... 38k miles back.



oh, and just to keep you all in the loop, the unveiling of a few interior upgrades draweth near...

think you're gonna like what you see.


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odurandina

it's time to re-introduce my 944/968/928 GT style instrument cluster....

nope, it wasn't forgotten but with my purchase of my v8 Jaguar XF, this upgrade got postponed.

it started when I began attempting to set up an attractive cluster to go with the 200mph 4" Porsche/VDO-style GPS speedo...

i thought of hybridizing it to a 997/997 dash but i decided to stay "all 968,"

and ended up here.

Porsche was lazy for years (right up to the 928GTS)...

I mean, they're PORSCHE for Christ's sakes...

in a 20 year span, they built about, 270,000 front-engine/2-door/rear-hatch cars...

some of which are still on the roads, and go fast.

9 functions + no more messing with old, speedo/odometer gears or built in false speed defect.




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