944 S2 plastic oil sump pan ??
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I was Looking through some of my old mags and came across a December 1988 edition of Christophorus focusing on the 944S2.The article states that the S2 would be fitted with a plastic sump to save weight.Well I have an 1989 S2 cab with an alloy sump and I can honestly say I have never seen one yet.So has anybody out there got one ?????
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cost of producing a plastic sump probably pretty high for such a limited number of cars; not many S2s were built. not to mention no (that i know of) differences between S2 and other model oil pans, which they may have had a surplus of Al ones.
itd be cool though.
itd be cool though.
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plastic sounds like a terrible material to use, i know the turbo cup and maybe also the firehawk series cars used magnesium sumps, maybe thats what they meant.
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And interesting idea but I wouldn't run one. I've seen a couple of 944s and a 928 bottom out hard and scrape the oil pan. The 928 wound up tearing a hole in its oil pan. Plastic just seems like it would exacerbate the problem.
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yea but even a titanium oil pan would still crack if u bottomed out on it. plastic might actually help if the material bends instead of cracks.
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even if the plastic got more maluable with heat, i doubt the plastic would'nt crack with a good wack. you also have to consider that the oil pan material must be able to dissipate heat, which magnesium and aluminum do very well, and are far more structurally rigid.
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Wow, something like that was made for the 928 too (out of plastic). But we only know about one since it showed up on ebay with a Porsche part number for 600 bucks. Obviously they knew about the oiling issue with rod bearing failures.
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Typical Stupid German idea. Can anyone tell me how good the heat transfer is on plastic? If not good at all was you're answer, you would be right. Why the fins on the plastic then???
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It's the latest development in fictional materials! Heat conductive plastics!
It's flexible and has a shape memory too.
Alas, if only I could create this plastic. I would be rich!
It's flexible and has a shape memory too.
Alas, if only I could create this plastic. I would be rich!
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I thought only the turbo, S2 and 68 got the scrapper and baffle? or did all late (85.5+) 944's get them?