My 944 restoration picture thread

[kongsodoken]

My new refurbished throttle body!



oil blows through the seals and kills the TPS not to mention the loss of performance, and with Turbo TPS switches NLA ...look after yours

so the seals were non existent


Simon Peckham replaced the entire bearing with double seal units





as good as new with some plating, polishing and cleaning



This service will be available soon on a replacement/exchange service for around £100

[ivortheengine]

looks excellent !my mate did this last year on his mk1 gti wonderful stuff.

[Althejazzman]

How long will all the lovely shiny zinc plating last?

[Carrera RSR]

How long will all the lovely shiny zinc plating last?

A very long time in a dehumidified garage. A little less on uk roads

Most of mine is still looking good after 3 years non garaged and driven in mixed weathers

[kongsodoken]

I treat everything with corrosion X Aviation keeps it all looking nice

[kongsodoken]

engine nearly finished



Ceramic coated headers

[944-Scott]

Ken when you have finished how much are you going to insure this car for?

[scam75]

I'd suggest min £50k. It's essentially going to be brand new and improved from when it left the factory. Wonder what Ken is thinking?

Stuart

[kongsodoken]

No idea I'll get a club valuation

I would expect 30k although the build costs are way above this

[DarrylH]

I love this build. The Engine looks so good

[kongsodoken]

It came out so should go in


Engine in place


Looks good down here


nearly done

[MartinRS2K]

No idea I'll get a club valuation

I would expect 30k although the build costs are way above this

I'll get my cheque book ready if its £30k

Got to be £40-50k IMO purely on the parts and workmanship alone

[Pink piggy]

Many years ago I totally spoilt the owning pleasure of my TR5 PI by restoring it.
I used to sprint and hill climb it at places like Gurston Wiscombe and Goodwood.
After I had it finished it I went from 1min 49 standing start lap at Goodwood to 1min 53 and was worried about parking it anywhere where it could get damaged.
Now we have the mobile phone era of not paying attention to driving making it worse still.
However I sold it and the new owner won the post historic sports championship in it
My TR was not a patch on the superb work you have done on your Porsche.

[MichaelW944]

Many years ago I totally spoilt the owning pleasure of my TR5 PI by restoring it.
I used to sprint and hill climb it at places like Gurston Wiscombe and Goodwood.
After I had it finished it I went from 1min 49 standing start lap at Goodwood to 1min 53 and was worried about parking it anywhere where it could get damaged.
Now we have the mobile phone era of not paying attention to driving making it worse still.
However I sold it and the new owner won the post historic sports championship in it
My TR was not a patch on the superb work you have done on your Porsche.

That is unfortunately the trouble with dedicating so much time and money to a project like this. It is worthy of being placed in a museum as the best Porsche 944 in existence. This obviously means that, if i owned it, I'd be scared to drive it anywhere.

[kongsodoken]

Totally agree but the fun is in the doing not in the finishing

I may sell it or keep it and drive it, it will not sit idle either way