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Topic: Brand New 924 for sale on ebay! |
sney
Replies: 6
Views: 2849
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:28 am Subject: Brand New 924 for sale on ebay! |
| No VIN listed? That's kind of suspicious. Cool though. |
Topic: Highway 2 in Alberta last night |
sney
Replies: 8
Views: 3310
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:45 am Subject: Highway 2 in Alberta last night |
This one is the only one on kijiji for sale by a board member (that I know of). Was it this car?
http://alberta.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-1979-Porsche-924-W0QQAdIdZ233874954
Ad's gon ... |
Topic: Highway 2 in Alberta last night |
sney
Replies: 8
Views: 3310
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:00 am Subject: Highway 2 in Alberta last night |
| On the way back to Calgary from Thanksgiving dinner in Edmonton last night, I passed someone in a big pickup truck (ford super duty maybe?) towing a gray 924 on a trailer. It was an early model - no h ... |
Topic: Diesel In crank case. |
sney
Replies: 15
Views: 6283
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:57 am Subject: Diesel In crank case. |
| I've always heard diesel in the crank case as a fake "helpful suggestion" you give someone you don't like in the hopes that they will cause expensive damage to their engine. |
Topic: Shifter Knobs/boots |
sney
Replies: 9
Views: 7129
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Forum: Body and Interior Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:09 am Subject: Shifter Knobs/boots |
Found my answer from one of the commenters on Jalopnik:
http://www.automotion.com/adapter-shift-knob-924-944-968-for-porsche.html
It's an adapter so I can fit a regular round-post universal kno ... |
Topic: Peter De Lorenzo slams the 924 . . . |
sney
Replies: 15
Views: 7578
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:22 am Subject: Peter De Lorenzo slams the 924 . . . |
Speaking of automotive journalism, allow me to shamelessly plug my jalopnik column:
http://jalopnik.com/5653855/an-ode-to-the-beaded-seat-cover
It's not about the 924, but it is about what I dro ... |
Topic: Shifter Knobs/boots |
sney
Replies: 9
Views: 7129
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Forum: Body and Interior Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:18 pm Subject: Shifter Knobs/boots |
| I've been googling around with hardly any luck. Are there aftermarket or OEM replacement shift boots and knobs for the 4speed in the NA 924? My boot is in pretty sad shape and the knob has way more wi ... |
Topic: Help a noob pick the right car (NA) |
sney
Replies: 16
Views: 6271
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:08 am Subject: Re: Help a noob pick the right car (NA) |
It does have a/c, but a PO removed the belt to the compressor.
The PO of mine did that as well, with an explanation: apparently it's possible for the compressor belt to shred a nearby hose. I don't ... |
Topic: Peter De Lorenzo slams the 924 . . . |
sney
Replies: 15
Views: 7578
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:03 am Subject: Peter De Lorenzo slams the 924 . . . |
| Well, Clarkson goes back and forth on a lot of things. The quote I remembered was from a positive review of the 944, and went something like "not to be confused with the 924, which had the engine ... |
Topic: Peter De Lorenzo slams the 924 . . . |
sney
Replies: 15
Views: 7578
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:02 am Subject: Peter De Lorenzo slams the 924 . . . |
Porsche and VW have been joined at the hip since day 1. Expressing any ire over "takeovers" reflects ignorance of this.
That said... the 924 is a weird beast that a lot of more speed-ori ... |
Topic: Thermo Time Switch |
sney
Replies: 9
Views: 6414
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:43 am Subject: Thermo Time Switch |
"MFI" actually doesn't apply to the 924NA-924Turbo(931) (unless the CIS system's been removed and replaced with some type of MFI).
CIS is a mechanical fuel injection system,with all four in ... |
Topic: Thermo Time Switch |
sney
Replies: 9
Views: 6414
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:59 am Subject: Thermo Time Switch |
Your cold start valve lives at the back of the intake - look for the injector with the connector
You could wire a switch right to that CSV if you wanted, but in the long run you'd just be mask ... |
Topic: Thermo Time Switch |
sney
Replies: 9
Views: 6414
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:16 am Subject: Thermo Time Switch |
| Very stuck, you say? Hmm. Well, I don't think I really need to take it out, just bypass it in the circuit. Guess it's the day to break in my new jackstands. |
Topic: Thermo Time Switch |
sney
Replies: 9
Views: 6414
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:31 am Subject: Thermo Time Switch |
| Ok, so my '78 924 is experiencing some pretty severe cold start issues. I spoke to a friend of mine and he said the best way to handle it is to forget the thermo time switch and wire in a toggle inste ... |
Topic: Post your 924 pictures |
sney
Replies: 970
Views: 636205
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Forum: General Discussions Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:51 am Subject: Post your 924 pictures |
http://drubo.net/img/porshh/1.jpg
http://drubo.net/img/porshh/2.jpg
http://drubo.net/img/porshh/3.jpg
http://drubo.net/img/porshh/4.jpg
Pretty regular looking red 924, right? Wrong. And it's not ... |
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