NCporsche

The car hauler in the back is too tall to get the 944 on.

mpd425

Rear main seal and pilot bearing, so i can finish the clutch replacement

bonus12

This looks excellent. What color grey is that, is it a factory color?
I have graphite metallic LB7V that I will have resprayed in the next few years.
Almost didn't realize there are no headlights.
Again, looks fantastic!

Zax65

Thanks! I wrestled with it for a while, but the paint before was so terrible it had to go.



I particularly enjoyed the hand applied, taped on numbers.

It is meteor grey from 2007, I'll find the code...
Ditzler PPG - 917370
RMBASF-MA601.00
GLASURIT-PORM7W

And the headlight delete would make a nighttime enduro a challenge, but I tend to only run 1 hour max daylight events, so I ditched the weight.

Voith

968 hydraulic tensioner setup + 16V timing&balancing belts und rollers.

SloMo228

Just ordered 27mm torsion bars. I tried to like the 26mm bars but they were just too soft compared to the 200lb/in front springs, and they felt weird and squishy in the back. I'm not looking forward to doing the job again, though.

Anyone in the market for 26mm torsion bars, lightly used?

Buthter

Brakes! Ordered some new front rotors, front and rear Porterfield R4-S pads, SS lines, sensors, fluid, and speed bleeder valves from Pelican. All this, of course, after staring lustfully at the 4-piston Wilwood kit but restraining myself.

V2Rocket

maybe some installation issue, or our preferences are very different

I found the 26mm bars to be perfect with my 200# fronts, but definitely wouldn't want anything stiffer for a street car.

i have brand new shocks all around, and the thing rides like an unloaded truck...lol

SloMo228

Could just be preference, or maybe a difference in setup, but my car feels like the *** end just bounces around like it's in the background of a rap music video.

The shocks are newer Koni yellows adjusted to full hard damping. I've tried other settings too without really any improvement in ride quality. I'm not expecting a Cadillac ride out of a lowered sports car with stiffer than stock springs, but I do want the movement to be controlled. It feels to me as if all suspension movement gets transferred to the rear because the front feels much stiffer.

I guess we'll see after I install the 27mm torsion bars. I would like a touch less understeer than my current setup gives me, anyway.

Ish_944

I finally ordered my set of tyres!

Front: Kumho ECSTA SPT KU 31 225/50 R16 92W
Rear: Kumho ECSTA SPT KU 31 245/50 R16 97W

They come in pretty cheap, I paid 350 euros for the lot!

Luis de Prat

curtisr

Not seeing a whole lot of Spanish on the battery...

When I go to Europe I always try to speak what ever language is that of the host country but, all too often, I represent a chance for the locals to practice their English. Frankly, I think it's kinda sad when that happens. Mind you, they may just be having pity on me...

My kids always hope to come away with a Spanish/German/Italian/French etc. t-shirt but it seems that most things are in English! Oh well, at least we were able to get a FC Barcelona shirt at the stadium.

odonnell

Bought some pistons from a Turbo S for the motor build... and an extra NA nose panel, that I'm going to cut up into a vented piece.

drgon

For the 1987 944S Rebuild:

Steel Braided Fuel Line Kit - Lindsey Racing
Crank Impulse Sensor - Lindsey Racing
Vacuum Line Kit - Paragon Products
Porsche TDC Sensor - Porsche Parts Superstore
Fuzion Touring 215/60R15 x 4 - Tire Rack

Grand total: $570. Woof.

I keep telling myself, "It's better than a car payment, it's my dream car, it's not my daily driver (yet), and all bleeding eventually stops."

Jay Wellwood

Maybe it just trickles down from a full blown gusher to slight dripping.