RE: SOTW: Porsche 924

[cjb1]

great thread......

carinaman said:

One of my favourite threads on PH:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...


'Think of it as a VW'?

Weren't they built at the Audi plant at Neckarsulm? Think RWD Audi?

[Cupradan]

WHY NO ASS SHOT AND WHY IS THE ADVERT SHOUTING!!!!

[Strawman]

markh450 said:

Funny how the first thing everyone normally says about the 924 is the fact it has a "van" engine.

It's not really true either, the Audi and Van engines are carburettor fed, Porsche developed the head for the 924 engine to make it FI, probably a lot of other changes as well.

markh450 said:

Does the 924 have the rear mounted transaxle gearbox as per the 944?

Yes, the reason the boot is very shallow is the tran-saxle lies underneath, also helps provide the near 50/50 weight distribution.

[s m]

Strawman said:

Yes, the reason the boot is very shallow is the tran-saxle lies underneath, also helps provide the near 50/50 weight distribution.

Although it always intrigues me how BMW and Ford achieved almost exactly the same weight dstribution in conventional fashion with their 4-cylinder offerings - larger rear overhangs and batteries in boot etc?

[scm924s]

I think you will find all the smiles per mile you could want, I have two, a 1977 2.0 Martini, and a 1988 2.5 924S, the best of both worlds in 924's.

More info here www.porsche924.co.uk

[Hugo a Gogo]

Strawman said:

markh450 said:

Funny how the first thing everyone normally says about the 924 is the fact it has a "van" engine.

It's not really true either, the Audi and Van engines are carburettor fed, Porsche developed the head for the 924 engine to make it FI, probably a lot of other changes as well.

markh450 said:

Does the 924 have the rear mounted transaxle gearbox as per the 944?

Yes, the reason the boot is very shallow is the tran-saxle lies underneath, also helps provide the near 50/50 weight distribution.

the gearbox isn't THAT much taller than a normal diff, but there's a petrol tank sitting on top of it, boot is still a very useful size, considering it's a very small car

[Carrera RSR]

The 924 is going to be another 912 or 914, derided for years for not being up to true Porsche performance but now you can't buy a good one for much less than £15,000-20,000!!

Therefore I have invested heavily in my 924 turbo and it has been able to hold its own versus 944's, 968's, Boxsters and 911's of all flavours on track days. It will be a future classic, just wait and see!!



Read more here http://www.porsche924.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=...

The 924 is also celebrating its 35th year in the UK as of now and we have a breakfast club for all 924's at Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone, on Sunday 15th April. Booking your car in is a must as requested by Porsche and passes will be provided. Deadline for booking is next Friday. We have well over 50 cars booked already so is going to be quite some 924 fest!! http://porsche924.co.uk/35years/ Your welcome to join us even not a 924OC member.

Now go out and buy yourselves some 924's and enjoy!!

[g3org3y]

How much hp/torque on these?

Can't complain for under a grand to be honest. Smoke around for a couple of years and be done with it.

[delays]

Carrera RSR said:

The 924 is going to be another 912 or 914, derided for years for not being up to true Porsche performance but now you can't buy a good one for much less than £15,000-20,000!!

Therefore I have invested heavily in my 924 turbo and it has been able to hold its own versus 944's, 968's, Boxsters and 911's of all flavours on track days. It will be a future classic, just wait and see!!



Read more here http://www.porsche924.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=...

The 924 is also celebrating its 35th year in the UK as of now and we have a breakfast club for all 924's at Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone, on Sunday 15th April. Booking your car in is a must as requested by Porsche and passes will be provided. Deadline for booking is next Friday. We have well over 50 cars booked already so is going to be quite some 924 fest!! http://porsche924.co.uk/35years/ Your welcome to join us even not a 924OC member.

Now go out and buy yourselves some 924's and enjoy!!

That, sir, is a fine automobile.

[CedricN]

Time for me to finally get an account here after hours of reading. Nice to a see a 924 on PH, unexpected in one way but also understandable in another(the brits here tend to like truly fun cars, not only looking on big numbers). They are such fun cars, one of the most underratede cars out there. To bad people are so narrow minded, I dont belive they think about how porsche started out in the first place. The 356 is beetle hardare in a stylish shell with a superb result in the same manner.

I have driven both an n/a and now a turbo for years. They are such great fun, very mechanical and controllable on the street and track. And compared to the newer style porsche this actually is made for driving. No problems in throwing sticky R rubber on a completely stock 924 and driving the st out of it on track hour after hour. That was a great way to learn how to drive on track !
(Btw the big hatch is great for having track tyres in, you can have at least 6 195/15" or easily 4 205/15. About the egnine, its not many parts at all that you can take from other VAG cars, to bad, makes it a bit more expensive (still cheap though). I like the engine, real sturdy piece. At least it has taken 924 to great positions at le mans, good enough for me

Today I drive this, a slightly modified 924 turbo, i have yet to find a newer car that is this fun! So physical, so much feel and so much fun!



70s style pascha interior, i have a mint passenger seat on its way in for a better look



Hope more people will discover this car! (Btw, i prefer it to the mx5, looks better, at least as fun, more charachter !)

[FWDRacer]

fatboy69 said:

For less than £1k where can you go wrong? Not the best car ever built but what the hell.

It's got a Porsche badge on the bonnet!!!

Sort of sums up the modern consumer

[GC8]

Johnboy Mac said:

graham22 said:

Bring the VW motor up to date, stick a 20VT or TFSI motor in it.

If changing engines I reckon an Audi 5 pot turbo would slip in there and maybe even mate up to the torque tube too.

The five cylinder is the only thing thatll mate to the torque tube. Talk of simply 'sticking' a 20vT engine in is comical (although, fustratingly, the engine block is similar).

[Lar]

I had one, and ran it on a student's budget so would definitely argue with the large bills, although some imaginative tinkering is perhaps sometimes required! While it may get slated for being mainly vw/audi parts, it's ideal when you're trying to run one on a limited budget. I was given mine by a family member who'd left it standing for 8 years. With some decent fuel it started first time, and while there were certainly niggles (i've generously called the headlights going out on a dark motorway a niggle!) there was nothing as bad as what you might be expect for a 27 year old car that had been left unattended for many years.

My particular example had a fairly tired exhaust so, as far i was concerned at least, it sounded like a group B rally car, had crap rear tyres and the correct engine/drive layout, so plenty of fun for your money. It still pisses me off that people influenced by top gear immediately jump to the van engine argument - as i think someone has pointed out if it had been a vw coupe with a 2litre n/a engine, rear drive and near perfect weight distribution it wouldn't get the stick it did!

Got to admit though, my one regret is never having competed in it so that race series looks like a cracking idea!

[TonyRPH]

graham22 said:

Bring the VW motor up to date, stick a 20VT or TFSI motor in it.

I think the biggest problem with these is the fact it has got a Porsche badge on it. If it was a 70/80s VW Coupe it would be mega cool, could you get a Scirroco this age, this condition for under a grand? Because it's got the Porsche name on it, it gets slated - mad.

I like it.

It was originally conceived as a VW product, but due to the fuel crisis, was dropped by VW and picked up by Porsche.

[Rumblestripe]

I need to declare that I have a decent 924 as a summer ride. I've had it for about eight years now. Hopefully coming out of hibernation soon. They are cracking cars for the money. It's no good buying one if you just want it as a cheap Porsche, you'll never be happy with it, a 911 it is not!

BUT, it is a very pretty car, it handles very well, it goes well enough to keep up in traffic and parts are cheap. They are getting rare now - when did you last see one on the road? The 944 shares the same bodyshell (incidentally the very early 70s cars were not galvanised and hence have mostly perished), but the widened sills have a propensity to rust that the 924 does not (I believe it forms a moisture trap?). If something expensive should go on it you would get your money back by breaking it (and you can't say that about every shed)!

[Hugo a Gogo]

well, Porsche designed it for VW, VW decided not to bother, Porsche decided to keep it for themselves

[Gruber]

Inspired by this thread, I've just bought one on ebay (although not the actual SOTW). £900. Collecting tomorrow.

[ewenm]

Gruber said:

Inspired by this thread, I've just bought one on ebay (although not the actual SOTW). £900. Collecting tomorrow.

good work on the impulse buying!

[pSyCoSiS]

That is a fantastic SOTW.

It's a Porsche at the end of the day - can't really argue with that. Unlike alot for sale at this sort of money, this seems to be in decent fettle.

Still, I keep bringing up the SOTW E30 325i Track car i bought last April - and that was only £800.

It passed it's MOT last year, with just one advisory (no mention of rust or rot!).

[Paul Dishman]

Kawasicki said:

1980's BRZ/GT86

About a million times more fun to drive than a Golf GTi/any other fwd hot hatchback.

Rubbish! More wrong wheel drive bks

Its 80's hot hatch contemporaries were the Peugeot 205 Gti, Golf Gti, Alfasud Ti,
Renault 5 Turbo etc

None of which are a millionth less fun than a 924