1979 924

Very cool.

Funny how that same color on a 914 doesn't look unusual, but on this car it looks really bold and unexpected.

My interior is black with herringbone seating. The dash is uncracked however which is a bonus. Brown interior yes would add to the 70s feel.As S reg is pretty early and yours looks in good shape too (even the bumper looks well fitted!)
Yes I will be selling or storing those wheels. I was told they were specifically made minilites for a limited 924 series a while ago. I've not checked the offset etc - but they fit OK. The fronts were I was told designed to have a small spacer to clear the brake caliper but the PO just shaved a little of the caliper to make them fit. Tyres are poor (legal but poor).

I always liked 924 and had an '82 in GP white with the gorgeous psychedelic interior. (XAR 391X) I wish I'd the cash to grab another.

My ideal would be an early 4 speed dropped on Fuchs. A boy can dream...

There are a couple of stunning 924's on here.

Great interior, love the herringbone.

Me too!
Thats a car to be proud of.

Thanks for the comments - I think I prefer the original wheels - and keeping them also means not needing to buy new tyres! Anyway I'll leave them for now and see how I go. Really pleased on the paint too - its by no way perfect and close up has errors but so much better than before.

The car looks familiar in the silver with the sticker on the front wing - probably from the time I spent in the 924oc.
Your changes have dramatically improved it - I love the colour and the no-spoiler cars always look classier than the spoilered ones (he says, having owned a turbo with a sponge for a spoiler!). The interior is nice, but that shift knob looks a bit bling (and a bit stubby?). Maybe that's just down to it being a 4 speed.

Started tidying engine bay - some work to do but looking better.

I think around 150ish is possible with NA work.

They do seem to need a Turbo to go further. Even that can run into limitations due to the K-Jet fuelling system. It's fine, but at least on an RST, the KE-Jetronic runs out of puff ; Mine did at 230BHP ; the fuelling was 'just' beginning to creep near 13:1 AFR, even with the 5th injector. This leaves you with a few options:

-Richen it up; It will however overfuel everywhere
-Add a 5th Injector ; MF-II used to do one that cut in at higher boost. This can stretch the system
-Add a bigger metering head/injectors. A Southern specialist suggested this. But given that K/KE has a narrow tuning window, I can't see how this can work. I'm also aware a few customers of hist became a pension fund for him with his 'tuning ability' in the 944 World
-Go with a Standalone setup. That overcomes alot of the problems, especially with newer injectors about. It's not exactly cheap as you know however.

That said, there are other choices:
-944/968 swap. Lalli from Pistonheads (aka NurburgSingh) has I believe had this done. Now if a Turbo 944 engine could go in, but I can imagine these are now pricey as well.
-Another engine ; I think a chap here was trying to fit in an Audi Straight 5. LS swaps are the most common of swaps purely down to the bang for the buck, and V8 noise . I believe there is a kit out there to do this.