Well the project is continuing

[shikzachaser]

Front and rear bumbers w/ shocks and lower front valance. Guards red. bumpers are excellent, valance is presentable and repairable to excellent w/ little work.

Stock Fuel rail w/ regulator (no injectors)

Front and rear stock sway bars. You will need bushings and also the rear drop links if your car does not have a rear sway bar. All are available from Pelican cheap.

Stock coil / w/ set of Klewett wires

Oil pressure guage

Clock

Stock air filter box w/ filter

Intake manifold

Front left and right side marker lights w/ complete housings

Sylvania sealed beam headlights

coming soon: AFM, AFM boot, fuel pump



Steve.

[pozican]

Is this an all or nothing deal?

[shikzachaser]

No, they are just parts left over from my project that need to go to a good home. They are off my 71K 944. I will sell any or all. I have no idea what things are worth so make an offer for what you need.

Steve

[shikzachaser]

and the BMW





Steve

[shikzachaser]

I finally got around to fixing one of the two things that started this whole insane project. My A/C compressor locked up last year. I got a used one off ebay for $90 and it has sat in the garage until this week. I priced a new dryer from Porche ($285) so I went with the $18 one from Pelican. I converted over to 134 and for disbelievers out there it works great. The only problem is that after changing the fitting it is almost impossible to get the low side hose on w/o taking the belt off and loosening the compressor and swinging it down. I have a buddy with one of the snap-on chargers and he did everything from the high side in about 45 minutes. Bottom line is that for $250 I replaced the compressor, converted to 134, and had it charged. It's nice to have A/C again.

Steve

[CJFusco]

Steve, you have very good taste in cars.

[NEMESIS924]

Is it safe to assume that you have yet to receive this supercharger?

It's been a couple weeks with no update so I fear the worst.

I hope I'm wrong.

If not, sorry for salting your wound.

[shikzachaser]

Yeeeouch, salt burns an open wound. I have been assured again that by the end of next week I will either have the kit or a full refund in hand. I think it may have something to do with the vendor researching the federal complaint and also the local one. The federal one could be a big problem as I have multiple people who are less than thrilled. All were interstate and in a lot of instances the USPS was used. Salt in an open wound stings, a cellmate in an open body cavity is much worse. Who knows, maybe he really has had all this misfortune for which I am sorry. Unfortunately that's not my problem. My problem is $3795 that has been out of my sight since Feb 6. That is either going to be resolved next week or it will be out of my hands.

Enough negativity. The A/C seems to work really well and the car looks good and drives great. It just turned 73,000 and with the suspension and the few completed engine mods is a lot of fun to drive. I don't know if what I did to the engine would translate into big dyno numbers but even if it's psycological it seems to have a lot more power, especially at lower RPMs and with the Lindsey regulator and fuel rail is much smoother in the midrange. I can't wait to leave here the last week of September and drive through Wisconsin looking for cheese. I will get to drive from St Louis to Chicago solo as my lovely wife will be flying from here to Midway. I will pick her up, spend a few days with our daughter, and then do a road trip for a few more days.

Steve

[Eldorado]

Salt in an open wound stings, a cellmate in an open body cavity is much worse

LOL
oh dear god.... that made my day..

[shikzachaser]

Well the little car got to go play golf today. Man is that a humbling experience. It's a good thing we did not have to follow the old thing about clearing the ladies tee box or have to hang free until the next hole, I would have had a sunburn in a very uncomfortable place. I picked up a buddy and he could not believe Porsche has a car that will accomodate 2 sets of clubs and two big guys. He is 6-5 and probably 320lbs, I am less. The 911 just was not big enough, especially with the front differential. I have decided I need a short shift kit. Somebody out there has to have done one. How tough is it? Does the tranny have to be dropped or anything crazy? I do have a rack so getting underneath is no problem. I had one done in my BMW and loved it. I just would like to do this one myself if possible. Hugh, you out there buddy, you seem to be the most informed guy I have had corespondence with, I am serious about that.

Thanks:

Steve

[NEMESIS924]

Lindsey sells a short shift lever that replaced the stock lever and appears to be a simple fix.

Lindsey SS Handle

Schnell makes a unit that replaces the mechanism to connect the shift linkage back at the trans.

Schnell SS Kit

The Schnell is available from several different vendors so shop around. I've seen them for less than $100 but can't remember where and those may very well have been knock-offs.

[shikzachaser]

The Schnell short shift arrived yesterday so today I began the "simple" installation. Up goes the lift and it definately only took about a half hour tops. The only problem is that the one I got has the hole in the shaft about 30 degrees off of perpindicular to the bracket like the stock one. Basicly you get 3rd, 4th, 5th, and a tough reverse. I have gotten kind of fond of the other two so the old piece went back on. I called Eagle Day where I bought it and no problem. I got an RMA and am sending it back w/ a diagram of the problem. They were concerned about this not being an anomoly and were great to deal with.

Anyone else experienced this w/ a short shift ?

Steve

[bleucamaro]

I recently put a Schnell Short Shift kit in my S2, and it works great. My shifter lever/knob sits at a bit of an angle, leaning about 15 degrees toward the passenger side of the car. I have it adjusted as far as it will go, but perhaps dislexia and the fact I did it with the tranny out of the car means its adjusted the wrong way.

Did you also replace the delrin bushing and shift lever?

[shikzachaser]

I have not replaced the shifter yet. Which one did you go with? Did yours require goinhg to a different knob also? My stock one is starting to have the leather peal back a little so it will need to be replaced soon anyway. It was really frustrating trying to get the thing on yesterday and then finally realizing it was the part this time!!

Thanks:

Steve

[bleucamaro]

I replaced with OEM parts, ordered right here, with the stock knob. I think the lever was about $40 and the bushing $5.

If you pull off the shift boot, then remove the circlip, you can inspect the shaft on the lever. Mine was so worn the cir-clip fell off.

Theres a neat write up on frwilks website about modifying the lever so you use a plastic bearing instead of metal-metal contact.

[bleucamaro]

Any updates? I hope you got your parts!

[shikzachaser]

I've been so busy with a couple projects @ work that have taken me out of the st Louis area that I have not had time to do anything yet. I sent the piece back and hopefully a new one will be here soon.


Steve

[bleucamaro]

Ah, I was refering to the blower, but maybe thats just a sore subject at this point that you've suppressed in your memory.

[Ken99287]

Very very very nice car! I just bought an 87 924S last month and am very happy with it. I also need to do some body work, but i'm not going for perfect, just so that it looks good. i have a question maybe someone here can help me with. I plan on doing my own work, filling a few shallow dents and maybe repainting a little bit. where can i find the paint?? Same color as yours, guards red, color code LM3A. I need to repaint the fender, and i need to fill some dents on the nose, headlight cover, and underneath of the driver's door, then repaint it. also, do you know where i can get a new "air dam" for the front? the previous owner must have ran over a curb or something, damaging the piece. i'm just asking here because you seem to know how to get everything! and you have a cool car that's the same color as mine! Aren't the 924S pretty much identical to the 944?? other than not having flared fenders?

[shikzachaser]

Very nice car! You know I kind of went into the thing with mine blind. I had an idea of what I wanted the finished result to be but really had no idea where to start. I probably have wasted a couple grand and the supercharger issue is another $3800 that hopefully will be resolved w/o the legal process. On the paint I took off one of the headlight covers and took it to a buddy of mine who owns a body shop. There are a lot of different variations of the Guard's Red due to age, fading, etc. He matched it to the cover really well. It's not 100% perfect and I know the concours boys would rip it a new one, but I don't care. These are really cool cars and there are not that many around anymore that aren't trashed. Just go slowly as you can afford it. I actually added up what I have put into this one, not counting my time, and I could have purchased a really low mileage 968 or S2 Cab, but I still like this one. PM me if you want and I can turn you on to a few leads. You can get a lot of information through this forum and also 924.org. Enjoy and definately post some pictures as you go. I had done zero to this car when my wife had it. Literally it went to the dealer for oil changes. When I bought her the M3 I kind of inherited this one and decided to get into it. It all started because the A/C quit. I just fixed that a couple weeks ago and will probably wind up taking it back off as the SC that I may end up with sits right where the compressor is.

Good luck and have fun:

Steve