Porsche 944 Turbo S Street / Track Motorsport Pca on 2040-cars
Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
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Prepared as the ultimate street legal Track Car for dual-purpose HPDE/street duty. Comfortable enough to drive daily - safe, predictable, and fast enough to terrorize at the track. This car compares
favorably to the ‘real’ Turbo S Upgrades.
My car is a 1986 standard Porsche 944 Turbo upgraded to 'near S'
specs... and in some cases improved specs (adjustable camber, larger improved
turbo, race seats, etc.):
Suspension ·
Porsche 968 M030 anti-sway bars o
Front diameter 30 mm o
Rear diameter 22 mm o
New updated 968 Porsche links and bushings ·
Adjustable Koni dampers o
Front spring rate 350# o
Adjustable front spring collar o
Rear spring rate 30mm torsion bar (largest
available – and preserves stock mounting for forces – rate comparable to front) ·
Corner Balanced ·
KLA Strut Brace ·
Racers Edge adjustable camber plates ·
New OE bushings o
OEM Control Arm bushings o
Weltmeister Inner Spring Plate Bushings o
968 Style Caster Blocks ·
New OE lower control arms and ball joints Brakes ·
Factory 944 Turbo Fixed Calipers o
quick change clip – 1 min per corner o
Professionally cleaned & rebuilt approx.
5000 miles ago ·
Performance Friction 97 Compound pads ·
Street pads ·
Zimmerman x-drilled rear rotors ·
OE style front rotors ·
Stainless Steel Brake Lines Safety ·
Custom-built
Jerry Sidock designed roll bar from B Pillars back o
6 point welded construction – custom fit to
provide maximum cargo space in rear hatch o
Absolutely perfect fit, finish, and vehicle
integration o
Vertical Main Hoop for ultimate safety o
Harness Mount o
Custom welded-in cage, tight to perimeter of
vehicle preserves the huge storage space in rear hatch (carry all four track
tires, tools, chairs, etc. to the track) ·
Corbeau Forza race seats, suitable for 6-point
harnesses o
Black upholstery o
3” cam-lock harnesses for both driver and
passenger o
Schroth eyelets and backing plates o
Positioned for safe and comfortable belt angles o
Two separate eyelets for anti-sub belts for a
true 6-point setup Reliability ·
New metal impeller water pump installed with
recent engine rebuild ·
New OEM radiator and hoses; aluminum thermostat
housing, new thermostat, and gaskets ·
Redline MTL in transaxle ·
Redline Water Wetter in cooling system ·
Fluids replaced every ~2 years ·
Mobile 1 15W-50 in engine Engine / Drivetrain ·
Recent engine rebuild with assistance of Steven
Cramer of Autocore (SEM PCA HPDE Safety Chair) o
K26/8 “cheater turbo” from Turbo S §
Turbo custom modified by Vitesse for faster
spool-up and higher top end than standard K26/8 §
Slightly larger than stock for increased power §
Tial dual-port wastegate §
Lindsey Racing adjustable boost control o
New updated metal impeller water pump kit o
New timing belt o
Reworked high flow fuel injectors o
Gates Racing Timing / Balance / Roller Kit ·
Lindsey Racing 3” Exhaust ·
Lindsey Racing Performance Chip ·
Lindsey Racing Boost Enhancer ·
SPEC Stage 2 Clutch ·
Fidanza Lightweight Aluminum Flywheel ·
Limited Slip ·
New OE Engine Mounts ·
Custom A-Pillar Two-gauge Pod o
Boost Gauge & Air / Fuel Gauge ·
Lindsey Racing Idle Stabilizer Hoses with
Venturi Delete Kit Interior / Other ·
Custom, Dark Charcoal Purlon Carpet (the same
light weight material found on early 911s) ·
RS Rear Seat Delete ·
Momo Steering Wheel ·
Backdated to Porsche OEM Manual Steering Rack
for improved feel and no power sapping power steering pump ·
Aftermarket Stereo plays nicely ·
Power sunroof motor removed to save weight –
sunroof caulked to keep water out ·
Tinted Windows Wheels / Tires ·
Car comes with one set of wheels… negotiable on
all wheels… possibilities: o
Factory Fuchs with General UHP Ultra High
Performance Street Tires §
Highly desirable and valuable wheels §
Black with polished lip §
7x16 front with 225-50-16 General UHP tires –
90% tread §
8x16 rear with 225-50-16 General UHP tires – 90%
tread, and 20mm T?V certified, bolt-on, 21mm H&R wheel spacers o
OE Porsche Phone Dials with Hoosier R6 Track
Tires §
OE Silver finish §
8x16 on all four with 245/45ZR16 tires (three
OK, one flat spot) o
OE Porsche Phone Dials with Blizzak Snow Tires §
OE Silver finish §
7x16 on all four with 205/55-16 ·
Two Blizzak REV01 ·
Two Blizzak WS-50 ·
Tread Patterns VERY Similar o
Two (2) sets: OE Porsche Phone Dials with Track
Tires §
Wheels painted yellow with red speckles §
7x15 front and rear square setup ·
One set: (2) 225/45R15 Hoosier R6 tires &
(2) Kumho Ecsta V700 R-Compound tires ·
One set: (4) 245/50ZR15 Hoosier R6 tires Disclosure ·
Rod Bearing Spun May 2009 – Engine fully rebuilt
2012-2013 (I should have hired Steven Cramer sooner!) with only break-in
mileage on new engine. Runs VERY strong. ·
Odometer has been broken for a few years: mileage
unknown; reads 49,648 (estimated 55,000) ·
There are a few paint chips from use – car looks
great from 10’ What’s Needed ·
Due for brake fluid replacement ·
Due for transaxle fluid replacement ·
One 245/45ZR16 Hoosier R6 to make complete set ·
Odometer repair Performance ·
New K26/8 Turbo has not yet been on the Dyno;
however, the seat-of-my-pants tells me we’ve picked up another 25 to 50 very
usable HP or so o
Chip, Boost Enhancer, and shimmed waste gate
(since removed when I added the new Tial 38mm Dual Port wastegate) improved Rear
Wheel HP from 190 stock to 240.98 and increased torque from 70ft-lbs to 290.12
ft-lbs. o
Estimated current Rear Wheel HP 265-290 o
Estimated current torque well over 300 ft-lbs ·
My 951 is an extremely easy car to drive on the
track… 50/50 weight distribution front to rear, nicely corner balanced,
balanced performance of power vs. handling ·
All lap times with low boost of approximately 14
PSI before K26/8 turbo was added o
1:21 at Waterford Hills almost totally shot
Hoosiers o
1:38 at Gingerman (prior to new turn 10A) on Kumho
Escada 700 R-Compounds o
1:35 at Grattan on fairly worn Hoosiers o
2:45 at Road America on used Hoosiers o
2:23 at Virginia International Raceway on used
Hoosiers o
1:46 at Mid-Ohio on used Hoosiers |
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Next Porsche Cayman and Boxster to be called 718?
Wed, Dec 24 2014Porsche has spent a few years sorting out its strategy away from the 911 and its crossovers, among the moving targets being the now-moribund Ferrari-fighting 960, the still-very-much-alive variant(s) coming with the next-generation Panamera, and what appears to be a puissant Cayman that could be called the GT4. Earlier this year there were rumors that a flat-four engine would join the Stuttgart maker's lineup, and that it could go into a roadster called the 718 that would undercut the current $51,400 price of the Boxster, and the Boxster would go upscale, leapfrogging the $52,600 price of the Cayman. Then Porsche turned out the lights on the 718 project, its R&D head telling Autocar, "We have a very good entry point to the range with the Boxster, and we see no reason to go below that." But Automobile reports that while the 718 roadster is dead, the 718 name will live: a la the 911, a new 718 range will encompass coupes and convertibles spanning a wide performance envelope. The suggestion is that the Boxster and Cayman names will be retired. According to Automobile, this will give Porsche a place to put its flat-four engine, into entry level models that – countering Porsche's earlier statement – "come in at a significantly lower price than" the present Boxster. Two displacements are expected, in three outputs: a 2.0-liter with 285 horsepower, a 2.5-liter with 360 hp and a turbocharged version with 400 hp. It's also been speculated that the engine could power an entry-level Macan. It's been reported before that Porsche wants to make use of the 718 name to promote its motorsport heritage, that model having carried Stirling Moss to victory among its many racing triumphs. If it happens, even though Automobile calls it part of "a slight perspective shift," we think it'll be a big shift for the two popular models, but it's not like we haven't had time to get ready. We're told the new moniker will be introduced in 2016 as a 2017 model. News Source: Automobile via World Car Fans Porsche Convertible Coupe porsche 718
Porsche 918 Spyder gets tiny recall for rear control arms
Tue, 09 Sep 2014As the recent US recall of a single Koenigsegg Agera shows, even low-production supercars aren't immune from safety campaigns. Now, there's another example that even the fastest cars can have their faults. The Porsche 918 Spyder is a pretty fantastic vehicle for its ability to mix hybrid fuel economy and incredible amounts of power, but Porsche has a problem on a few units of its halo model.
According to the recall document from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Porsche needs to inspect and possibly repair five 918s in the US because the rear axle control arms may break, which could cause a loss of control while driving. In the full defect notice, Porsche says that it first noticed the problem on June 26 when the parts failed during "heavy duty durability testing (extreme race conditions)" at the Nardo test track in Italy. It transported the components back to the company's lab for inspection, and on July 18 it issued a stop-sale to inspect the suspension parts on the supercar. The automaker also contacted owners by phone to warn them not to use the car on track, until repaired.
The affected 918s will be inspected, and if the cars have the bad parts, the control arms are will be replaced. Obviously, this will be done at no cost to owners. According to a Porsche spokesperson speaking to Autoblog, in addition to the five US cars potentially affected, there were 45 worldwide. All of the cars have now been checked. Scroll down to read the report from the regulator or download the full defect notice as a PDF, here.
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The 918 Spyder's 6:57 lap time makes it the fastest street-legal production car ever to lap the Nordschleife and the first to break the seven-minute barrier. But the driver who clocked the time thinks it can go even faster.
That driver was Marc Lieb, who has won the Nürburgring 24-hour race four times, making him something of an expert on the subject. In speaking with Australia's Drive TV, Lieb suggested that they could get even more out of the car, as you can hear for yourself in the video below.