RE: SOTW: Porsche 944 track car
Discussion
There are two pictures of the nearside sill, in one it is bright green and boxy in the other it is as wobbly as a wobbly thing. This begs me to wonder how many times this thing has been crashed and how properly it has been repaired.
As above for £500 I would probably try my luck, for £1000 I would buy a proper SOTW.
As above for £500 I would probably try my luck, for £1000 I would buy a proper SOTW.
Itsallicanafford said:
B'stard Child said:
No Cage....... I've always gone with benefits of a already conveted to track car was you cut down on some of the big expenditure - cage would be one.
Having said that it's a 2 dr coupe with a hatch and so I kinda like that (just got the wrong badge)
...do you think it would need a cage? Not too much performance on offer, i cannot decide if i need one on my MX-5 and half a dozen track days in the old 'ead in still on the shoulders...Having said that it's a 2 dr coupe with a hatch and so I kinda like that (just got the wrong badge)
The Obeast said:
the article says "whats not to like?"
Where do I start?
Where do I start?
It should encourage some discussion, at least.
(Have to admit, I was quite excited when I picked this out at about 11pm last night, but in the clear light of day it's perhaps more of a punt than I originally thought... :-/)
Moral of the story? Don't pick a Shed late at night...
It's on Ebay. Regarding the sills........
"Sills have had welding which was checked at the MOT, not the neatist job hence the sill covers just to tidy up the car."
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1984-PORSCHE-944-Track-C...
"Sills have had welding which was checked at the MOT, not the neatist job hence the sill covers just to tidy up the car."
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1984-PORSCHE-944-Track-C...
Be fair guys. It’s a dirt cheap trackday toy, to be run around your local circuit on summer evenings until it falls apart. Which it will. But knowing that in advance … how much fun would that be? (There’s a towing eye hidden behind the rubber grommet on the front bumper, by the way …)
A front-engined Porsche on a racetrack is just something else. The balance and forgiveness are out of this world. Everybody should try it sometime.
Aye, the sills look ropey as hell and when they go, the car’s ready to be scrapped. But it’d last more than one summer.
A front-engined Porsche on a racetrack is just something else. The balance and forgiveness are out of this world. Everybody should try it sometime.
Aye, the sills look ropey as hell and when they go, the car’s ready to be scrapped. But it’d last more than one summer.
On the subject of Porsche 2.5 NA power outputs. There was a detuned 150bhp version fitted to the early 924S, presumably to maintain the performance differential between the 924 and the 944. I'm pretty sure this version was never fitted to UK market 944s? The later 924S got the 944 tune 160bhp version (detuned from 163bhp for reasons of octane compatibility I believe) and were consequently quicker than the fatter (heavier and less aerodynamically slippery) 944.
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t me up big time. 
Don't understand the negativity.
A mate of mine has built up a 944 track car and absolutely loves it. He says he carries massive cornering speed. He needed to do something after he spanked his 964 RS one time too many and decided to cosset it.
As a cheap track slag, surely this makes sense?
Or is it just too far gone
A mate of mine has built up a 944 track car and absolutely loves it. He says he carries massive cornering speed. He needed to do something after he spanked his 964 RS one time too many and decided to cosset it.
As a cheap track slag, surely this makes sense?
Or is it just too far gone
<bobble hat twitches>
Rumblestripe said:
On the subject of Porsche 2.5 NA power outputs. There was a detuned 150bhp version fitted to the early 924S, presumably to maintain the performance differential between the 924 and the 944. I'm pretty sure this version was never fitted to UK market 944s?
Correct on both.Rumblestripe said:
The later 924S got the 944 tune 160bhp version (detuned from 163bhp for reasons of octane compatibility I believe)
Mostly correct, though it was still to keep the 924 at the bottom of the rung.Rumblestripe said:
and were consequently quicker than the fatter (heavier and less aerodynamically slippery) 944.
Eh-eeeeer! I've just consulted the bible of frontrunner performance figures ('Porsche 924,944 & 968: A Collectors Guide' ISBN 1899870474) and the 924S and 944 (2.5) both completed the 0-60 dash in 7.4 secs. The 924S was marginally quicker to 100mph, recording 20.1 secs vs 21.0 for the 944. Both reached a maximum of 137mph. 924S weighed 1164kg vs 1195kg for the 944, so not a lot in it overall.Rumblestripe said:
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You need to iron those creases in your Farahs a bit sharper 
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