Porsche 924 - My First Car 10 months on
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I tried minilites on my 911 , looked too big even though they were the same size as the Fuchs plus they are mental heavy.
Talking of Fuchs , how about some Fuchs....... Or fakoFuchs.
If your ever in east London/ Essex you can try a set of mine on (assuming same fitment )
Pic of a fakofuchs in 16 by 9 ..
Talking of Fuchs , how about some Fuchs....... Or fakoFuchs.
If your ever in east London/ Essex you can try a set of mine on (assuming same fitment )
Pic of a fakofuchs in 16 by 9 ..
Edited by PDenyer on Monday 21st January 20:43
Would love Fuchs but being the 2 litre N/A my car is 4 stud. Same as Ford/Citroen/Pug/Audi if anyone has suggestions?
I've decided it's best to get the torsion bars done and a friend who races a 924 in the championship has offered me his geometry settings. Just some road legal semi slicks for summer and I'll upset powerful cars until there's a straight...
I've decided it's best to get the torsion bars done and a friend who races a 924 in the championship has offered me his geometry settings. Just some road legal semi slicks for summer and I'll upset powerful cars until there's a straight...
FelixP said:
Would love Fuchs but being the 2 litre N/A my car is 4 stud. Same as Ford/Citroen/Pug/Audi if anyone has suggestions?
I've decided it's best to get the torsion bars done and a friend who races a 924 in the championship has offered me his geometry settings. Just some road legal semi slicks for summer and I'll upset powerful cars until there's a straight...
The beetle boys manage it with adapters .. Anyways great thread and entertaining writing I've decided it's best to get the torsion bars done and a friend who races a 924 in the championship has offered me his geometry settings. Just some road legal semi slicks for summer and I'll upset powerful cars until there's a straight...
Id be tempted to find someone breaking a series one 944 (or a 1986 series two), to buy all four corners from.
This will give you big brakes (shared by 928s and early 911 Turbos) and five stud wheels and it hasnt ever been an expensive upgrade, provided that you pay the right price and can go back for the bits that you forgot.
This will give you big brakes (shared by 928s and early 911 Turbos) and five stud wheels and it hasnt ever been an expensive upgrade, provided that you pay the right price and can go back for the bits that you forgot.
Excellent thread; I have a huge amount of love for the 924 and 944, so this thread comes as a bit of an inspiration.
GC8 said:
Id be tempted to find someone breaking a series one 944 (or a 1986 series two), to buy all four corners from.
This will give you big brakes (shared by 928s and early 911 Turbos) and five stud wheels and it hasnt ever been an expensive upgrade, provided that you pay the right price and can go back for the bits that you forgot.
I know a gent who is breaking a bunch of 944s, if this is indeed the route the OP chooses to go.This will give you big brakes (shared by 928s and early 911 Turbos) and five stud wheels and it hasnt ever been an expensive upgrade, provided that you pay the right price and can go back for the bits that you forgot.
At the end of last week my car developed a misfire. When I wasn't working it was generally dark, cold & wet so I couldn't do much in the way of fault finding. I was hoping it was maybe a loose spark plug but a bit more testing revealed one of my HT leads had broken. A new set of leads and it's running sweetly once more.
The car is booked in at a local specialist on Thursday for the rear to be reindexed properly, so I'll get the adjustment back to get the geometry spot on and lose the nose down stance for the perfect handling.
Popped to the shops today and parked next to this E28. Both look petite next to the Xsara Picasso, with my roof just about level with the rear windows.
The car is booked in at a local specialist on Thursday for the rear to be reindexed properly, so I'll get the adjustment back to get the geometry spot on and lose the nose down stance for the perfect handling.
Popped to the shops today and parked next to this E28. Both look petite next to the Xsara Picasso, with my roof just about level with the rear windows.
Rocketman105 said:
Great write up, great first car. 
Makes my old '91 Fiat Uno 45s Formula look like what it was. Soul destroying.
PS I know of only one other bloke who admits to liking Rush.
My first car was a Vauxhall Cavalier Coupe SR - basically a vauxhall-badged Opel Manta (for those that don't know) with a two litre engine. I paid £750 or so for the car and £700 3rd Party Fire & Theft Insurance. This was back in 1988 when I was 18. Makes my old '91 Fiat Uno 45s Formula look like what it was. Soul destroying.
PS I know of only one other bloke who admits to liking Rush.
In today's money that would be just over £1,500 in each case - so a total of just over 3 grand. I did an online insurance quote with one of the major comparison sites, which may or may not have had supermarket in it's title and the quotes I was getting back were between £4,500 and £5,000.
I'm so glad I'm not an 18 year old trying to insure something interesting these days.......I wouldn't fancy paying 3 times the value of my car for just insurance.
P.S. I also like Rush!!!
Edited by pcvdriver on Tuesday 29th January 21:54
FelixP said:
At the end of last week my car developed a misfire. When I wasn't working it was generally dark, cold & wet so I couldn't do much in the way of fault finding. I was hoping it was maybe a loose spark plug but a bit more testing revealed one of my HT leads had broken. A new set of leads and it's running sweetly once more.
The car is booked in at a local specialist on Thursday for the rear to be reindexed properly, so I'll get the adjustment back to get the geometry spot on and lose the nose down stance for the perfect handling.
Popped to the shops today and parked next to this E28. Both look petite next to the Xsara Picasso, with my roof just about level with the rear windows.
Nice to hear of a quick and easy fix when something like this pops up. The car is booked in at a local specialist on Thursday for the rear to be reindexed properly, so I'll get the adjustment back to get the geometry spot on and lose the nose down stance for the perfect handling.
Popped to the shops today and parked next to this E28. Both look petite next to the Xsara Picasso, with my roof just about level with the rear windows.
Nice picture, gives a real idea of sow small (In modern terms) these lovely older cars are/were.
5TUE said:
I heard that!
Anyway, Felix the car's looking good, now when are we going to see it at breakfast?
Stu.
Cheers! Anyway, Felix the car's looking good, now when are we going to see it at breakfast?
Stu.
Hoping to make it to the next one and the run is tempting too. Went for a bit of a drive today, first time it has been dry. The car is fantastic, you point it where you want to go and then it goes there!
I keep seeing 924 Turbos for sale and I'm really thinking of selling this for one. Thoughts?
Maybe it won't share the reliability but as a car to own long term, surely a turbo is a better base to start with? I wonder what my N/A is worth? I'm fond of the 924 and the Turbo costs the same to insure but has discs all round and 50% more power. If I got a Turbo and something went bang I'm not sure if I could fund fixing it but what if it doesn't?
Maybe it won't share the reliability but as a car to own long term, surely a turbo is a better base to start with? I wonder what my N/A is worth? I'm fond of the 924 and the Turbo costs the same to insure but has discs all round and 50% more power. If I got a Turbo and something went bang I'm not sure if I could fund fixing it but what if it doesn't?
FelixP said:
I keep seeing 924 Turbos for sale and I'm really thinking of selling this for one. Thoughts?
Maybe it won't share the reliability but as a car to own long term, surely a turbo is a better base to start with? I wonder what my N/A is worth? I'm fond of the 924 and the Turbo costs the same to insure but has discs all round and 50% more power. If I got a Turbo and something went bang I'm not sure if I could fund fixing it but what if it doesn't?
If funding can be an issue, I'd stick to the 924 - lovely car. But I can see the temptation.... I have considered the 924 Turbo many a times.Maybe it won't share the reliability but as a car to own long term, surely a turbo is a better base to start with? I wonder what my N/A is worth? I'm fond of the 924 and the Turbo costs the same to insure but has discs all round and 50% more power. If I got a Turbo and something went bang I'm not sure if I could fund fixing it but what if it doesn't?
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