Porsche 924 Turbo S2 with Carrera GT parts
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Wow!!! That is lovely, I really do love the 924 Carrera GT's - such a gorgeous shape & stance!!
I used to be a bit anti 924's, but since owning a couple of 944's, I really appreciate the clean lines of the standard narrow bodied 924. I'd love a nice two tone 931 if I had room on the drive.
Look forward to hearing more about the car! Good luck
I used to be a bit anti 924's, but since owning a couple of 944's, I really appreciate the clean lines of the standard narrow bodied 924. I'd love a nice two tone 931 if I had room on the drive.
Look forward to hearing more about the car! Good luck
Thanks all!
I just had an email from OPC Cardiff to say it'll be ready tomorrow after a final road test but was a bit of a challenge due to a bolt being seized in the rear axle carrier, your new gearbox required some fettling with the output flange threads requiring tapping out due to stripping and corrosion.
It's great fun to drive, the turbo lag only serves to make it feel faster when it does finally spool up, the dogleg box is rubbish around town but wonderful on the move and the handling is supreme.
Hoping to be at the Bristol Queen's Square meet this Sunday!
I just had an email from OPC Cardiff to say it'll be ready tomorrow after a final road test but was a bit of a challenge due to a bolt being seized in the rear axle carrier, your new gearbox required some fettling with the output flange threads requiring tapping out due to stripping and corrosion.
It's great fun to drive, the turbo lag only serves to make it feel faster when it does finally spool up, the dogleg box is rubbish around town but wonderful on the move and the handling is supreme.
Hoping to be at the Bristol Queen's Square meet this Sunday!
To build one I think you would need:
Base 924 Turbo in average condition: 2.5k
Wheels: 1k
Reproduction intercooler: 1k
Reproduction body panels: 600
So a little over 5k on parts, then you've got to fit the body panels (a nightmare apparently) and paint it.
Consider mine has some genuine body panels & well fitting carbon fibre wings plus a genuine intercooler. All the 924 Turbo bits are taken care off too with a rebuilt engine, turbo and new clutch in recent years. It's probably one of the most expensive bog standard 924's around :P
Picked it up today, came to 9 hours in the end, ouch!
The Technician apparently stayed on 2 1/2 hours late to see it finished and not have to sleep on it!
In the short journey home it was very, very quiet. Shifting is as sharp & precise as a new car, only with that proper mechanical feel, let's hope it stays that way!
Base 924 Turbo in average condition: 2.5k
Wheels: 1k
Reproduction intercooler: 1k
Reproduction body panels: 600
So a little over 5k on parts, then you've got to fit the body panels (a nightmare apparently) and paint it.
Consider mine has some genuine body panels & well fitting carbon fibre wings plus a genuine intercooler. All the 924 Turbo bits are taken care off too with a rebuilt engine, turbo and new clutch in recent years. It's probably one of the most expensive bog standard 924's around :P
Picked it up today, came to 9 hours in the end, ouch!
The Technician apparently stayed on 2 1/2 hours late to see it finished and not have to sleep on it!
In the short journey home it was very, very quiet. Shifting is as sharp & precise as a new car, only with that proper mechanical feel, let's hope it stays that way!
It's not fair to call this car a problem child, although I've picked it up after a few days away once more.
After the gearbox was fitted, a well meaning valeter pressure washed the bonnet. Paint was bubbling and sadly a bit came right off! Happily, the contracted valeters for OPC had insurance and the bonnet was resprayed. I felt like I came out of it well, the bonnet would've needed painting and due to this little accident I got a resprayed bonnet for a very small contribution. I don't mind paying towards it since it's come back a lot better than I initially left it!
So far during my ownership it has spent about half the time away at Porsche or without 5th gear but it hasn't bothered me in the slightest. I'm in for the long haul and will take the rough with the smooth. I didn't manage a road trip last year, but tickets for the Spa 6 hour historic have been purchased and in a month I'll be there!
Working shift and getting 2/7 weekends off means I have to make my own entertainment during the week whilst missing out on most other meetings, so it's going to JMG Porsche on Wednesday to flirt with boost pressures and have a good tune-up & check over ahead of Spa.
In a rare weekend off, I'm looking forward to heading up to Oulton Park to support a friend in the 924 championship and then indulging modified cars at Retro Rides on the Sunday.
Some long over due photographs of this evenings enjoyment:
After the gearbox was fitted, a well meaning valeter pressure washed the bonnet. Paint was bubbling and sadly a bit came right off! Happily, the contracted valeters for OPC had insurance and the bonnet was resprayed. I felt like I came out of it well, the bonnet would've needed painting and due to this little accident I got a resprayed bonnet for a very small contribution. I don't mind paying towards it since it's come back a lot better than I initially left it!
So far during my ownership it has spent about half the time away at Porsche or without 5th gear but it hasn't bothered me in the slightest. I'm in for the long haul and will take the rough with the smooth. I didn't manage a road trip last year, but tickets for the Spa 6 hour historic have been purchased and in a month I'll be there!
Working shift and getting 2/7 weekends off means I have to make my own entertainment during the week whilst missing out on most other meetings, so it's going to JMG Porsche on Wednesday to flirt with boost pressures and have a good tune-up & check over ahead of Spa.
In a rare weekend off, I'm looking forward to heading up to Oulton Park to support a friend in the 924 championship and then indulging modified cars at Retro Rides on the Sunday.
Some long over due photographs of this evenings enjoyment:
Oh dear, some sorry looking cylinder rings on the gasket there... Hope it didn't fail in to big a fashion and close to home? At least it will be nice and fresh for future trips. I took my 951 across Europe this year so I did the HG and all the other usual gubbins before hand for reliability.
This car looks lovely and looks to be one of the most convincing CGT's around. Good on you sir for giving it the care and attention it deserves!
Richard
This car looks lovely and looks to be one of the most convincing CGT's around. Good on you sir for giving it the care and attention it deserves!
Richard
It failed the day before I was due to sail, so I took it down to OPC Cardiff and borrowed a Renault Megane diesel for the trip. Better that way I suppose.
JMG suspected the HG, flushed the coolant and told me to keep an eye on it. It was driving fine but then started missing at idle a couple of days later and that was that!
The 924OC are fantastic as ever and very generous with help and spares. I've now got another head waiting if I need it and have been offered a 937/Carrera GT ignition DITC, which I'll have to get! It should make the most of the intercooler and I do like a rare part!
Some parts are a little harder to find than I was expecting, cylinder head dowels, exhaust manifold studs & lockrings are all NLA from Porsche. Even getting a spare head could've been troublesome, there's only about 60 924 Turbos on the road, and consider this includes S1, S2 and CGT variants. With this leaving only a handful of each, I imagine it's better now to put one on the road than break it with such a small market.
JMG suspected the HG, flushed the coolant and told me to keep an eye on it. It was driving fine but then started missing at idle a couple of days later and that was that!
The 924OC are fantastic as ever and very generous with help and spares. I've now got another head waiting if I need it and have been offered a 937/Carrera GT ignition DITC, which I'll have to get! It should make the most of the intercooler and I do like a rare part!
Some parts are a little harder to find than I was expecting, cylinder head dowels, exhaust manifold studs & lockrings are all NLA from Porsche. Even getting a spare head could've been troublesome, there's only about 60 924 Turbos on the road, and consider this includes S1, S2 and CGT variants. With this leaving only a handful of each, I imagine it's better now to put one on the road than break it with such a small market.
The head is back, was hoping to have the car back by the end of the week but it'll definitely be ready to drive to the NEC!
Hoping I'll be able to drive it without any issues then, a gearbox & headgasket has been a baptism of fire with ownership so far! Contemplating swapping for a 968, thoughts?
Hoping I'll be able to drive it without any issues then, a gearbox & headgasket has been a baptism of fire with ownership so far! Contemplating swapping for a 968, thoughts?
I went from a 951 to a 968 and it was a goo dand bad transition
In terms of the overall drive, the 968 feels strangely more 'complete' and competent than the earlier cars, I can't put my finger on it, but it has just all come together 'right' in the car and it is hugely rewarding
However, you do miss the mid-range grunt of a turbo which means it is slightly harder work to drive if you are not 10/10s. In the 944 I would sit on the motorway in top (5th) and as long as I didn't drop below 50 I had enough grunt to out-accelerate 99% of what was on the road without changing down
If I was sat in 6th in the 968 and slowed down to 50, I would have to at least drop to 5th if not 4th to get motoring again to keep up with the 320Ds.
Once you were over 4,000 revs and the variocam kicked in then it went very well and with my Janspeed exhaust made an almost Italian yowl towards the limiter.
If you were pressing on down a twisty A road then there was nothing in it as you'd be stirring the 'box anyway
Go and try one and see what you think....Of course one of the Super-charger conversions would give you the best of both worlds!
In terms of the overall drive, the 968 feels strangely more 'complete' and competent than the earlier cars, I can't put my finger on it, but it has just all come together 'right' in the car and it is hugely rewarding
However, you do miss the mid-range grunt of a turbo which means it is slightly harder work to drive if you are not 10/10s. In the 944 I would sit on the motorway in top (5th) and as long as I didn't drop below 50 I had enough grunt to out-accelerate 99% of what was on the road without changing down
If I was sat in 6th in the 968 and slowed down to 50, I would have to at least drop to 5th if not 4th to get motoring again to keep up with the 320Ds.
Once you were over 4,000 revs and the variocam kicked in then it went very well and with my Janspeed exhaust made an almost Italian yowl towards the limiter.
If you were pressing on down a twisty A road then there was nothing in it as you'd be stirring the 'box anyway
Go and try one and see what you think....Of course one of the Super-charger conversions would give you the best of both worlds!
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