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Cedric
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 Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 4:52 am Post subject: |
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Good work with all the upgrades, nice that the pinto bolt fit well!
Whats the plans for this season, just drive around, or try something more advanced like autocross (with the wheel on this time maybe  ) Will the car stay here or in the south?
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safe
Joined: 18 Mar 2017
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Location: Sweden
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| Cedric wrote: | Good work with all the upgrades, nice that the pinto bolt fit well!
Whats the plans for this season, just drive around, or try something more advanced like autocross (with the wheel on this time maybe ) Will the car stay here or in the south? |
Main thing is to get the MOT done, hopefully before our Transaxle meeting late this month. I still have issues from the brake upgrade that need fixing.
I would love to do some Autocross, but the gearbox and linkage are just too bad for that, maybe a trackday.
My amin focus right now is to get the 911 -69 ready, new front fenders, painting them, painting the wheels and some emergency rust "fixing".
The 924 will return to Stockholm in the summer probably.
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Raize
Joined: 18 Sep 2013
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Not sure if it was posted but is the gearbox in this one the snail or the Audi box?
What brake issues are you having? I did my own brake upgrades with the inspiration of yours which are now just finished so might be interesting to compare notes. |
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safe
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| Raize wrote: | Not sure if it was posted but is the gearbox in this one the snail or the Audi box?
What brake issues are you having? I did my own brake upgrades with the inspiration of yours which are now just finished so might be interesting to compare notes. |
NA snailshell.
I had problem with genuine poor performance, worse than original. The pedal was spongey and it didn't want to stop good, could not get the wheels to lock up at all.
I made one mistake, I put the front brakes on the forward part of the master brake cylinder, which is the secondary port. You should connect the front calipers to the primary port, the one closest to the pedal.
I also had problem getting the air out of one of the rear calipers. Didn't get it out until out of despair I removed it and tilted it and released the air.
So with a hard pedal (this is 2 days ago) The brakes still sucked, they didn't grip at all !!
So I just gambled and changed my new brake pads to some new pads, EBS yellow stuff in this case. Finally I got usable brakes, one day before my inspection/MOT.
I checked the pads I removed, and they must have glazed, they are rock hard on the surface and shiny.
I still got rejected by the inspection for silly things like side marker, that I don't need, torn steering rack boot and a loose removable tow hook.
Hopefully I have fixed all this now and can it thru inspection tomorrow.
Oh, and I have removed the turbo for the inspection. So that will have to be installed again 
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safe
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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Inspection done!
Clear for another 24 months
Putting the turbo-stuff back on tonight!
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
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Location: Romania
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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nice! enjoy!
Hope i can say the same soon.
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Beartooth
Joined: 05 Apr 2022
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Location: Roberts, MT
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| Posted: Sat May 31, 2025 5:47 am Post subject: |
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Very good, it's got to be a relief! I'm so glad I don't have to deal with any of that; obviously there are people who either have no clue mechanically or no ability to think through consequences, and that's why vehicle inspections are mandatory in many places. But for us, we all probably have a good idea of what's a real hazard and what's just nitnoid stuff. I can register any old heap and be legal, but I won't take a car on the highway until I'm confident in the tires, brakes, steering, and suspension - which is a large part of the reason my 931 didn't see the road until over a year's work (intermittently) had been done to it. Anyway, I bet the car feels like a slug without the turbo! Any idea what went wrong with the brakes? It sounds like the pads didn't bed in and glazed over instead, but I have no idea what could cause that. Hopefully the new pads do the trick!
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Raize
Joined: 18 Sep 2013
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| safe wrote: | Inspection done!
Clear for another 24 months
Putting the turbo-stuff back on tonight! |
Good job!
I had the EBC yellow on my stock NA brakes, they were OK but not the best cold, but at least they didn’t have fade problems like the stock pads when hot. They also “warped” the rotors (ie, uneven rotor thickness from deposits) and only lasted 10k miles. I hope with my new oversized brakes that OE or something slightly OE+ like Mintex 1144 will be plenty.
I can see why your rear caliper would trap air, the angle of the bleed screw is not good where it intersects the piston bore.
The nice thing about the style of 4-bolt brake conversion we have both done is the front rotors are separate from the hubs so much cheaper and easier to change. And unlike a 944/931 you don’t have to take the hub off to change the brake disc (idiotic design!). |
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