OK, let’s get it over with: It’s not a proper Porsche and it has a van engine. DEAL WITH IT. ;D ;D ;D ;D ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
It’s a 1980 2.0 N/A and has been a concourse car since ’88 then spent the last 6 years in a garage. Belive me when I say it’s clean. I’m going to Hell for dailying this one.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0126.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0129.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0135.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0138.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0090.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0104.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0099.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0100.jpg)
I've had it about 3 or 4 weeks now and this is how far I've got with it. I've done all the Service stuff, but that's dry, so here's what really counts:
I bagged myself a mint, totally complete, 1/2 leather Porsche script interior the same week I got the car. I loved the Pascha (or blazing chequered madness death mind-flip interior to non Porsche-ists), and yes it is rare, but seriously, I was going blind driving the thing.
First free weekend I had, I fitted it.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0114.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7288.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7287.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0028.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0027.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0031.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0048.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0040.jpg)
The day I got the car home I put in the order for my coilovers. Despite a lot of big talk of me “going sensible” I already knew the 924 didn’t stand a chance. Next on the list was wheels. I spent what felt like forever trawling the ‘net, phoning people, calling in favours and keeping my fingers crossed; it paid off. Big time.
Boom: 15x8/10" Compomotives. This is how I collected them complete with monster drag tyres. They’d come off a wide-arched 924 GTS replica.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-15_17-55-13_756.jpg)
I had the tyres removed and did a test-fit (notice the horrific mud-flaps? Yeah, I replaced them with Turbo spats pretty quick! You’ll also probably notice this isn’t strictly chronological, but I’ll get to the good bit soon, hang in there….)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0081.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0087.jpg)
I spent the best part of three nights hand polishing them. This was not the most fun I’ve ever had, but it worked out pretty well.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-16_16-02-43_77.jpg)
I agonised over tyre profiles for a while on this one; I wanted to fight the low-pro route as everyone is doing it and, well, it’s not strictly retro or in keeping with the car. So I settled on 195/60 and 185/65s. This gave the rear 9″ a nice stretch to help get them under the arches.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-29_09-14-21_406.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-29_09-19-52_61.jpg)
I installed my coilies this week; The front was an easy swap: Struts to coilovers and max out the camber (which is adjustable from the factory):
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7298.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7300.jpg)
The rear was more tricky; Being a torsion bar set up the whole beam needed removing, stripping and re-indexing. I’ve not got too many pics of this as I was fighting it, but here’s the set up I used to measure the drop I wanted with the beam off the car:
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-31_16-42-20_963.jpg)
I read a lot of how-to guides on the internet and they pretty much either blew my mind with trigonometry or were just plain unclear. I figured I’d stick to basics and work it out by measuring. The alloy strip was measured to represent the radius arm and I used a fixed point on the cantilever as a reference. I wanted to drop it 70mm at the rear (pre-measured on the car) so re-indexed the bars to give me that drop. Sounds easy. It wasn’t.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-31_16-42-48_654.jpg)
I then lifted the beam back into the car and fitted my rear Gaz shortened dampers.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7295.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7296.jpg)
I’m really pleased with how it came out and even think the tyre profile deal came off. The car sits about 70mm lower at the back and 75-80mm lower at the front. It drives sweet with no rubbing or issues at all. And I know it’s not cool, but it actually has some ground clearance! All in it took three days to do by the time I had fixed a few little bits and cleaned stuff up underneath. These are the first few (rubbish) pics so the height will get tweaked more as it settles. I’ll do a full shoot as soon as I get chance, but for now, check it out:
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0001.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0004.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0015.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0010.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0019.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0022.jpg)
![8-)](http://storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
It’s a 1980 2.0 N/A and has been a concourse car since ’88 then spent the last 6 years in a garage. Belive me when I say it’s clean. I’m going to Hell for dailying this one.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0126.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0129.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0135.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0138.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0090.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0104.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0099.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0100.jpg)
I've had it about 3 or 4 weeks now and this is how far I've got with it. I've done all the Service stuff, but that's dry, so here's what really counts:
I bagged myself a mint, totally complete, 1/2 leather Porsche script interior the same week I got the car. I loved the Pascha (or blazing chequered madness death mind-flip interior to non Porsche-ists), and yes it is rare, but seriously, I was going blind driving the thing.
First free weekend I had, I fitted it.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0114.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7288.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7287.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0028.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0027.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0031.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0048.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0040.jpg)
The day I got the car home I put in the order for my coilovers. Despite a lot of big talk of me “going sensible” I already knew the 924 didn’t stand a chance. Next on the list was wheels. I spent what felt like forever trawling the ‘net, phoning people, calling in favours and keeping my fingers crossed; it paid off. Big time.
Boom: 15x8/10" Compomotives. This is how I collected them complete with monster drag tyres. They’d come off a wide-arched 924 GTS replica.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-15_17-55-13_756.jpg)
I had the tyres removed and did a test-fit (notice the horrific mud-flaps? Yeah, I replaced them with Turbo spats pretty quick! You’ll also probably notice this isn’t strictly chronological, but I’ll get to the good bit soon, hang in there….)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0081.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0087.jpg)
I spent the best part of three nights hand polishing them. This was not the most fun I’ve ever had, but it worked out pretty well.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-16_16-02-43_77.jpg)
I agonised over tyre profiles for a while on this one; I wanted to fight the low-pro route as everyone is doing it and, well, it’s not strictly retro or in keeping with the car. So I settled on 195/60 and 185/65s. This gave the rear 9″ a nice stretch to help get them under the arches.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-29_09-14-21_406.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-29_09-19-52_61.jpg)
I installed my coilies this week; The front was an easy swap: Struts to coilovers and max out the camber (which is adjustable from the factory):
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7298.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7300.jpg)
The rear was more tricky; Being a torsion bar set up the whole beam needed removing, stripping and re-indexing. I’ve not got too many pics of this as I was fighting it, but here’s the set up I used to measure the drop I wanted with the beam off the car:
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-31_16-42-20_963.jpg)
I read a lot of how-to guides on the internet and they pretty much either blew my mind with trigonometry or were just plain unclear. I figured I’d stick to basics and work it out by measuring. The alloy strip was measured to represent the radius arm and I used a fixed point on the cantilever as a reference. I wanted to drop it 70mm at the rear (pre-measured on the car) so re-indexed the bars to give me that drop. Sounds easy. It wasn’t.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/2011-07-31_16-42-48_654.jpg)
I then lifted the beam back into the car and fitted my rear Gaz shortened dampers.
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7295.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/DSCF7296.jpg)
I’m really pleased with how it came out and even think the tyre profile deal came off. The car sits about 70mm lower at the back and 75-80mm lower at the front. It drives sweet with no rubbing or issues at all. And I know it’s not cool, but it actually has some ground clearance! All in it took three days to do by the time I had fixed a few little bits and cleaned stuff up underneath. These are the first few (rubbish) pics so the height will get tweaked more as it settles. I’ll do a full shoot as soon as I get chance, but for now, check it out:
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0001.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0004.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0015.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0010.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0019.jpg)
![](http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/racer_86/Porsche%20924/IMG_0022.jpg)