944 build

[nsusammyeb]

A little background on myself and the car. You guys will appreciate what's being done with the car and i'm sure you can help me out along the way as well. This is my first venture into a Porsche. I own a shop in New Haven, Ky. We deal mostly with imports and we took on this project hoping to have a nice show/street/weekend car for it's owner. I'll try to post updates asap to keep the build thread up to date.

Anyways, here's what we're starting with. An '86 944 Turbo with a mess load of problems. Turbo is shot, exhaust valves are bent, dash is cracked, seats are beyond repair, etc.

The idea is around 350hp, we're scared that the owner won't know what to do with more than that. We're putting a Precision 5758 on it and doing a lot of custom work after the motor gets rebuilt. We've had fresh sleeves put in the motor but kept the factory bore.

On to the pics.

[nsusammyeb]

More pics

[nsusammyeb]

As the motor sits right now. Working on getting the front of the motor put together tomorrow. And, yes, I realize that the balance shaft cover is on the wrong side already fixed.

[sh944s]

I like the rear bumper mod. What did you do to mount it?

[nsusammyeb]

Originally Posted by sh944s

I like the rear bumper mod. What did you do to mount it?

All we did was shorten up the mounts. It's been a while since we did it but I'm wanting to think that we drilled a hole in the strut and let the fluid out and pushed them all the way in. We had to trim the side urethane pieces to fit as well.

[nsusammyeb]

Ran into a couple snags today. Realized that I didn't seal the oil port that flows through the girdle so I had to pull that back off and fix it. Found a crack in the oil pan and got it welded up and painted. It's been about a year since this car has been torn down and we're just getting into it again. Finding parts and bolts etc. has been a chore!

[333pg333]

WoW...what a mess. That will be some resurrection. Good time of year for that being Easter and all. Good luck and may the force be with you.

[nsusammyeb]

Yea, car was a complete disaster so we decided to just strip it down and start from scratch. It's going to be on a megasquirt standalone. Head just got finished up installing the new valves and seats so we'll be picking it up today and hopefully mocking a few things up in the engine bay by the end of next week. Ready to do some fabrication!

[minho78]

Nice, keep us posted.

[Smoker324]

Did you hone the cylinder walls? Looks like a distinct cross hatch.

[nsusammyeb]

Originally Posted by Smoker324

Did you hone the cylinder walls? Looks like a distinct cross hatch.

Ductile iron sleeves. Walls were pretty scored and we were looking for something that would make the long haul on some decent power levels, so off to the machine shop it went. We checked around for places that nikasil etc. but it didn't seem to be worth the trouble when we could just sleeve the block.

[JoshB]

Thanks for sharing all the pictures!

[pdiddyporsche]

nice

[will944]

Heck of a project! Good luck and keep us updated!

[nsusammyeb]

Been a long time since an update, I've been getting some work done little by little on it. Here's the latest pictures. We're getting everything mocked up in the bay before we start on the body work. I am having trouble remembering where a couple things go...I can't find where the top hose on the oil seperator goes. I'm wanting to think that it just went to the intake/air box, I'm not very familiar with how the CCV is set up on this motor.





I'll be building a custom coolant overflow as soon as I can find a spot to put it...lmao.

[campbelljj]

My $0.02. Drill top of AOS and vent crankcase to atmosphere with a catch can. OE top of AOS hose routes back to J boot. Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

[nsusammyeb]

Originally Posted by campbelljj

My $0.02. Drill top of AOS and vent crankcase to atmosphere with a catch can. OE top of AOS hose routes back to J boot. Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

I figured that it probably went to a fresh air intake somewhere. When I build the compressor intake I'll add a bung for it...although that will clutter the bay some I'm a firm believer in venting the crankcase properly.

Billet 60 trim is on the way as well as feed/return fittings and lines. We'll probably spend the next couple weeks finishing that and getting this thing wired up.

[nize]

in the original photos it looks like something entered the turbo intake, destroying the compressor. do you know what the story is there?

[v2rocket_aka944]

I had a turbo like that once, story was a bolt from the air box came loose or something and just nuked the compressor wheel.

[james6speed]

Keep the Fuch's on it.