i'll have to admit that the Saab 9000 turbo does look pretty sharp. Saab's have lost a lot of their shapre over the years and have blended in with the market's "cab forward" design. i always loved the rear opening hood (reminicent of a C4 Corvette exposing a lot of vitals) and i've laways loved the key by the shifter and the shifter lock with the key out of the ignition.

i've been tearing into the right rear of the car to replace the rear wheel bearings and i can say that this 944 is the best built car i've ever worked on (for 26k in 85 it had better be built well) and its components are savage. i'll post pics of the process. even though its a higher marque automobile an dbuilt better, i still love my 7's much more. they are more simple and a lot eaiser to work on!

 

Title is misleading...for a second, I thought you finally came out of the closet to fullfill a gay fantasy

 

here's where i'm at now with the wheel bearing replacement. gonna turn the rotors and replace the pads while i'm at it as both look pretty scummy.





and a pic of the engine bay. its pretty dirty but i haven't had a chance to clean it yet:

 

The 924 was around before the FB and the 944 was around before the FC. In the 70s and 80s, Japan was happy to emulate popular cars by the Europeans and sell them for substantially less.

 

Welcome to the Porzda club. 944s are great handling cars. Just don't break that back window, it's worth more than what you paid for the car!

 

nice Boxter in the garage!!

 

Making good progress Dave! Haven't checked the forum in a few days, laughing my *** off over here to see that you're using my name (Dave Jr v3.0) for Annabelle haha. Shows how nerdy I am though....
Been a while since I was under the hood of a 944, forgot how cramped those engine bays are, damn!
Guess I should get some pics of the Ae86 and Subaru and flood your thread with them

 

flood away my friend, lol!

 

I like the 944. A friend of my parents had a 944 turbo race car. The thing was crazy fast. My parents are big porsche fans. They had a boxster the same as purple82. They traded that in for a boxster s 550 special edition. My dad also had '70 911 targa race car. Now he has a '72 2002 and a '74 2002.

I'm more of an american car person. I have my '64 Galaxie 500XL and '70 Ford F250. I used to have a '57 ****** Wagon. I have been thinking of building a '65 Ford Cortina 12A race car.

 

Mine's an S. I had to make sure my Porsche could keep up with my Rx-7

 

i like american cars. my first car was a 63 Ford Falcon. it was a gift from my grandfather shortly before he passed away and i still have it. its got 99K miles, a 170cid I6 and a 3spd on the column:

 

i dunno, i do really like the boxster, it makes porsche noises and the top goes down, what more do you need?

back in the day, when we had FD's though the boxsters were EASY pickings, even the S models, like i say, the top goes down, and it makes cool noises, but its not fast, and that's fine.

 

RX-7 Chris, I need to see a photo of that '64 Galaxy!

When I was in high school my parents had a '65 Galaxy, white convertible with the red interior, 352 automatic. Had many a good time in that car.

And my grandmother drove a '63 Falcon, same as yours Dave except black.

Back then American cars Ruled the Road. How things have changed.

 

Nice falcon. wimbledon white?

Here's my Galaxie:


It is a 390 z code (thunderbird 4bl motor), auto, factory A/C, originally beige with white roof and white interior. The pic was taken back when I was into the whole rat rod thing. Right now it is in storage but I'm going to start restoring it soon.

This was my old ******:

 

Power and weight are almost exactly the same between the stock fd and 986s. 1/4 was about the same too. It's much easier to breath on an FD though. They can make sooo much more power without much effort. My 986 takes big $$$ for little power improvements. Typical turbo vs NA story.

 

Hey, Dave;

I took the wife down to Laguna Beach for "Mother's Day" brunch on Saturday (the cats being too broke to spring for her present,) and while strolling along PCH, we passed a used car lot on the other side of the street.

Saw this little gem sitting there, so I snapped a shot just for you:



http://www.franksmotorcars.com/used/...seHistory=true



I could probably even be persuaded to drive it out to you...?

 

Glen, thak you for the pic! the 944 S2 Cabriolets are few and far between in these parts. would make a nice car for the wife! would be a heck of a drive from CA to OH!

 

as i was digging into the right rear growling noise on my 944, i was hoping that i had diagnosed the issue properly. the issue that i'm having is that i hear growling, feel vibration, and can hear a clunking noise in the right rear over bumps. i was thinking i had a faulty wheel bearing set in the right rear and decided to start there. as i tore the right side down, it seemed as though the outer bearing had given up the ghost. the inner bearing looked fine. i'm going to replace both tomorrow and install the new seals that came in today. then i'll do the left side just to be safe. this is what i found on the right rear:

foul rust/water contaminated grease:



can see the issue right away:





doesn't look like the inner bearing has even been out:



outer bearing removed from the hub:





as the car sits now, waiting for me to finish the job tomorrow:

 

nothing wrong with liking the 944.

traditionally, i've gone back and forth on them as far as the question would i buy one if i had the chance, but i've always had a solid respect for them - moreso than the 924/924 Turbo. they are really nice cars.

 

Damn Dave, good thing you decided to tear into that right away! Doesnt look like it would have lasted much longer...

 

Good chance to give that control arm a coat of paint too.

 

wow that was a nasty looking bearing and grease. I've never seen grease turn the color of rust before.

I agree with purple82, good time for some paint.

 

i'll paint it at some point but not now. i don't have the time to do it and if i pull i apart i have to replace the bushings..which i don't have the money for right now. the rust is minimal surface rust and is amplified by the flash. it looks fine for now and i will paint it when i replace all of the rear suspension bushings and get a four wheel alignment.

 

Every time I'm under the Rx-7, I find a another little spot to brush and paint. This weekend when i was installing the fuel pump, I gave the lower link brackets on the axle a shot of rust-converter and black coat.

 

Oh, it would... it would indeed...

Completing the fantasy out, of course, would have my return trip being made in your Solar Gold '80 LS.