Porsche Enthusiasts Club Forum

Here's my Aventura Green 1993 Tiptronic Coupe with 132K on the clock.

Love the reversed pop up lights on the 968 it's such an unusual design that Porsche did. Very clean interior, is that an extra clock upgrade you had fitted below the radio aswell as the digital one in the dash?

Hi Andy,

The clock is standard and the digital display on the dash is the outside temperature gauge.

I had the front seats and centre console re-connollised which is why they look so good and if you check this
link you'll see how the seats used to look

http://www.flickr.com/photos/driveandsh ... 323670566/

other than that the interior is original, even the mats.

All the best,

Ian

Photos are damn handy for answering questions

JJ, just noticed there's no pipe from the left hand side of your airbox down to the belt cover, all the other pics I've come across have the pipe still fitted. I changed my belt covers on my overhaul due to the old belts eating into the back section of the cover and baffled to a. why there is a pipe fitted in the 1st place, obviously a good reason for it, and b. my belt covers are only vented on the front half not the back, does it make any difference with the pipe not being fitted, it's on at the moment but can't see any huge advantage to it being on.

I found bits of the old broken balance belt teeth in my airbox, totally baffled to how they got in there until I was putting the car back together and noticed the pipe. Initial thought was how the hell did they fly out the cover and up under the wing into the air intake The pipe made sense of that problem.

At a guess I'd say the pipe was there to suck any oil vapour or bits of the belts out of the way of the belts and rollers.

That's starting to be my line of thought after the mess I found in the air box, if so I can vouch for it doing the job. If it wasn't for the fact I was cleaning the parts as my grease monkey was taking stuff off I'd not have noticed.

Scrapped on later cars although the vent ports stayed on both items.

The bit I don't get is when people fit a cone filter instead of the air box and attach a small crank case breather filter to that little hose. Surely that's doing absolutely nothing now and a rubber bung in the plastic cover would do pretty much the same thing?

Especially when the intake filter is fitted right behind the radiator.....

My '83. Hasnt been drivin properly in about 3-4 years unfortuntly so will need a fair bit of work, Front wing was rotten at the bottom, thats now fixed, back of the sill needs a bit of work, thats next on the list And the whole thing needs painted but that will have to wait a year or so, wont have the money to get it painted and on the road this year, so just drive it ratty

And within the first few months the dme relay failed and the crank sensor, and i removed the ariel from the wing now it wont start again so have to check all the conectors at the back of the fuse box, bloody old cars

Hello to those that know me, this is my current 944 for those that dont

Found the pic's. Looks fantastic!

Hello and welcome, nice to see a factory standard 944 , loadsa mods under that bonnet, also what suspension are you running at the front ?

Those top mounts you can see are the Lindsey racing adjustable ones. The suspension is a fully rose jointed set up with solid bush uprated camber mounts and all sorts of bits. This is probably the first 944 I've ever owned with zero understeer, although the factory standard '85 car was very good, very different even from my '86 220 turbos.

I'm looking to make a page for the car with all the mods listed as its a long list but I haven't found anywhere yet.

I bought this car completely done for a change after spending 5 years with my previous car off the road and knowing all the money/tears that went into its 3.2ltr turbo engine work I decided buying a car that someone else has put the time into and done right is the way forwards.

I've actually no idea what hp the car is running but it dyno'd a documented 404hp on the rollers of truth (Silverstone rolling road day) 4-5years ago with its original 130,000 mile head and coke'd up valves. Now its running a heavily worked stage IV big valve head and much better boost control with a higher boost level.. Power is anyone's guess but really all I need to know is, its enough. Full boost in third on a cold night it reaches for the sky, kicks its occupants into the seat backs and skips/hopps over the road surface like a lightweight speed boat skimming a lake. A very satisfying experience.

Hi and welcome from me.

Not jealous at all Your car looks absolutely amazing. We need to see a list of mods and experiences. Similar to what I was hoping to aim at cash willing I've kind of started.

You're not that far(ish) from me so hopefully we'll see each other at a show or something and compare cars

Happy Boosting

Andy