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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8868 Location: Romania
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peterld
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 946 Location: Noosa Heads QLD Australia
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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So Morghen...how is it that we never saw photos of your red car after your nasty experience. What has happened to the vehicle? _________________ 80/81 932/8 ROW |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8868 Location: Romania
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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peterld wrote: | So Morghen...how is it that we never saw photos of your red car after your nasty experience. What has happened to the vehicle? |
I didn't post any pics...its not a pretty sight and to be honest it pains me to look a the car.
The car is parked at a friend's classic vehicle restoration garage.
I am currently busy with work and life but I did straighten it a bit so that it now rolls.
Plan is to take the engine out in the next 1-2 weeks and reassess the situation with the engine off. _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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CorsePerVita
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1992 Location: Redmond, Oregon
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:54 am Post subject: |
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I bought another megasquirt because i have an addiction to efi conversions. _________________ - 1977 Porsche 924 2.0 N/A (Trackday Project)
- 1979 Porsche 924 2.0 N/A (The other daily)
- 1980 Porsche 931 (Daily)
- 1987 Lamborghini Jalpa
- 1999 Ducati 900SS |
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Carrera RSR
Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 2309 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:22 am Post subject: |
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peterld wrote: | So Morghen...how is it that we never saw photos of your red car after your nasty experience. What has happened to the vehicle? |
Like asking a grieving parent for photos of the funeral _________________ 1980 931 - forged pistons, Piper cam, K27/26 3257 6.10 hybrid turbo, 951 FMIC, custom intake, Mittelmotor dizzy & cam pulley, H&S exhaust, GAZ Gold, Fuch'ed, Quaife
Now www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=34690
Then www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=31252 |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8868 Location: Romania
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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So...update. The GTS wannabe is dead. Like i said before, it served me to its last moment by protecting me in a violent crash, and trust me when i say it was violent. I am against scrapping cars if can be repaired but in this case its not that the frame is bent, its the cabin that has been skewed out of shape a few inches. Looking at the body deformations i'm shocked that i walked out without a scratch...but hey, its the 924, you expect it to be great and IT IS
Anyway, the nice things now. Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and messages following the event, but most of all thanks to Leigh and Claude (Kenodog and 924-76) who commissioned Pavel Shmeliov to make and send me a printed illustration of my 924 in front of my favorite bridge, the Traian bridge. The bridge i cross every time i drive a 924.
Here is the instagram post of the illustration.
Here is the GTS wannabe in front of the bridge:
And here is me driving over the bridge at night:
On a different note, the weather has turned for the awesome here and i took the 931 out for the first time this year. It now rolls on staggered 16" phone dials, 7x16" ET65 fronts with the mid part out and 7x16" ET23 rears for a deep dish...but i recently, thanks to a generous buddy, bought a pair of 8x16" ET23 that i'm going to use for maximum dish at the rear.
Its still rough and ratty and i like it the way it is
The new hybrid turbo in it sounds sick and pulls 200rpms sooner, so its out of vaccum at 1800RPM
Makes and keeps 0.69bar and pulls strong from just over 3000rpm and keeps on past 6000rpm. Not too fast, just right for the street but still plenty fast, its up to 100mph in a blink of an eye.
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Carrera RSR
Joined: 08 Jan 2010 Posts: 2309 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ 1980 931 - forged pistons, Piper cam, K27/26 3257 6.10 hybrid turbo, 951 FMIC, custom intake, Mittelmotor dizzy & cam pulley, H&S exhaust, GAZ Gold, Fuch'ed, Quaife
Now www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=34690
Then www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=31252 |
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Fasteddie313
Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2596 Location: MI
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:28 am Post subject: |
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That is a very slick looking car.. _________________ 80 Turbo - Slightly Modified |
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jacobroufa
Joined: 18 Nov 2016 Posts: 529 Location: Belvidere, IL
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:43 am Post subject: |
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It is nice to have some choices... Bus gonna get some suspension love and a new front floor this year. Beetle is new -- a '63 for my wife -- needs a new master cylinder then she'll be driving it this summer.
For now though the 924 is serviceable so I'm gonna drive it back to work from my lunch break today and then around a bit afterward. It's a beautiful day so why not! Coming soon though; suspension refresh and then who knows. |
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JayZzzz4
Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 544 Location: Milwaukee, WI USA
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8868 Location: Romania
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Not exciting but something to be noted...I sold my 931 today.
Its been about 15 years since i bought my first 924.
I'll try to stick around, we'll see what happens.
Thank you 924board ! _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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Dutch924-racer
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 1076 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 4:27 am Post subject: |
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you sold your two-tone, why ? You alway's had so much fun with the 924's. _________________ 937 trackday car
Series 2 engine
951S turbo and intercooler
Fast road camshaft
Forge recirculation valve + boost controller |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8868 Location: Romania
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 5:50 am Post subject: |
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Yes, all gone, now selling wheels and left over parts from the red one and stuff i collected over the years.
Going to try to move on...the 924 defined a big part of my life for many years.
Decided i had all the fun i could have with the 924s and cashed in to move to the next adventure.
I still have one 924 dream so i may be back one day with a 924 NA. _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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Cedric
Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 2600 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:22 am Post subject: |
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morghen wrote: | Yes, all gone, now selling wheels and left over parts from the red one and stuff i collected over the years.
Going to try to move on...the 924 defined a big part of my life for many years.
Decided i had all the fun i could have with the 924s and cashed in to move to the next adventure.
I still have one 924 dream so i may be back one day with a 924 NA. |
Do it, i really enjoy to drive my friends modded 76 na, the early ones especially are so light, and with upgraded suspension, sport seats, 5speed etc its super fun to drive, slower than my car of course, but in auto x and street its almost as much fun, but much simpler and easier to maintain. It just need a cam+light head port to be perfect. _________________ 1980 924 Turbo
www.instagram.com/garagecedric/ |
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Noahs944
Joined: 08 Dec 2015 Posts: 782 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 2:52 am Post subject: |
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Morghen,
Boy... selling was very unexpected. But I get needed to move on. You've always been one of the cooler guys on the Porsche forums my friend. |
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