[928uk] 944 Price!

[Alexander Popov]

My race car is based on a very late 1985 (1986MY) Turbo. There is something to be said about the earlier cars - very similar to the 928 - somehow they feel lighter and more nimble on their feet. The chassis has done 260k miles. We rebuilt the transaxle last year. These Audi derived units are tough as old boots. Pinion bearing had some pitting and the 3/4 th gear synchros were on their way out. But the rest of the box was perfect. 

We swapped later style clutch discs, shims and conical washers for higher pre-load in the LSD. 

Overall, not bad for 260k very hard miles. On par with the spare GT transmission that I have in the garage. 


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> On 8 Jan 2017, at 13:07, jonathan spring <jonathanspring at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Well having owned and used as every day cars many porsches old and new for my pennies worth a good 944 Turbo is one of the most fun and rewarding cars let alone Porsches you can buy.
> 
> Values have increased. I sold my 1986 Turbo in July to trade for £15k with 145,000 miles. Clean but not immaculate.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jon
> 
> Jonathan Spring
> 07850 683344
> 
> 
>> On 8 Jan 2017, at 12:02, Alexander Popov <sellingermotorsport at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a Turbo race car. 320rwhp and 350ftlbs at the wheels, and 1220kg ready to race. Vince is right - the 2.5 8v off boost is not great - it makes about 140bhp as a NA engine (did a Dyno run with the boost pipes disconnected to find out :) Driving experience could be described as - nothing, nothing, nothing, 3000rpm - whoa! whoa! my God! hold on, hold on! Change gear, whoa! whoa! Rinse and repeat. But if you come off boost - the lag is epic. 
>> 
>> Overall though - a lot of fun to drive and despite being full of ancient VW suspension technology like the rear torsion beam, it is still the 2nd best handling road going Porsche ever made after the Boxster/Cayman. Turbos were two a penny 3 years ago, now a good one is £15k plus. A proper one is £20k and totally worth it. 
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
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>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 23:11, Vince Dallimore <vm.dallimore at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Turbo not an easy drive; to keep it on power requires non stop shifting. Not a car for a leisurely drive; turbo kicks in around 3000rpm, change gear at red line 6500ish I recall, no guts when turbo not spinning! So you have  just over 3000 to work with, an all or nothing experience when I drove one from london to Manchester over the Peak District!
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>>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 21:16, Llewelyn Guildford <brilliantllewelyn at me.com> wrote:
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>>>> I can imagine the Turbo models are quite fun although I've never driven one personally!
>>>> 
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>>>>> On 5 Jan 2017, at 19:44, Kevin Fearon <kevin_fearon at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nice drive but under-powered - 163 bhp I think. I had one; I paid £800 for it and part-exchanged it for my first manual 928 S2 about six months later in 2009. I got £1300 from the seller and gave another £1200. Quite glad I bought it.
>>>>> I would have another, but not at that price! Kindest regards,
>>>>> Kevin
>>>>> 
>>>>>  From: "Booth, James D. via 928uk" <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
>>>>> To: "928uk at lists.928.org.uk" <928uk at lists.928.org.uk> 
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2017, 18:12
>>>>> Subject: [928uk] 944 Price!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sorry for an off list observation, but can you believe the asking price for this 944!
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201612150629369?make=porsche&model=944&logcode=p
>>>>> 
>>>>> Got to be a pure punt of price.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> James
>>>>> 
>>>>> 90 GT
>>>>> 85 944
>>>>> 
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