RevvAutoMD

In Oct I picked up an 86 guards red 944 turbo. The car was pretty bad, needed a clutch, timing belt, head(not just machined but new valves,springs,etc), headgasket,exhaust,all new vaccum hoses, lots of broken wires/connectors,wires split under boots,new front suspension, front drivers fender, rearviews mirror, drivers side mirror, hatch, tires,brakes,and a million other things. About 2 months ago after aquiring many of the parts I started to tear in, even almost traded it in for a mint e30 at what point after realizing the size of the project. I own a small auto shop mind you and even still with all the tools, space, and ability, I knew this was going to be rough.

Mods:
-17x9 et 55 turbo twists 245's front 275's rear, came with full slicks all around so rocking em till i eat em up.
-Lindsey super 61 p trim wheel
-Lindsey short throw
-Rogue M-tuneA-tune till new M-tune chip arrives, had an unlucky bad chip, which i may have zapped)
-turbo xs mbc
-exhaust

Non performance related mods:
-TPC headlight delete panel with vent
-Fog to headlight conversion

Replaced/Fixed:
-Head,valve train
-headgasket, upper motor seals/gaskets,waterpump,timing belt, balance shaft belt, rollers
-self made reference/speed sensor harnesses, injector connectors, dme temp connector, water gauge temp connectors, icv connector, knock sensor connector
-new battery grounds
-rear view mirror, drivers side mirror
-hatch
-plugs, wires, rotor, cap
-all vac lines, deleted 90 percent of the junk under there
-rebuilt servicable balljoints, all new control arm bushings

Much more im forgetting.

Well as the car finished up and I got it running I battled a misfire/random cutout that as the car warmed up became very consistent and was a real hair puller. After almost two weeks of being stubborn I broke down and reinstalled my A-tune/afm/stock injectors as a last resort. This was after rewiring 50 percent of the engine bay(not that thats a bad thing in one of these cars). And viola~! Car ran fantastic. I didnt have my MBC in the car as my lindsey one wasnt cooperating and a buddy has my other one atm. So its set on wastegate spring pressure which was about 12psi. It still pulled my techs/business partners beemstanger a 5.0 cobra motor with some internals and an e303 cam. Didnt pull him till 3rd but it still felt good and is nowhere near where the car will be with the M-tune functioning, my full exhaust done, and filled up on e85. It was a damn blessing to be able to drive the car hard for the first time. Videos soon, I will throw in a video of 2 weeks ago when we got the frankenbeemer running. We will take some grudge match vid between us once both cars are safe to abuse a bit.

-bmw vid

RevvAutoMD

I will get updated pics loaded on photobucket and up soon.

theporscheguy

Neglected turbos can get a little expensive but thankfully you own a shop. When I purchased my 951 last year it had a fair body and lots of mods. The car was in need of maintenance and after a year its running pretty good. Still not completely where I would like to be but its getting a lot closer.

mudbuddha

Great! Glad you got it sorted out finally. What was it - busting knuckles and pulling hairs for 3 straight weeks now? Didn't think you could pull on that monster sounding cobra but third gear pull at speed is where these cars shine.

TexasRider

Good work. These cars have potential - but they are maintainance requiring beasts.

RevvAutoMD

Oh yes they sure are, luckily this problem made me do a lot of renewing in the wiring i may not have until it caused major issues.

Zeff

I heard the p trim wheel in the super 61 made for lag city, like past 4k for full spoolup.