Have we discussed 924's?

[john walker's workshop]

Those things came out when I was working at the dealer in the 70s. Like porsche tech said, what a piece of vibrating shiite they were. Hated them from my first test drive. One of the many names we called them, geeksport quadraport caught on. Management didn't care for our comedy and suggested we put a cork in it. Clutch jobs were a lot of fun, not. Even more fun when the mainshaft and pilot bearing welded themselves together and the torque tube assembly wouldn't separate from the engine. Yay. Ever replace a turbo on one? And deal with broken exhaust studs in the process? Non- interference valve train was nice when the timing belt broke though. Other than that, nothing a rock on the throttle and a launch off a cliff wouldn't cure.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

Those things came out when I was working at the dealer in the 70s. Like porsche tech said, what a piece of vibrating shiite they were. Hated them from my first test drive. One of the many names we called them, geeksport quadraport caught on. Management didn't care for our comedy and suggested we put a cork in it. Clutch jobs were a lot of fun, not. Even more fun when the mainshaft and pilot bearing welded themselves together and the torque tube assembly wouldn't separate from the engine. Yay. Ever replace a turbo on one? And deal with broken exhaust studs in the process? Non- interference valve train was nice when the timing belt broke though. Other than that, nothing a rock on the throttle and a launch off a cliff wouldn't cure.

So, I am sensing that you don't much like the 924.

[Nostril Cheese]

Second everything John said.

[javadog]

Well there are a few 924S models from around 1987, 1988 that have a 944 engine in a 924 body. There are even a few that didn’t have sunroofs or air conditioners, so those would be of interest for a cheap little hot rod.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

what a piece of vibrating shiite they were.

I always thought that was just my dry-rotted tires.

[thor66]

they are slow, VW engined hard to repair

handling is good, balanced, a rapier to the RX7's blunted sword

the 968 is the cream of that crop, nice looking and a bit rare

I still say: Get a Cayman

[slow&rusty]

40+ years later it is easy to sit back and be critical at the shortcomings of a car from that time period.

As we all know, the 924 was an entry model for the general public who wanted admission into the marque but could not afford a 911, the model saved Porsche from going bankrupt no different than the sales of the Cayenne today. The 924 might not be the autobahn stormer compared to the bigger brothers but they were never designed to be and back then a Ferrari 308 took a leisurely 7-7.5 secs to run to 60mp/h.

The '70s was a breakover point for so many car manufacturers as they experimented with new materials like new metallurgy, plastics and rubber timing belts, so Porsche was not not alone in the "quality issues" department. If you look at Corvettes from the same period GM had the same issues, Nissan had severe rust issues with the Z, Ferraris had interference timing belts on their engines, Mercedes used plastic guides on their timing chains so on and so forth.