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[Martijnus]

I know...the sachs stuff is way overpriced... glad I don't own a S or 44
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[Martijnus]

Yesterday I've painted my engine.
Little dark grey, the lighter color wouldn't be nice I guess...

Today I've prepped all my other engine stuff (most of it) and sprayed that too, so the engine will look like new and will be new

Can't do too much now because I've left my gaskets at work :S oil pan, oil pump and so on can't be fitted right now

I've spent a lot of time prepping the stuff so I'm glad I did that, now the details will be tight!

some pics of the engine:











Still no progress on the head, but that won't take long, I'm pushing it a little bit now because I need the head. In the mean time I'll get the lower part completely ready so I can get the engine in as soon as I get my head


EDIT:

Last pic, right side of the pan, there's the big oil drain hole, and beneath it there's another hole....what has to go there? there was a bolt in it.... can it be there has to be a temp sensor? can I fit one in that hole? (don't know the threads)
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[Smoothie]

Nice.
That extra hole near the oil drain is used to return oil from the air-oil seperator on a 931. For 924NA, you can use it for an oil temp sender if you want to add an oil temp gauge. The thread size should be M14x1.5 - http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=20355
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"..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."


'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

[Rich H]

That is going to look awesome when all together, be a shame to hide it all under a bonnet!!

Keep up the good work! Won't be long now!

My spare engine turned up yesterday, the cam and followers are scrap but the rest looks ok. Just need to get it all to bits and measure the wear....fingers crossed...
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1994 Lotus Esprit S4 - Work in progress...
1980 Porsche 924 S2 DITC Turbo - Original spec
1978 Homo-Sapiens - Tired spec
1953 Landrover S1 - Pensioner Spec

[Mike924]

I don't want to rush you, Martijnus, but it's only eight weeks to the Nurburgring...

Seriously, keep it up, you're doing a fine job.
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1985 Porsche 924 'Lux', Kalahari Beige (my ex)
1993 Porsche 968 Coupe, Midnight Blue, 6 spd

'There is no substitute for a little grease under your fingernails.' - Chrenan, 924board.org

[Martijnus]

yeah I'm afraid I'm not going to make that besides the work on the car itself I need to pass the road test (or what's it called... MOT? here it's called general perodical test, each year, but now changed to 2 yrs)

I'm a bit afraid of that... not that I've driven much since the last one but it's always tiny stuff that kills me

Today I've got out my steering wheel (4 spoke) because there was mold on it. I was really afraid it had eaten up my leather.

With some vinegar it went off perfectly and I've used some black shoe stuff to get it like new

After that I rode my bike a bit... nice weather and when I got home I've washed all the vegetation off the car.

There was moss like stuff and lots of pine needles on it... and now it's shiny again but now I see all my bad spots on the car ... but I can live with that.


Have I mentioned that I'm quite sure it is a limited model? It's not the weissach, but there was another limited edition, the 50-jahre edition (weissach was also 50yrs iirc) and I've got all the options and the right color/year...so I guess it's a bit special

Tuesday I'll take my gaskets back from work, sand blast some parts (engine mounts and stuff) and I've got to get some new bolts and screws (because I lost them or they're dirty or I don't know what goes where...)

Until then I've got to look at the pet parts list to see where all the brackets and stuff need to go

I want to finish it all as soon as possible want to fire it up asap
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[Stampedetrail]

Looks sweet!
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1977.5 924 "Martini" head / New Old Stock rebuild
1985.5 944 Why? Because I can.

[Mike924]

[Martijnus]

yeah I'd like to show it off too problem is I've got a full time study + part time job at the rebuilding shop so it's just the weekends I can spend time on the car

And I always have trouble with the money for the parts however, most of it is in now...

Today I got my gaskets from work and bellhousing + other small sandblasted parts.

Just remembered what the bracket was for which I painted... it was the A/C bracket from my spare engine... wasted time to get that thing mint because I'm not going to use it (or maybe I will for my triggerwheel setup).

I'm really scared that my engine will leak oil from somewhere (oil pan), so I'll do that all at ease, using a little but not too much seal stuff.

Hopefully I can finish the head in 2-3 weeks and then the engine can get back in the car.
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[Martijnus]

Since I have 3 holes above my glovebox for additional gauges, I want to buy some.

When I bought the car there was: Oil temp - outside temp - amperes

Now I surely want to have: AFR/lambda - Oil temp - ?? amperes?

Now my question is, if I go for the amp meter, I directly hook this up to my battery, and the clamp on my battery gets hooked up to my 'output' of the amp meter?

That's how I remember it, these gauges need to be hooked up serially... but I don't want to hook it up that way...unless I can do it nice...but I just thought if I buy a new battery clamp, connect the gauge with that, and then with some piece of metal simulate another battery pole and clamp my stock clamp to that... know what I mean?

Or any other ideas for gauges? Don't know what I'd like to be informed about... MAP, fuel pressure and stuff isn't that interesting to know...
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[Chrenan]

I've got oil temp, wouldn't want to be without that one as I never push the engine hard until the oil temp is up.

A wideband AFR gauge would be nice.

Maybe a cyliner head temperature gauge as the third? Not sure if there is a place for one on the 924 head, don't think so, but it would be neat. Maybe exhaust temp? But thats more of an issue on a turbo car.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[Martijnus]

[!tom]

Thermostat housing gasket?
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78 924 NA
5-lug

[Martijnus]

Some pics of the engine... nothing special...








and the O-ring... measures just under 60mm diameter... the turbo oilsplitter seal should be 65x3mm...... this one is 60x4mm...so stretching it would probably give the correct size...but I want to be sure, don't want to open up my engine because I forgot a seal.



edit: additional question.
The flexible seals for both ends of the oil pan (oil pump and bearing cap no5).... mine are U shaped... any idea how they go? Cant figure it out... what provides the best seal and where is it needed?
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[Rasta Monsta]