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[nickthompson]

You need to get rid of that cantaloupe launcher tail pipe. That thing can't make the car sound good.

[Mars478]

[Mars478]

The 924 has left it's winter slumber. I need it this weekend for an AutoX that I am going to. I got a new battery from Home Depot (who woulda thunk that they carry car batteries now, I had a 150$ gift card), so now it starts even in the cold weather. I am in the process of fabbing up the passenger rear drum brake line (since that was the one that rusted through). It idles nicely and sounds ridiculous since the huge muffler fell off. It should be ready for the road this weekend I have a timing belt kit along with a new roller in my ML ready for installation.
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924, 82, 5 speed, dark red, 500 dollar special.

Daily: 99 ML320, 210k and still trucking.

[Mars478]

Made the brake line today and bled the rear brakes only because it was getting late. Good news and bad news. Car stops and stops decently well. However I think the master cylinder may be shot as it loses pressure sometimes and then when I pump it comes back to life.
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924, 82, 5 speed, dark red, 500 dollar special.

Daily: 99 ML320, 210k and still trucking.

[jason c]

[kcoyle]

[Mars478]

[brian19600]

I have found with a bad master cylinder is when the car is sitting, you apply firm pressure to the pedal. You will feel the pedal slowly going to the floor...and your certain that it is not leaking out anywhere.
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78 924

[Mars478]

[Mars478]

Apart from the braking system which I have mostly sussed out, the car has a few other issues. When it hasn't been started for a while, it takes a few starts to actually get it running and it runs like sh!t. Once it starts up it continues to run like sh!t until it gets warm. Once it warms up it runs fine, not very fast but what can I expect. Could it be injectors? CIS?
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924, 82, 5 speed, dark red, 500 dollar special.

Daily: 99 ML320, 210k and still trucking.

[Mars478]

Well. Today at 3am I began my 924 driving career. Fixed the brake line and the system is now holding good pressure (although braking performance is far from stellar), car is running properly, trans is smooth, it's loud as a train horn, but I drove it 80 miles to NYC from LI.

The next morning at 6am I went to an autocross, but I didn't race the car due to it most likely failing tech because the battery hold down strap was MIA. Not worth wasting 50 bucks. Next weekend I shall autocross it. I very much enjoy driving the car, I just wish it didn't sound like a riced out honda civic... It also desperately needs an alignment.

Some pictures:
At a restaurant with my friend in his 944 (which acted as my support vehicle at 3am so that I didn't have to drive alone in case of worst case scenario, luckily I didn't even need to stop on the side of the road once!)



At the autocross with friends 944, my 924 was wishing it was on the track

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924, 82, 5 speed, dark red, 500 dollar special.

Daily: 99 ML320, 210k and still trucking.

[brian19600]

Nice to see it on the road. Nice to see it wasn't on the side of the road! I should have mine going mid/late summer. Did you get it running better? Probably a good idea to build one of those CIS testers. I've started accumulating parts for one.
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78 924

[Mars478]

Well fellas, just when I was starting to fall in love with this car big time and trust/ drive it hard, it broke down on me. My roadside tests basically confirmed it had a major fuel delivery issue. It started sputtering and eventually it died on me on the side of the Merrit Parkway before exit 28. Luckily I was with the red 944 in the pictures above and another friend in an SL600. I made it to Caffeine and Carburetors in New Canaan and my 500 dollar Porsche was (surprisingly!) not hated and quite the opposite, people found it very interesting.

I am surprised that my braking system fix has held up, and held up well at that, and I honestly expected that to fail before the fuel system.

Next stop on the 924 repair list is a fuel system/delivery overhaul. I'm guessing this explains my cold start sputtering and dying issues, along with CIS being not tuned properly. I had a hell of a time on the way there on the Merritt following my friend in his 944 and driving slightly faster than I should've in a 500 dollar project car, and it made me gain some confidence in my little Porsche. Stay tuned.




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924, 82, 5 speed, dark red, 500 dollar special.

Daily: 99 ML320, 210k and still trucking.

[Mars478]

Fixed the car today, replaced the external fuel pump with a used Bosch one from ebay (buying used fuel parts is OK, as far as I have read.). It idles and stays on, so luckily it should be back on the road soon. Replaced a few of the fuel hoses with some standard FI hose at the request of many members here. The internal fuel pump is dead, not sure what's the best course of action to resurrect it, but I am sure as hell not spending 200+ on an almost unnecessary pump for a 500 dollar car haha.
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924, 82, 5 speed, dark red, 500 dollar special.

Daily: 99 ML320, 210k and still trucking.

[Mars478]

Some more pictures:









ignition coil in trunk for spark plug exhaust...



SHE LIVES!


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924, 82, 5 speed, dark red, 500 dollar special.

Daily: 99 ML320, 210k and still trucking.