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[Tom]

Frankly the gray body and black wheels pretty good, but I understand your thoughts as I have had so many black wheels on various cars that I wanted a different look. Right now I have wheels in Platinum, light gold , painted Porsche Agate Metallic and a set of polished aluminum . Now that is for two cars , though the Cayman happens to have 3 of the sets, ha. Welcome and there are plenty of members here close to you in California, including the founder. You should be able to meet quite a few Carpoke members and here's hoping you aren't laid off too much longer.

They were a good deal with decent rubber so I figured why not... the offsets are perfect so we at least figured that part out. I may try to do a platinum/gold coating on them to see if I like that...

Stoked the Bay Area is well represented on here and the 944 resources seem to be abundant. I'm likely going to model/print/CNC some parts as I go so it's cool to see the community into that aspect of things as well.

The layoff has been a nice moment to regroup, it certainly needs to end soon but in the meantime it's not so bad. Thanks for the good vibes!

Greetings from the International HQ of Carpokes in Saratoga (i.e., my garage) and welcome aboard! In addition to all-thing Porsche, we are very 944 and CAD/3D friendly here! You're highly encouraged to post any Porsche-related STL/CAD files in the 3D-Printing/CAD section!

[Supernaut]

Hi Everyone,

Got my first Porsche, a 1987 924S, last year for something fun. The seller thought the car was raced in the 944 Cup series previously so I'll be looking for history on it at some point. It's lightweighted with the interior, windows, inner door skins, and rear seat removed, roll cage, and 5-point harnesses over race bucket seats. To give you an idea of how it was set up, I thought the brake fluid reservoir looked full of disgusting brown fluid. I was not looking forward to flushing the brakes, but was very pleasantly surprised when removing the cap - the fluid was actually a light blue, like modern windshield wiper fluid color. With the yellowed plastic of the reservoir, it combined colors to appear brown. Even tested low moisture on the meter. Possibly ATE Super Blue Racing?

It came with some wide R-series tires which unfortunately were cracked and 16 years old. After getting new ones, I took it to a local autocross a few times and had a blast annihilating some cones. It ran great, but not nearly as fast as the modern cars. I admit nothing, but there is a chance I leaked some oil on the track.

Had an interesting experience with a clicking noise in the back. I assumed it was one of the drive axles, so took them apart for inspection and regrease which had no result. Wheel bearings all seemed good and rotors had no runout. Removing all parking brake hardware did nothing. Removing the pads made the noise go away while spinning the wheel with that corner of the car jacked up, so I was on to something. I noticed there are two holes for hold down screws on the rotor to attach it to the hub. Only one screw was present, so I ordered another to put in the second hole, and FIXED! I assume the rotor shifted on the hub slightly, and the clicking was the (very slightly eccentrically mounted) rotor pulling the pads up and down in the caliper, making the clicking sound.

The motor has terrible blowby and the highest leak down I've ever measured, 60-70%, all past the rings. Crankcase pressure was very high, contributing to many oil leaks. Compression is good which puzzles me. Anyway I pulled the motor and am tearing it down. Glad to join you all here and looking forward to contributing and learning!

[blueline]

@Supernaut

Fun intro and great read - it gave me a needed smile! Looking forward to more of the same as well as your contributions which are ALWAYS welcome!

Welcome to Carpokes!!

[AndyAirCool]

New Member. I don't have a Porsche but would like an air cooled one eventually. Like everyone right.

Cheers
Andy

[blueline]

New Member. I don't have a Porsche but would like an air cooled one eventually. Like everyone right.

Cheers
Andy

The "want" is where it all starts, so you're headed in the right direction and on your way!

Welcome to Carpokes!

[Rescue944]

I made it!

New to the group and new to Porsches as well. First car was an ‘81 RX-7, but I always wanted the 944. Well, almost 30-years later, now I have one!

I’ve already 3D scanned every interior component of my dash. I’ve begun chasing and extinguishing electrical gremlins. Currently, I am replacing a head gasket, head studs, front seals, t-belts, and anything else I simple don’t like the looks of. All by the book and using the proper tools.

Admittedly, this car is not in as good of shape as I’d initially assessed… but that’s why we call them “rescues,” right? <cue McLaughlin music>

Thanks for having me! Looking forward to learning from the group and hopefully contributing as well.

-LS

[blueline]

I made it!

New to the group and new to Porsches as well. First car was an ‘81 RX-7, but I always wanted the 944. Well, almost 30-years later, now I have one!

I’ve already 3D scanned every interior component of my dash. I’ve begun chasing and extinguishing electrical gremlins. Currently, I am replacing a head gasket, head studs, front seals, t-belts, and anything else I simple don’t like the looks of. All by the book and using the proper tools.

Admittedly, this car is not in as good of shape as I’d initially assessed… but that’s why we call them “rescues,” right? <cue McLaughlin music>

Thanks for having me! Looking forward to learning from the group and hopefully contributing as well.

-LS

Great start! Lots of ideas and help here along with a great place to share ideas. Welcome!

[ROB III]

@Rescue944
Always glad to see another 944 here, particularly if it is a rescue!
You are apparently deep into correction mode, but should you need some direction be sure to look at You Tube if you get stuck on something as lots of posts there. Also, there have recently been some father/son 944 resto projects in the 944 posts that might be of interest.
There is an old website that was started/created by someone that has a plethora of information and how to articles: https://www.clarks-garage.com/
Thank you for joining!

[WillyDaP]

Welcome from an old RX-7 owner and like you I now have a Porsche. Both are great machines and I used to trade off with a buddy at autocrosses , and we were both surprised at how much we enjoyed each other's cars. Glad you are autocross the 944 and all my best to get things repaired.

[blueline]

DBroadwell; new member. Recently bought a 2013 981 Boxster S, 28K miles. Love that it's now a project car. Retired, LOVE the car !! Goes like stink! corners like stink! what's not to Love? Have QuickJacks, next will be spark plug and coil pack replacement, adding rear-view camera, fixing tach backlight because it's not readable, and replacing the stock exhaust with a TopGear (topgear.co.uk) header and valved exhaust

(an interesting note, Soul just purchases their exhausts from them and sells them for $4000 whereas direct from the UK the're $1700 - but they don't supply instructions or support).

While that may have been true at some point in the past, it is not the case now, at least for the exhaust systems I've looked at and/or purchased for later model Porsches. Maybe what you referred to is for older models and/or non-Porsche offerings? At this point, the exhausts I am familiar with are designed and built in-house at their Willow Grove, PA facility. They do a great job with those.

Anyway, Soul is an excellent company and they stand behind their products - I can attest to that.

Also this: "All SOUL Performance Products exhaust components are backed by the industry’s first and finest Lifetime Warranty for both street and track use."