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Booney1golf 10-20-2007 05:11 PM

Best 911 Upgrade for less than $200???
 
What is the best upgrade you have done or you can recommend for an 85 911 Carrera Targa for $200 or less.

I found a previous post like this before I found $200 :cool:

As I always say, thanks to you all in this great Porsche community that help me drive my Dream car.

Without you all I would be unable to keep it on the road!!!

Best regards,
Daniel Womack
Booney1golf

85 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa

Danny_Ocean 10-20-2007 05:14 PM

Headlight relay kit: $24.

Moses 10-20-2007 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny_Ocean (Post 3543130)
Headlight relay kit: $24.

+1

Also, pulling the door buzzer relay. FREE!

JohnJL 10-20-2007 05:28 PM

Driving instruction.

rnln 10-20-2007 05:28 PM

for me, the first thing I did when I bought the car was engine oil change and tranny oil change twice. The first change last me 1 or 2 day then change again since the PO left his car undriven for a long time and oil was dark as mud. After these changes, the car run and shift totally different.
The above cost maybe $100? On $100 left, pick up a cute girl for a date ;)

Jack Olsen 10-20-2007 05:35 PM

Track Day and a tank of gas.

livi 10-20-2007 05:36 PM

Shift bushings.

old man neri 10-20-2007 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rnln (Post 3543157)
On $100 left, pick up a cute girl for a date ;)

Man, no cute girl will go on a date with me. Not even for $100, I guess I am just that ugly.


I found new wipers for driving in the rain to be a very nice upgrade. World of difference.

Turbo tie rod kit is around that price. Don't know if it is worth it though.

johncarlos2003 10-20-2007 07:35 PM

Save up another 100 and get a Steve Wong Chip- incredible gains for the $ especially on an '85-

bmgmd 10-20-2007 08:56 PM

A used cat bypass.

slodave 10-20-2007 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmgmd (Post 3543469)
A used cat bypass.

Yee haw!!! I agree! Picked up a Dansk for a great price!

rouxroux 10-20-2007 09:14 PM

De

stlrj 10-21-2007 01:14 PM

High energy ignition HEI cables. I got mine at a pick your part auto wrecker for less than $20.00 and they came out of an 86 Chrysler LHS.

86 3.2

johndglynn 10-21-2007 02:29 PM

I would lose the factory steering wheel and get a Momo with a spacer behind it. Finding a used one on eBay would leave enough change for shift and throttle linkage bushes, and a toe and camber check.

Dixie 10-21-2007 04:23 PM

Quote:

Track Day and a tank of gas.
+10

Fun, educational, and interesting.

Joe Bob 10-21-2007 04:24 PM

Corner balance and an alignment....

johndglynn 10-21-2007 04:28 PM

Can you really buy a track day and a tank of gas, or a corner balance and alignment for under $200 in the US? Over here a decent trackday plus gas is more like $400, and alignment and corner weights is getting on for $600 at a half decent place.

lfot 10-21-2007 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Olsen (Post 3543172)
Track Day and a tank of gas.

+10,000,000!

lfot 10-21-2007 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johndglynn (Post 3544532)
Can you really buy a track day and a tank of gas, or a corner balance and alignment for under $200 in the US? Over here a decent trackday plus gas is more like $400, and alignment and corner weights is getting on for $600 at a half decent place.

Track Day: Yes

Corner Balance/Alignment: Depends on who you go to. $200 is really low though.

Gene Wilkes 10-21-2007 04:39 PM

Wevo shifter knuckle. Man what a difference!!


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