RE: 1990 944 turbo 400hp M030 LSD

[DivineE]

It's back for sale and I'm serious. A month from now it won't be here so if you want it get in touch. Details on the add.

http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=620332&mpage=1&key=&#628737

 

[MarkK]

Best of luck with the sale Ben[]

 

[Frenchy]

Where's my vented badge panel ? Good luck with the sale...........600 bhp your cream crackers !!

 

[Suffolk944]

So much for not chasing BHP anymore [] Good luck with the sale (again)

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: Suffolk944 So much for not chasing BHP anymore [] Good luck with the sale (again)

Yeaaaah about that! I loved the lightweight 911 with modern 3.6 engine but I want one reliable, built properly. Really I just want this but cant afford it: http://www.singervehicledesign.com/ So being that I already have a really nice 911 that I know is reliable and can't seem to sell.. I figure my best option would probably be to tweak that to my desires instead. Theirfore to reach 'the next level' I will be needing POWER. p.s. cheers Mark, good luck with season 2 and Jim I'm sorry it's on WUF at the minute. If I manage to get a replacement before the car sells I'll give it to you for postage. Regards, Ben

 

[Suffolk944]

ORIGINAL: DivineE

ORIGINAL: Suffolk944 So much for not chasing BHP anymore [] Good luck with the sale (again)

Yeaaaah about that! I loved the lightweight 911 with modern 3.6 engine but I want one reliable, built properly. Really I just want this but cant afford it: http://www.singervehicledesign.com/ So being that I already have a really nice 911 that I know is reliable and can't seem to sell.. I figure my best option would probably be to tweak that to my desires instead. Theirfore to reach 'the next level' I will be needing POWER. p.s. cheers Mark, good luck with season 2 and Jim I'm sorry it's on WUF at the minute. If I manage to get a replacement before the car sells I'll give it to you for postage. Regards, Ben

Thats a gorgeous 911 Ben - maybe one day !

 

[Bob]

How much are you looking for?

 

[DivineE]

Its a hard car to value, i've gone for £10,000 ono. P.s. I'm struggling with pistonheads at the moment, my add disappeared?! Phone time!!

 

[Frenchy]

Cheers Ben, Going to Silverstone Classic ? let me know, good luck with the sale a serious bit of kit for 10k especialy after making it beautiful with paint !! 996 Turbos are the biz in any form for me, a friend has just bought a red one with the X50 Kit...............BIG YUM !

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: Frenchy Cheers Ben, Going to Silverstone Classic ? let me know, good luck with the sale a serious bit of kit for 10k especialy after making it beautiful with paint !! 996 Turbos are the biz in any form for me, a friend has just bought a red one with the X50 Kit...............BIG YUM !

I know. It puts it into proportion when the hybrid turbos I want for the 996 are 12k fitted! Awesome car though. That should put me in the 10sec 1/4mile bracket and although 1/4 mile runs are not something I'll be doing with the car. I've spent enough days at my local Santapod to know that anything running in the 10's is SERIOUSLY quick! - still doesn't have cup holders though!! Have they finally sorted that on the 997?

 

[DavidL]

ORIGINAL: DivineE - still doesn't have cup holders though!! Have they finally sorted that on the 997?

Didn't the gen 2 996T have cup holders? post 03 or so. Makes all the difference obviously []

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: DavidL

ORIGINAL: DivineE - still doesn't have cup holders though!! Have they finally sorted that on the 997?

Didn't the gen 2 996T have cup holders? post 03 or so. Makes all the difference obviously []

It does! A drive through is useful on a long drive, nowhere to put your cup is really very annoying! Service stations too. Years of Porsche driving = years of being burn't and swearing as boiling hot coffie burns your thighs whilst exiting up sliproads. It was annoying in the 944 and 20 design years later it's still annoying in the 996! Hmmm if it was on later 996 cars I wonder if it can be retrofitted?

 

[Mike_Pollock]

You know you shouldn't drink and drive[]

 

[Neil Haughey]

One of our R26 members has a 650 Bhp GT2. Completely mental car, I think if that doesn't finally hit the spot for you Ben then nothing will.

 

[Ewan]

My facelift model (3.6 lt) 996 C4 has a cupholder as do the 997 cars. Would have thought that any 2002 onwards 996 tt would have them also (in the middle of the dash above the sat nav screen). But haven't been in one for a while so can't remember. Good luck with the sale. If It had been available six weeks ago I'd have bought it. As it is I am in the midst of an expensive upgrade of the 944 turbo SE that I did buy, and it will stand me in at a cost above yours and still be less powerful. Oh well. But at least all this work will keep JM Garage in Dorset in beers for a while!

 

[DavidL]

What are you having done Ewan?

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: Ewan Oh well. But at least all this work will keep JM Garage in Dorset in beers for a while!

Good choice of garage. What they lack in time keeping they make up for in quality and knowledge. You'll be very happy with the result []

 

[Ewan]

The next batch of work on the car is undecided, but the head is coming off this week for a new gasket. Hopefully all will be well, and this being the case I'll be aiming for a useable, reliable, and some would say modest, 300 to 320 bhp. Nothing too crazy....yet. As it cost £4k to give it a big service and front end engine overhaul and get it through the mot, the budget for mods took a bit of a battering. And there's still wheels to refurb, tyres to buy, suspension to realign, paintwork to see to. I made the usual financial error of buying the only car I could be bothered to view! I'll end up with a good car, exactly how I want it, but a bit more patience at the purchasing stage would have paid off. Impatience is expensive.