Porsche 944 project car - £free!
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Can I ask is your intention to keep this car until she drops? You have done a huge amount of work and turned a fire car into back on the road and ready for tens of thousands of more miles.
I do really like the 944 lovely car upgrade and repair everything and it's like new you lucky hard working guy as in hard working on your hobby. It's a great thread and so worthwhile doing I wish more phers would do the same a garage would mean it's not viable but with hard work mundane hard work at times and a skill with the spanner anything is possible.
Just wish I had the space and skill and tools to do it. Sadly I don't well I have some tools some but time is short and so much else to resolve in that tine as is wife would kill me if in her eyes I wasted any more.
I do really like the 944 lovely car upgrade and repair everything and it's like new you lucky hard working guy as in hard working on your hobby. It's a great thread and so worthwhile doing I wish more phers would do the same a garage would mean it's not viable but with hard work mundane hard work at times and a skill with the spanner anything is possible.
Just wish I had the space and skill and tools to do it. Sadly I don't well I have some tools some but time is short and so much else to resolve in that tine as is wife would kill me if in her eyes I wasted any more.
Welshbeef said:
It's a great thread and so worthwhile doing I wish more phers would do the same
It strikes me that there are a lot more PH members who subscribe to the modifying/ploughing money into old cars is not worthwhile and would soon tell you that you should have saved your money and bought a late low mileage 944 or 911, or more likely a newer mx5 (yawn)I think it's a fantastic thread and love these kind of rebuilds (OP your 20vt golf is a nice build to). I find it far more interesting reading threads from people who aren't professional mechanics but are genuine enthusiasts prepared to learn the skills they need to take a car that is nearly ready for the scrapyard and give it a new lease of life!
Keep up the good work.
I've been following this thread from the beginning, what a transformation.
Well done and a top class result, always thought 944's look best in white too.
Good luck with the MOT, I put my old MK2 Golf GTI for an mot last week, 146,000 miles and it passed without any advisories at all.
Keep us posted and let's have a few more pics, would love to see the interior shots.
Well done and a top class result, always thought 944's look best in white too.
Good luck with the MOT, I put my old MK2 Golf GTI for an mot last week, 146,000 miles and it passed without any advisories at all.
Keep us posted and let's have a few more pics, would love to see the interior shots.
Huge amount of hard work effort and personal time spent on this project.
Burning quetion is of course - is it now a keeper? Im assuming yes for the time being as its value to you is firstly possibly worth more than its market value (no idea if thats wrong or right) but your emotional link to it.
Clearly you have a lot of tools and a place where this sort of work can be done without filling the house with parts & annoying the neighbours with a work in progress sat on front lawn. And you are a competant mechanic (possibly not through qualification?)
Anyway as you have now completed the challenge - can you give a spanner rating out of 10 for the whole project as per Haynes manuals. :-)
Plus enjoy it take it to goodwood festival of speed.
Burning quetion is of course - is it now a keeper? Im assuming yes for the time being as its value to you is firstly possibly worth more than its market value (no idea if thats wrong or right) but your emotional link to it.
Clearly you have a lot of tools and a place where this sort of work can be done without filling the house with parts & annoying the neighbours with a work in progress sat on front lawn. And you are a competant mechanic (possibly not through qualification?)
Anyway as you have now completed the challenge - can you give a spanner rating out of 10 for the whole project as per Haynes manuals. :-)
Plus enjoy it take it to goodwood festival of speed.
I took it to work today and it feels really good, nice and tight with no knocks, rattles or otherstrange noises. Comparing it to the golf is tricky as they are quite different, a modified hatchback and a gt car. Although both a similar age the golf is noisier at speed, although is quicker midrange when on boost. The porker feels very smooth and calm in comparison and the steering feedback is unbelivable. It feels so planted and inspires confidence in bends, im sure there is a limit to its grip but i didnt even get close. It was laughing at my puny cornering efforts.
The best bit is the engine, it may be a big 4 pot 3 litre but it is incredibly smooth. it pulls from idle and just revs and revs. In true porsche fashion you can feel every single horsepower pulling you along the road and the speed is deceptive, because it is so smooth.
It is definitely a keeper, i have managed to do all the work for a lot less than i could buy an s2 for - not counting my labour - and for that it has a new clutch, belts, all engine gaskets, head skim, brakes, notorious cam chain and pads plus loads of other bits. So it should be good for a few years.
I have cheated a lottle bit as i have over 15 years exp as a mechanic - some of it on porsches so the work didnt faze me. Id give it a spanner rating of 12. Dont try this at home.
The best bit is the engine, it may be a big 4 pot 3 litre but it is incredibly smooth. it pulls from idle and just revs and revs. In true porsche fashion you can feel every single horsepower pulling you along the road and the speed is deceptive, because it is so smooth.
It is definitely a keeper, i have managed to do all the work for a lot less than i could buy an s2 for - not counting my labour - and for that it has a new clutch, belts, all engine gaskets, head skim, brakes, notorious cam chain and pads plus loads of other bits. So it should be good for a few years.
I have cheated a lottle bit as i have over 15 years exp as a mechanic - some of it on porsches so the work didnt faze me. Id give it a spanner rating of 12. Dont try this at home.
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