r/944

Hey guys,

I’ve got some smoke coming up when I’m at full throttle I believe it’s smoke burning on the exhaust. I cleaned the engine and drove for a bit to try seeing where is the leak coming from. And it seems that it’s on the passenger side of the engine near the balancing shaft. I can really say what could be leaking based on the pictures. Does any of you have ideas ?

Many thanks

I recently posted about the Eckel roof rack that i bought in the original box, this box also contained the manual. As i don’t know if anybody had posted this online ever i thought you guys might appreciate the original manual being available. Have a nice weekend!

How does this look for play in my throttle cable? 1991 944S2.

Hi everyone,

I wanted to create an iPhone-mount that would blend in well with the overall look of my Porsche 944 from 1983 with a brown interior without it being a cardinal sin in terms of design.

To do this, I designed a mount in Fusion 360, printed it out of PETG, and then covered it with faux leather (which was a pain in the ass). Unfortunately, the color doesn’t match perfectly, but I can live with it. I designed the mount for the iPhone 13/14, but I’ve included the STEP files in case anyone wants to customize it, along with a GIF showing how I made it.

You can download the files here: https://www.printables.com/model/1868075-porsche-944-iphone-holder-for-center-speaker-mount

I used a 6€ iPhone magnet I found on Amazon to hold the phone in place.

What do you think?

Hi everyone, new to the 944 scene.

I found this roller for $500 in rural FL! It was already pretty torn apart with some major electrical gremlins. So I'm going to simplify and rewire the whole car. Going to throw a standalone ECU on it and a roll cage and take it to the track.

Couple of questions for you all:

Looking for a full polyurethane suspension bushing kit, but so far I haven't found one, any recommendations? (Not going to go full solid mount yet)

And are there any pop-up light elimination kits out there? I love pop-ups for a daily, but not a race car. I might just fab something up if no kits exist.

Anyone have any experience with roll cage prep companies?

And finally, does anyone need my old parts? (Do we do classified on here?) I've got some DMEs, ECUs, A/C components, seats, etc.

Thanks!

These are some of the progressions I've made.

Resealed the Engine, full service with timingbelt change, repaired odometer and Targa roof, replaced all critical fuel lines, replaced CV joints, new Porsche badge, rebuild the transmission.

But there's way more to come.

Went for a drive today with a friend that got a 1978 928. The two cars pair quite well with one capturing 70s futurism and the other 80s futurism. Had two very high end 911s park next to us earlier in the day, which just reinforced the gap between transaxle lovers pursuing originality and vibe over 911 blowhards flexing their checkbooks.

came across this 1978 924 on marketplace and i've never seen a 924 or 944 with a rear spoiler like this does anyone know where this spoiler came from?

Hey all, I am currently an owner of a 2006 Audi a4 6 speed wagon and I am considering a trade for a 1986 944 base. I am super interested as I love these cars and have wanted to own one. I am also depending less on my car as I have started taking public transport into work so it’s an excuse to get a more fun car, especially because I have another wagon to take my partner and kid around in. Mostly looking for advice on reliability, what to look out for when checking the car out, and if it seems like a good trade. My Audi is pretty rare, I’d be afraid to not find another one, but this deal seems too cool to pass up. My last worry is that apparently the belt was put on too tight after a replacement and is whining at startup but goes away when driving. I’d imagine having to replace that asap

It sounds like a wire clinking against the body but I have no clue?

Seems to be coming from under the car not the front

I recently purchased this 944. The previous owner said his mechanic replaced one engine mount, but left the other and said it was in good condition. It’s not fully collapsed, but the car rattles like crazy and I assume I need to replace the other mount. Would you agree?

Need some help/ advice around what to do about a strange issue with the front of the crankshaft. I have a 1984 engine that I swapped into a 1986 body, and in doing so I switched out the 5 rib pulley system with a 6 ribbed system. I took off the balance shaft gear, swapped out the pulley, and took my car on it's first baby test drive. I noticed that there was a weird vibration around ~3k rpm and a wobble on the crank pulleys, and assumed it was a power steering pulley issue. I took it apart and found that the balance-shaft crank gear was wobbly/ not perfectly mated to the timing belt gear. I'm not entirely sure what could cause this, but I'm a little stuck on how to fix it. I replaced the power steering pulley with a simple washer, but the ~155 ft-lbs of torque that's applied doesn't effect the wobble, it's still there. any help would be much appreciated, I've attached a video of it starting to show what I mean (apologies for the horrible quality -_-).

I mistakenly locked my flywheel in the wrong position before pulling my timing belt. Trying to get set up again. Does this look right? I've never timed it by this mark before. A tooth back and the line is a good ways up. It's odd to me that the line would be on the corner of this block, rather than at the point of an arrow or something like that. Visibility in there is not great.

Thank you 🙏

The car came with the exhaust pictured, now that I have the car up it seems the car has a square 4 bolt mount. Did the previous owner simply buy the wrong exhaust or am I missing something?

Don't see it on images of other 944 pumps online. Is it some kind of adjustment? It seems to be leaking power steering fluid...