chrenan

I've run a 1987 944 Turbo as a street legal track car for the last 11 years. It's been good to me and I've got it setup to be a perfect dance partner. I've kept up on engine maintenance over the years, rod bearings, head gasket, fresh head and turbo etc. A driver side balance shaft leak and a few others have been getting steadily worse, so I really need to pull the engine and address it. While the engine is out, I'm wondering can I NA it to simplify things?

Some details on my car ->

Front Suspension:

400in/lbs springs
Racers Edge Camber Plates / High Strung 44 Control Arms with monoball bushings
Ground Control coil over / Koni Sport
30mm front sway bar

Rear Suspension:

650in/lbs springs
Elephant Racing Poly Bronze Bearings / Solid torsion carrier mounts and monoball bushings
Ground Control coil over / 30 series Koni
19mm adjustable rear sway bar

Weights:

Corner balance:

818.....810
782.....747

Cross weight 50.4%

Total weight 3157 including half tank of gas and 215 for driver (2942 without driver)

Brakes:

Front:

996 GT3 4-Piston calipers on 330 Cayenne rotors
Pagid Orange pads
944 Turbo Cup cooling ducts and 968 air spats

Rear:

Stock 944 Turbo calipers and rotors
Pagid Black pads

Safety/Interior:

Heigo bolt-in rollbar
Cobra Evolution GT halo seat
Scroth harnesses
Momo Mod 07 wheel on NRG quick release

Transmission:

Stock 944 Turbo with added Quaife TBD

Steering:

Factory manual steering rack

Wheels:

993 narrow body fitment Hollow Spokes - 8" front 10" rear (no spacers)

Tedro951

For sure! Then again, I've never driven a 100 hp car that weighs 3000lbs.

chrenan

V2Rocket

what else are you planning to do?
addressing all oil leaks, new clutch, etc can be done over a weekend and you'll be driving in boost again by monday.

putting another engine in that youll just take out later adds lots of complication?

and even running the 8:1 block non boosted would still give you in the 130hp range.

chrenan

V2Rocket

LOL got it

chrenan

931guru

As a PCA tech speaker once said, "An NA car just has infinite lag."

chrenan

Big radiator to keep things cool.

chrenan

Swap oil pan, 4 trap doors, one in each corner of the sump.

chrenan

I should pull that LS2 out of the box...

chrenan

Slap that pan and cross member on...

chrenan

Need to line things up just right, don't want to dent those long tubes or crack that new radiator...

chrenan

Then tighten the mounting bolts...

chrenan

Put the car back on the ground...