My Porsche 944 Restoration
#31
the steering wheel has a leather cover on it. i'm afraid to remove it because i might not like whats underneath...
just got a batch of parts in for the 944 today.. got some custom shifter bushings to press into my shift rod and got some carpet clips and door handle seals. hope to get some parts installed this weekend in between work. i got the carpet clips in but want to fit the shifter bushings in as well!
just got a batch of parts in for the 944 today.. got some custom shifter bushings to press into my shift rod and got some carpet clips and door handle seals. hope to get some parts installed this weekend in between work. i got the carpet clips in but want to fit the shifter bushings in as well!
#33
the steering wheel has a leather cover on it. i'm afraid to remove it because i might not like whats underneath...
just got a batch of parts in for the 944 today.. got some custom shifter bushings to press into my shift rod and got some carpet clips and door handle seals. hope to get some parts installed this weekend in between work. i got the carpet clips in but want to fit the shifter bushings in as well!
just got a batch of parts in for the 944 today.. got some custom shifter bushings to press into my shift rod and got some carpet clips and door handle seals. hope to get some parts installed this weekend in between work. i got the carpet clips in but want to fit the shifter bushings in as well!
#34
i was looking at those kits. the wheel has a cover on it. a leather cover over the original leather wheel. the cover is really old..so the wheel may look beautiful underneath if the cover was out on when new to protect the wheel.. or the wheel looks like trash and the cover was put on to mask the worn look. if i take it off and it looks like trash i'm stuck, lol. i may buy another wheel, remove my leather cover and use which ever wheel is better.
#38
the mirror glass on the passenger side mirror came loose.. i ended up removing it from the mirror housing, cleaning it and using a two part epoxy to reattach it.
mirror cleaned and ready to go (note the small amount of glue that was used from the factory on the upper and lower edge):
mirror housing sans glass:
all back together:
mirror cleaned and ready to go (note the small amount of glue that was used from the factory on the upper and lower edge):
mirror housing sans glass:
all back together:
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lmao! the mirror in my FC did the same thing, the mazda mirror is just painted glass, brake cleaner took it off.
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#45
funny thing is that there's no distributor..none.. the end of the camshaft protrudes through the valve cover assembly and attached to it is the rotor button. the cap then bolts to the valve cover assembly. the timing is essentially non adjustable and is adjusted by the DME (ecu). each cylinder is individually timed. its a strange setup really.
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funny thing is that there's no distributor..none.. the end of the camshaft protrudes through the valve cover assembly and attached to it is the rotor button. the cap then bolts to the valve cover assembly. the timing is essentially non adjustable and is adjusted by the DME (ecu). each cylinder is individually timed. its a strange setup really.
one of the reasons, might be that the 60-1 wheel they use for crank position actually uses a lot of computing power, and in the 80's this was important. the FC uses sequential ignition/injection, but only has a 32-1 crank position sensor, until the Rx8.
is the 944 motronic? i have just learned since the swedish trip, that the motronic is bosch's first system that did ignition AND fuel. the prior LH system does fuel, and they had an add on box (EZ) to do spark.
#49
i'll be the first to say that my 944 is not the prettiest looking 944. but, i absolutely LOVE the car and i enjoy driving it more and more. the weather here in northern Ohio is turning cold quickly and i know my days of driving my 944 are somewhat limited. i thought, today, although gloomy and cold, would be a good day to go out and enjoy my car and take some fall pics. i put a few miles (no idea how many as my odometer does not work) on the car and really enjoyed the fruits of the labor that i put into the car.
speedo is a shade off...like 10mph off..ugh:
speedo is a shade off...like 10mph off..ugh: