IanM

I've had my car for 10 years now, and am contemplating selling it. It's a black on black '89 944 Turbo, and has been highly modified. I'd appreciate some input on what you think it's worth. I've got a ridiculous amount of money invested in the car, and I already know I won't get anything close to what I think it's "worth". Here are the specs.

Engine

- 2.5L shortblock (rebuilt in 2010), Ishihara-Johnson crank scraper
- Match ported head / intake manifold, ported exhaust guide posts, new valve springs, exhaust valves, guides, seals
- Garrett (not hybrid) dual ball bearing turbo (T04E 50 trim 0.6 A/R / T3 Stg III 0.63 A/R)
- Jon Milledge Engineering S3SR/XS-14 A1 camshaft
- Vitesse MAF kit, piggyback controller kit
- modified intercooler (larger inlet-side tank)
- Bosch 52 lb/hr matched fuel injectors, ballast resistors, custom injector harness
- Bosch high flow fuel pump (part no. 0.580.254.942), Bosch 3-bar fpr
- custom intercooler pipes
- Greddy Profec Type S electronic boost controller
- Tial 44mm V-band wastegate, 0.8 bar spring
- Eagle Talon 1G BOV (modified for higher spring tension)
- KISS secondary oil cooler
- Saikou Michi oil catch can
- Porsche Cup clutch disc (2009)
- Fidanza aluminum flywheel (balanced w/ pressure plate)
- KEP Stage 1 aluminum pressure plate
- DEI turbine blanket, heat shrouds (for p/s side motor mount, reference sensors, fuel lines, wastegate lines)
- Ice Shark ground straps, custom secondary engine ground strap

Exhaust

- SFR Stage 2 headers, crossover, custom T3 turbo inlet flange, ceramic coated, V-band clamps
- custom RG Racing 3" s/s downpipe (w/ header wrap)
- custom L&R Racing 3" s/s exhaust, high-flow cat / test pipe, Vibrant resonator, Magnaflow muffler (straight-through)

Transmission

- factory LSD, transaxle oil cooler
- urethane transaxle mount mod
- Redline 75W/90 API Class GL-5 synthetic transaxle gear oil

Brakes

- 944 Turbo 'S' M030 big brakes
- steel braided brake lines
- 33/5 proportioning valve
- front brake cooling bumper ducts, hosing, rotor backing plates
- new master cylinder, new oem front rotors (never used)
- Ferodo DS2500 pads (street), Performance Friction PFC01 / PFC97 (track), Motul RBF600 fluid

Suspension

- Bilstein Escort Cup coilovers, 425lb front springs, 600lb rear springs
- Weltmeister 28mm / 22mm anti-roll bars
- KLA Industries upper strut brace
- Racer's Edge camber plates
- Racer's Edge delrin inner and outer spring plate bushings, torsion bar delete
- 944 Turbo S front control arms, bronze balljoint bushings (35,000km)
- 968 caster blocks
- delrin steering rack bushing
- ATP "Nido D'Ape" (7190) 2pc. wheels (8"x17", 10"x17"), Porsche center caps
- new Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires (235-45/17 front, 265-40/17 rear)
- track alignment -2.75deg camber, 6min total toe-in, 3.5deg caster (front), -2deg camber, 5min toe-in each side (rear), corner balanced

Exterior

- Joe Toth fiberglass front splitter
- GT Racing fiberglass rear bumper
- clear front turn signal lenses
- euro driving / fog lights, relayed, high watt bulbs
- relayed headlights w/ heavy gauge custom wiring harness, 80W/100W bulbs
- 3M front end stonegard kit (bumper, headlight covers, header panel, fenders and hood leading edge)
- Rennbay rear tow eyes

Interior

- center console gauge panel
- AEM wideband O2 sensor w/ round gauge
- Autometer Sport Comp electric fuel pressure gauge (100 psi) kit
- Autometer Sport Comp vacuum/boost gauge
- Factory alarm, keyless entry
- Factory premium sound package (10 speaker), Alpine CDA-9886 head unit, Alpine KTP-445 compact amplifier
- Momo 'Race' steering wheel
- Momo 'Combat' shift ****
- OMP pedal covers
- i/o Port video camera rollbar mount
- custom carpeted parcel shelf, rear seat backs removed

Safety

- Sparco Evo L sport seat w/ side mounts and slider (driver side)
- Recaro SRD sport seat w/ slider (passenger side)
- custom seat mount brackets (for 6-pt harness and stock seat belt)
- Redline Safeguard Bolt-in rollbar
- Sparco 6-pt. harness
- Halon 1211 fire extinguisher, 2.5lb
- fire extinguisher rollbar mount

Select Recent Maintenance

- clean and flow test fuel injectors
- new oem radiator
- rebuilt brakes (new pistons, bore seals, dust boots)
- new oem front windshield w/ internal antenna
- both front and one rear wheel bearing
- Goetze piston ring set, rod bearings, wide fire ring headgasket, belts, water pump, fuel filter, heater control
valve, thermostat, oil pan gasket, distributor cap and rotor (2010)
- rebuilt throttle body
- AC Delco 600 CCA battery

Rich Sandor

In case anyone is interested in the car, Ian is a close friend of mine, and he is meticulously **** retentive when it comes to his baby. It's an awesome car and I would not hesitate to put my reputation behind recommending it. Any slight issues that most owners would never bother to address or spend money on, Ian would rip apart the car to fix. It flat out embarrasses most other cars at track and autox, yet is still totally streetable.

And no, Ian is not paying me to write that.

IanM

Here are some photos. Ignore how dirty the car is - it's in bed for the season, and winter hit before I had a chance to wash it.

IanM

Thanks Rich! Yah, I am pretty ****. The dirty car is not typical, it's usually squeaky clean. Some motor shots.

IanM

Another interior and exterior shot, and a gratuitous glamour shot

Josh B

I would say a good bit of its value has to do with what would be involved to bring it in the the States. Nice looking car for sure!

NZ951

I got USD22K for my modded 944 Turbo and its not a million miles different from yours in terms of mods. I think you should be looking to sell to someone that wants a dedicated track car and try the local circuits?

ilikemy944

This is off topic but...
CB-1 - best freakin bike ever

IanM

Good catch! The CB-1 is indeed a great bike, but is also for sale (bought an '06 CBR600RR)

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Cheers,
Spyro

reno808

u will bring more money buy parting and restoring it back to stock. sadly but true

snora

I'm near the bay area-california

are you on the west side of Canada-eh?

snora

IanM

Yes, I'm in Vancouver BC.

You're right, I could get more money by parting with some of the goodies separately - safety equipment (seats, rollbar, etc.), cam, headers/crossover, splitter, rear bumper could all be easily removed and replaced with stock components (my basement is full of parts). I'm very happy with the package as a whole, and my strong preference would be to leave most of the upgrade items in place. I would put the stock seats in and remove the rollbar if the buyer wasn't interested in tracking it. I'm interested though in what you folks think the car is worth as-is.

The buyer would also have the opportunity to buy track wheels/tires. I've set the car up for neutral handling with same size tires front/rear. I've got two full sets of club sport 16" x 9" wheels (plus 4 - 16" x 7" wheels), and have three sets of track tires (new never used Michelin PS Cup 245-45/16, barely used Kumho V710 265-45/16, well used Toyo RA-1 245-45/16). Also brand new $$ track pads (PFC01 / PFC97), etc. If someone bought the whole package they'd need to bring a big trailer.

IanM

Just had a short window of sunshine, so I washed the car. Still hoping for some more input!

IanM

Couple more.