3.0 944 turbo
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simkin911
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Didn't sell at £10k. I suspect it will sell at or around that price though but I wonder how many would take into that the perhaps other parts of the car might not be as "fresh" as the engine. However, I'm sure it will probably still be better than most other standard cars despite this as Hartech would have checked it all over before having it on a track and updated accordingly.
The base car looks like £3k's worth to me so an extra £4k for the engine and other new bits + the wheels seems a great deal, time will tell how robust the machined 968 pistons are if the boost is turned up and I dont remember which rods were used. I'm not putting the project down in any way, it's proved a point, but after market pistons and rods would be in most peoples minds with an eye to future power hikes. I did ask them if they'd sell the engine seperately but they weren't interested.
VanhireBoys
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If any modified turbo people added up what they spent in upgrading their cars then that one is cheap for what you are getting [
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Diver944
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There's a full thread about this car when Paul.F and I tested it on track two years ago
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=504691&mpage=1&key=hartech
Just to confirm, he used a 968 bottom end he had lying around and mated it up with a 944 2.7 8v head after machining the 968 pistons to lower compression. It was all then slotted straight into a Turbo because the 2.7 head lines up perfectly with intake and exhaust. Everything else on the car is totally standard, but it had a rolling road remap to get the fuelling correct for the extra capacity engine.
The project was not to build a fire breathing, all singing and dancing monster capable of running high boost with mega power, but was a simple exercise that deleivered a very driveable, torquey Turbo with good low down grunt and less lag. The extra 500cc capacity achieved all that. []
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=504691&mpage=1&key=hartech
Just to confirm, he used a 968 bottom end he had lying around and mated it up with a 944 2.7 8v head after machining the 968 pistons to lower compression. It was all then slotted straight into a Turbo because the 2.7 head lines up perfectly with intake and exhaust. Everything else on the car is totally standard, but it had a rolling road remap to get the fuelling correct for the extra capacity engine.
The project was not to build a fire breathing, all singing and dancing monster capable of running high boost with mega power, but was a simple exercise that deleivered a very driveable, torquey Turbo with good low down grunt and less lag. The extra 500cc capacity achieved all that. [
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JamesO
New member
Going to the extreme edge, does that mean as all 944's are that old you're going to take your rods out and check them? [
] I did check mine as best I could. In my case I have a spare short block if it all goes a bit pear shape.The interference issue I believe is when stroking the 2.5 block using a s2 or 968 crank.
ORIGINAL: JamesO
Going to the extreme edge, does that mean as all 944's are that old you're going to take your rods out and check them? [
No, they may be cast anyway so I'd stump up for some proper rods if I ever build a 3.0 or bigger [
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