944 GBC - My 1992 944 S2 3.0 - The story so far !

[Gary Howard]

Good luck with the MOT!
Mine had to have a couple of goes this year ..... Nothing major luckily.

Tax disc arrived today so fingers crossed for sunshine tomorrow

[kongsodoken]

Super work and a great thread.....MOT should be a walk in the park

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Good luck with the MOT!
Mine had to have a couple of goes this year ..... Nothing major luckily.

Tax disc arrived today so fingers crossed for sunshine tomorrow

Super work and a great thread.....MOT should be a walk in the park

Thanks - all taxed for 12 months and if all goes well tomorrow then I have 2 weeks till I do apprx 1500 miles around Europe driving to Dinslaken Porsche show on the 1st May

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Well it passed the MOT

Now to put some mileage on it before 1500 miles across Europe in 2 weeks time !

Drives superb and an absolute pleasure to drive, no knocks, bangs, rattles or leak - RESULT !

[RS2000CUSTOM]

As my resto comes to an end I fitted the under body protection covers

[RS2000CUSTOM]

1st shakedown after completing a major mechanical overhaul

Just under 90 mile covered today and all went well

All dry and no visible fluid leaks - will check again tomorrow

My S2 performed perfectly and it was a pleasure to drive

Only sad thing is that another 51 mile and it goes into the 100,000 miles







Looks good on the back with the +20mm spacers fitted and no rubbing issues !

[Motorhaus North West]

Lovely car mate

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Lovely car mate

If you ask nicely you can have a sit in it when we go to Dinslaken !

[Matey]

Those spacers did the trick on the back, much better than standard.

[kongsodoken]

Only sad thing is that another 51 mile and it goes into the 100,000 miles

Nearly run in then....life begins at 100K

As my resto comes to an end I fitted the under body protection covers

You mean there is an END .........I haven't found it yet


Have a FUN trip

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Those spacers did the trick on the back, much better than standard.

Certainly smoothes the rear profile now and so much better with the sill covers

May do the fronts +20mm later as well

Only sad thing is that another 51 mile and it goes into the 100,000 miles

Nearly run in then....life begins at 100K

As my resto comes to an end I fitted the under body protection covers

You mean there is an END .........I haven't found it yet

Have a FUN trip

I didnt set out to get a sub 100k model but it was nice when I did find this one

Be sad to see it go over 100k but with all the remedial work I have carried out the mileage aint gonna make a scrap of difference as I know what has been done to my S2

The resto may be near the end but I still have plenty of plans for goodies to be fitted etc - lol

[robmal]

Hi, I can see the +20mm at the rear looks sweet and I guess the front is begging to be done too, but if you do it please let us know how steering etc feels afterwards. I suspect that there will be some change, not sure that it would be adverse, but a difference never the less.

My S2 is the same lovely blue. Does yours have a light grey interior?

Rob

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Hi, I can see the +20mm at the rear looks sweet and I guess the front is begging to be done too, but if you do it please let us know how steering etc feels afterwards. I suspect that there will be some change, not sure that it would be adverse, but a difference never the less.

My S2 is the same lovely blue. Does yours have a light grey interior?

Rob

I may do +20's on the front at a later date

The interior in mine is grey leather

[Hairyarse]

Very tidy looking 944, and another fan here of the new rear stance

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Well today has been a bit of a backward step

Prior to starting this refurb/rebuild I had a minor intermittent misfire but it never reappeared

UNTIL this afternoon !!!

Fuel = Yes

Spark = Yes

Compression on Cyl 1 = No then Yes (13bar) then No and then 2 bar ?????

2, 3 & 4 are all at 13 bar

I know what this is gonna be - SNAPPED Valve spring !!

So 45 mins later and here is what I found

Luckily Porsche's tendancy to over engineer things meant that the inner spring was able to ensure no piston to valve contact took place

New pair of springs ordered from Sutton OPC (should arrive Wednesday morn) and all be back together and running on Wednesday afternoon