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[supertuner12010]

For my first post I would like to introduce myself. I could not find the appropriate thread to do so, I hope this is sufficient enough.

My name is Derek, I am 21 years old, and I live in New Mexico. A very small city of about 15k people. It is nothing but dessert, horrible roads, and no car scene what so ever. I am 20 minutes from El Paso, Texas. Much bigger and cleaner. A very nice place, but after 21 years it has grown old, car scene here isn't very great either. Mostly kids in civics, and d-bags in mustangs. The off-roading guys aren't much different.

Despite being so young I have owned over 30 cars, all of which I can even remember at the moment. Form mk1 mr2's, civics, e30 and e36 BMW's, Miata's, just a wide variety of cars. I am also very ocd and without the funds too tackle projects in the manner I desire, I trade and sell cars. Thus the reason for owning so many. I currently daily a 91 Miata, swapped in a 1.8l and a bunch of other mods. Now for just a few picks to show the things I do, my style, prefer functionality and comfort. I like older cars that might not seem very appealing, but are great cars and I like to give them something special, to make them more appealing to me.

-2nd Mk1 mr2, bought it with a blown 4a and swapped in a silvertop 4age, didn't have the money to complete it and traded it.


-1st Civic hatch, I bought just the shell, painted it and dropped in an H22. Drove it twice and sold it for once again not having the money to complete it to a level I felt acceptable.


3rd Miata, current daily, bought it in horrible condition, sanded and primed it, pulled all the interior and installed nb miata dash, roll cage and bucket seats, wire tuck, 1.8l swap, billet fuel rail and nylon braided fuel lines.




Well that is just a very small example of cars I started to build, and couldn't finish. Miata is still no were near finished, and I have contemplated selling or trading for a more comfortable daily, roll cage+buckets+harness in an already small car is tiring. I am kept myself from doing so, and hope to slowly put more work into it.

Now onto Porsche business, I have never owned a Porsche. A buddy of mine has a 78 924 that has been sitting for 4 or 5 years. It is in horrible condition, fuel lines are broke and i'm sure would leak, interior is trash; Texas sun is a little harsh. But the car was said to run, and the body is very straight minus bad paint. Only has one major piece of damage above the right tail light, may need to be cut out and weld in new metal. Other than that the body is in great condition.

This will be a very long project, one that I will not ditch and sell. Being as I already have a daily and am not struggling to get things done as I have in the past it will be something I will complete. The begennign of the project will require very little money. It will consist of ripping the car down, selling everything I don't intend on using, and repairing and making modifications to accommodate all my plans.

Seeing as I am interested in cars that are fun to drive, like to build from scratch, I have decided to buy it and take on the project.

My plan as of right now, I still have much research to do but a audi 5cyl looks to be the best option, possibly a (ANN) with a beffy turbo.

Interior will be painted, carpeted only from the front seats forward, late 944 dash still not sure if it will fit, door panels and headliner only to the top of the seats. A roll bar with door bars only.

Exterior I have not yet decided which rout I would like to go, something with some width however. The power goals will need some fairly big tires. Suspension will obviously be done over, all polly bushing, 5 lug swap, coilovers and everything along with it.

I would go into depth further but this is already a very long intro thread, for all those who read through it I thank you. I hope to bring some of my knowledge to the community and learn as much as I possibly can. When the project is finished, possibly years down the road I hope to have made some friends and given my own flavor to a 924.

Thank you,
Derek

[Grenadiers]

Welcome to the collective! Patience is a virtue needed in this hobby. Access to used parts is a close second. Do a lot of searching on the forum for common answers to common questions. My wife and I recently sold a vacation home in the Mayhill/Cloudcroft area of NM. Spent 3 long winters working on that place. Drove 54 down to El Paso to pick up friends and relatives at the airport, quite a few times. Lots of nothing on that trip~!
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'83 944 Track car.
'88 924S Track car.
'89 944 Turbo
2004 Winnebago Vectra monster RV
2012 Jeep Wrangler
2014 Kia Soul
2001 Ford F350 powerstroke

[Khal]

[supertuner12010]

[Grenadiers]

Check out the Arroyo Seco racetrack outside of Deming, NM. I've had both a 924 turbo and my old 911 out there several times. Lots of track time, very few stuffed shirts out there, and not many rules! Well, safety rules of course. Got to know Roger the owner, he grew up in southern Minnesota, same as me, and in the same era, cough. Either the Miata or the 924 work real well out there. Check out the PCA club out of El Paso and Las Cruces, very nice people. The Carrera region, their 'track' is Arroyo Seco so to speak.

And, head over to Wilcox, AZ to the Inde Motorsports track, been there with the Southern Arizona PCA club as well. Bought my 911 thru their event coordinator Dave Rademacher, he has a Porsche shop in Tucson. Again, very well run events, a few stuffed shirts over there, and some had no clue the 924 was P-car. Oh well. Great track though, with elevation changes and blind corners. I'll have my CGT clone 924 Turbo track-car out at both tracks next winter, so let me know how yer doing!
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'83 944 Track car.
'88 924S Track car.
'89 944 Turbo
2004 Winnebago Vectra monster RV
2012 Jeep Wrangler
2014 Kia Soul
2001 Ford F350 powerstroke

[emoore924]

Welcome aboard. Let us know if we can help out...

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