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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  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 |
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Headlight relay kit: $24.
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Also, pulling the door buzzer relay. FREE!
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Driving instruction.
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10-20-2007, 05:28 PM
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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 
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Track Day and a tank of gas.
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Shift bushings.
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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. |
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Save up another 100 and get a Steve Wong Chip- incredible gains for the $ especially on an '85-
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A used cat bypass.
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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.
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10-21-2007, 01:14 PM
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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.
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Fun, educational, and interesting.
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Corner balance and an alignment....
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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.
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Corner Balance/Alignment: Depends on who you go to. $200 is really low though.
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Wevo shifter knuckle. Man what a difference!!
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