Noahs944

The 924 has a flatter profile to the hood... like the angle is different. Anyone know why it was changed on the 944 model? Air cleaner/distributer/engine related or just for appearance?

morghen

Hm? Can you post some pics, maybe measurements?
I'm using 944 fenders and nose panel with a 924 hood and they look spot on, gaps equal and all that.

Noahs944

Maybe it's an optical illusion but compare the photos in the upper rhs of this page: http://www.deutschnine.com/mm5/merch...-aero-dynamics

drgon

To me it looks like an optical illusion caused by the flared fenders of the 944 vs the straight body line of the 924.

Noahs944

It's not logical for it to be different since the nose & fenders are interchangable. Visually the front valance changes appearance (give the little 24 a skinnier wedge). Maybe we should nose a 44 and 24 next to each other & take a pic.

ideola

Same hood. There is no difference, they are 100% interchangeable.

Noahs944

Dimensionally YES but underneath the 924 has a prop and the 944 has the 2 shocks. I won't dispute that they are interchangeable and essentially the SAME.

morghen

my 924 has two shocks

ideola

Kind of a technicality, as the 944 hood has all the accommodations for the prop, and the hood lift kit is actually just a couple of brackets spot welded onto the subframe, with two ball sockets spot welded to the upper chassis spars behind the firewall. These bits were actually available as a kit to upgrade cars without the strut lifts. 1982 US-spec models had these as standard, and I suspect the ongoing 83-85 ROW 2.0L-based cars did as well.