bigrod
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944 is a bigger version of the 924 really, bodykits and panels can be swopped I believe. The 944 had the worlds largest production 4 cylinder engine at 2.5l iirc. Nearly, 'twas a 3.0. Rust is starting to attack wings/valances/and sills on alot of them now. And there was me thinking they were galvanised at birth! |
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edhall
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AK you're extremely right.
I've had a 944S and now I've got a 924.
The 944S looked amazing. Brilliant handling but even with the rare 2.5 16v it wasn't fast enough (I suspect a 944 Turbo should sort that problem). The biggest problem was the price of bits, which were extortionate and the fact it would not go for more than 3 days in a row without breaking down. The 16vs are supposed to be unreliable and maybe I bought a dog but I ended up buying an old Jag to get some reliability in my life.
924s get all the stick but it's a light-weight rwd coupe with 50:50 weight distribution that's galvanised. I love mine and it cost £80 and needs no welding, parts/parts cars are worthless Service items and engine/brake bits are all just VW/Audi so cheap. I don't think they feel too slow, especially when stripped out - 125bhp goes a decent way. A rotten Capri 1.6 or Golf/Scirocco for £XXXX or a rust-free 924 for curse word all? I love Capris and VWs but it made sense to me.
Cheap and fun.
Oh and I think Renegade Hybrids do Chevy small block conversion kits for them. Bizarrely they also SBC conversions for 911s.
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Escort Mk1 1300E – SOLD!
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I'd like a 928 - or a seriously sorted 944  |
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And I already own a 914, so I'm doing my bit ;D
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gotwood
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My mate Philly in work has just bought a really nice gold 924 after he sold his slammed jetta , I'll see if I can get him to put some pics up  |
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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Lex
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I'd rather just take the teledials and put them on my Golf  |
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tigran
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Cheap Porsches...tigran
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if I got a 944 itd have to be silver, like the one from scarface. That was a 928 ;D Wouldn't mind a 944 or a 944 turbo, or a 944 S2. Never really gave it much thought tbh. Whenever i pondered about getting a porsche the 'bottom' of the lot that i looked at was either a 968 or a 928. With the obvious porsche dream car being a 911/speedster. |
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dubzi
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Early 924 with an Audi 5-cylinder would be rather nice. Would indeed, 20V flavour would be top Not sure how it would get on with the gearbox either as it's in line FWD. Thing is, you can have a 90's Coupe Quattro for very little, which gives you the engine and the 4wd bonus. |
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Happiness ain't at the end of the road. Happiness is the road.
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imagine a brown 924 on capri rs7's (13") sits so nice in my mind. the stock 924 box is just an audi 80, but turbo's got a completly revamped one. I happen to have all the running gear from a 924 turbo if anyone ever needs..... think as said a 5 pot audi lump would be a nice touch. or maybe a six pot diesel from a lt35. well, a friend of mine does call them LT sport coupes  |
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 WinnAHHHHH!!!!! And you can flog off the wheels to some VW scene-head and do something fun and different with the rest. Yo! Skinnylew - I don't watch TopGear, so no. I think we saw one on the motorway is what sparked it off. |
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bortaf
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a diesel porker ! now thats more like it ! |
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CIH
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In this months classiccars a 924s is in a group test with a v6 GTV, a Triumph GT6 and a Lotus Eclat. They basically said the same thing; nice if a little dull. IIRC earlier models were galvanised in the lower areas, post'80 fully galvanised.
The 2.5 from the "S" is quoted as rated @ 150bhp incidentally.
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Now this is a subject close to my heart. I haven't ever driven a 924 but I ran an early Porsche 944 2.5 for about six years. I bought it because it was a reasonably light (early ones are supposed to be about 1200kg-ish), was RWD and had reasonable power.
The suspension is fully adjustable so you can set the cars up to handle how you want (with in reason). I had mine set up quite stiff at the rear (partly thanks to an anti roll bar from a 968 club sport). They have a great driving position, nice and low and have great steering feel (Manual racks are too slow though, the power rack is the way to go). Over all I really like the way they drive a very solid mechanical experience, especially the gearchange.
Due to the way they are packaged, things like a water pump, cambelt or clutch changes are big awkward jobs. Most parts are actually easily available and not that expensive if you are a bit shrewd.
Because they are galvanised people assume that they don't rust, unfortunately they can and do. Mine rusted in an awkward spot under the rear suspension. It would have been a massive undertaking to get to it (would have needed to drop out the gearbox, suspension and petrol tank) so the car was sold for scrap at that point. It was a sad day!
A 944 is potentially a great car for a sensible price if you buy carefully.
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Much to my shame, I remember me and some mates vandalising the interior of a 924 that had been abandoned in a carpark when we were young  . Must be getting on for ten years ago now so they seem to have been at the bottom of the pile for a while. Can't really understand why; I've never driven one but with decent weight distribution and adjustability, and by reputation, they should handle well. And again, wild supposition, but if you can tune a Pinto why can't you tune the 924 engine? The 944 somehow always looked tougher, especially the S2. Definitely wouldn't say no. |
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And you can flog off the wheels to some VW scene-head and do something fun and different with the rest. Yo! You could, but they'd be back at your door twenty minutes later saying they don't fit. Unless the VW scene-head was fitting them to their daily driver Sierra. |
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JasonB
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Interesting thread this.
Fancied a 924 ever since I was a nipper but never looked at them seriously until 3 years ago when a mate in work who had never really been into cars got some bonus cash.
He ended up with a 924S for about £800. This is the later 924 with the 2.5 motor from the 944's. The interior looked OK but the bodywork reflected the price - no rust though so nothing terminal.
Anyway, he drove it for a while and was never really happy with it due to various issues. Happy to own a Porsche and now getting into things he started to sort the problems. He found a 'cheap' specialist and ended up blowing what he paid for the car and half again.
As has been said certain things need changing at certain times. I can't remember exactly but there are a fair few belts in the engine the most important being the one for the balance shafts. This (he says) needs a special tool to set the tension so is best to have done by someone who knows the form.
He also spent about £400 getting a new clutch and some 'rubber doughnut' thing in the drive train done to stop it going clunk everytime he put the power on or off.
Long story short is to get the driving experience you expect from such a car costs a few quid and can be tricky.
An engine swap would be a better option if you could get a cheap 4 cylinder car, drive it around for a while until something came up then did the work.
A previous post mentioned Jaguar and Porsche in the same paragraph - wonder how much work it would need to get a 4.0 straight six in there??
Probably easier to build a full scale model of the Forth bridge in your back garden??
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924 get all the stick but it's a light-weight rwd coupe with 50:50 weight distribution that's galvanised. I love mine and it cost £80 and needs no welding, parts/parts cars are worthless Service items and engine/brake bits are all just VW/Audi so cheap. I don't think they feel too slow, especially when stripped out - 125bhp goes a decent way. A rotten Capri 1.6 or Golf/Scirocco for £XXXX or a rust-free 924 for jolly pain in the backside all? I love Capris and VWs but it made sense to me. Cheap and fun. Shhh!!!!! What you say is right but don't shout about it or the prices will go up and I want another one day. 924, as long as you get the later fully galvanized (W on I think) just do not rust. I stripped and scrapped one, and drove the other, and in all that found a small 1 inch bubble of surface rust on one arch. Try finding a Ford of 3+ years old with that little rust! I honestly think they are the cheapest RWD classic car you can get. It's a Scirocco that's powered at the correct end, is better built, doesn't rust, and costs less. People in Mondeos will scoof at you as it's "not a real Porsche" but then they're driving Mondeos so who cares. Here's a photo to keep interesting, 3k in a week and only road debris hitting the alternator caused it to stop.  |
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Darrel
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Ive had a few 924's and love them.
The owners club is very friendly too, however is completely seperate from the Porsche owners club, purely because 911 owners hate 924's for weakening down the breed.
A lot of the stick 924 owners get is ion fact from 911 drivers. They hate the fact anyone can afford a Porsche.
What I like about them was they are cheap for spares, very reliable and my 2.0 n/a was pretty economical. They are not 911's, not stupidly fast (although feel faster than they are due to the driving position) but take away the badge and you still have a very good car.
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posam
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I like my Japanese version....  |
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Nice but bet it cost more than £100!
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. Must be getting on for ten years ago now so they seem to have been at the bottom of the pile for a while.
