*August* 944 Variant Race Car Of The Month
08-05-2005, 06:38 AM
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*August* 944 Variant Race Car Of The Month
*August* 944 Variant Race Car Of The Month
Sorry for not making this post on the 1st of the month but I have been swamped with work and upcoming/ongoing family stuff.. I'll take any questions offline. Thank you to all of the people that have posted their interest in the thread. We need more race cars and variants. So without further squable here are the two choices for August.
Ted we need some help about now.
I think that Eric C's car takes the spotlight this month for the race variant.
The 944 is: '91 944 S2
* Miles 118,XXX
* Engine:Stock 3.0
* Trans: Stock
* HP: appx 220 (race header and no cat)
* Weight 2890 without lead ballast
* Built and raced to PCA F class stock rules and NASA GTS 2 spec
* 4 hours on refreshed engine. 14 races total with this car.
Upgrades include:
Suspension
* Racers Edge everything. Every part for the suspension that Racers Edge sells is on the car
* Leda double adjustable coil over shocks
* Spring rate 600 F 450 R
* Camber Plates
* spherical bushings on all suspension contact points
* 968 front sway, adjustable rear sway
* KLM front sway reinforcement kit
Wheels
* 18 inch Fikse Mach 5's with Hoosiers
* 18 inch CCW with Hoosiers
Interior
* Full welded in roll cage with door bars
* Recaro SPG Pro Racer (halo seat) for driver
* Sparco Evo 2 for pass. side
* Sparco steering wheel with quick release
* Momo shift ****
* Electric SPA 5lb halon fire system (3 nozzles)
* 2.5 lb halon fire extinguisher
* Longacre 16 in wrap around rear view mirror mounted to cage
* Mychrom AIM Gold Plus 3 data acquisition system with:
* Speed sensor, RPM sensor, brake sensor, throttle sensor,track mapping,lap timer and steering angle sensor
* Intercomp lap timer
* Motorola 2 way 5 watt radio
* All undercoating and padding removed from rear seat, floors and rear deck carpet
* Cool Suit cooler with control box
* Modified gas "heal toe" pedal
* Accusump 3Qt system
Engine
* Stahl Headers with 3" straight pipe and hooker muffler (no cat)
* Baffled oil pan and modified oil pick up
* painted valve cover
* Redline oil change every 3rd weekend
New to the car in 2005:
* all rubber hoses
* MAF
* Belts
* rings
* TPS
* Plugs
* Radiator
* Fuel Pump
* Starter
* Clutch (SPEC spring centered race clutch)
* Master cylinder (brake and clutch)
* Slave cylinder (clutch)
* KISS oil cooler
* Water pump
* rear axles
* front and rear bearings
* rod and crank bearings
* all internal/external gaskets
Other goodies:
* M030 brake upgrade (same fronts as the 993)
* Brake duct kit glassed into the front bumper in place of fog lights
* Performance Products Side Skirt kit
* Lowered and corner balanced
* Rear wiper delete
* hood pins
* lightweight Odyssey racing battery (680)
* Front and rear tie down hooks (KLM and Home Depot)
* Front and rear tow straps
* Reproduction of the 98 Jordan F1 team logo "buzzin hornet" doors and hood
* Short shift kit
* Solid trans mount and Lindsey semi solid racing motor mounts.
* Pagid Black racing pads
* Frozen Rotors (front) cross drilled.
* RaceCam video system
Car was bought from Racers Edge as a street car converted to F class racer in spring of 04. 90% of the race prep was done by Racers Edge and after one season of trouble free racing, I decided to replace the wear items listed above and tweak the car to my liking.(seats, mirrors, brakes etc.) The car is outstanding and easy to drive fast. Compared to my old 993 race car (C class) it is as quick (as I have become a better pilot) and more fun to drive at the limit. All in, the car has about 45K invested in it (car purchase price and upgrades/mods/engine refresh)
You are welcome Eric, enjoy this months spotlight!!
Here is car # 2 The STREET CAR. Jake offered up the info on his 944 w/out a hesitation so here is his spot. Jake has put a LOT of effort into his 944 and there is still more to come from my discussion with him.
Details on Jake Raju's 944 Street Car of the Month:
* 1989 2.7L N/A
* Engine Rebuild 2003
* 2 previous owners
* 5k on the hands on rebuild
* 143k close to actual miles on chassis
Suspension and other modifications:
* Tint is 5% all around
* Iceshark light kit and battery cable kits
* MSD ignition
* Weltmesiter throttle cam
* Manual steering with late offset manual tie rods
* Broadfoot Racing pulleys
Audio:
- Blaupunkt Orlando head unit
- 4 4x6 polk audio speakers
Interior:
* Interior conversion to black
* Dashboard change in progress
* Headwork done by a local Dallas shop
* 8mm Wires
* MSD Igntiion System
* MSD Blaster Coil
Sorry, I am trying to upload the attached photos that Eric and Jake sent but having only a limited uplink at this time it will take a while. I will have to add photos when I can.
Michael
Sorry for not making this post on the 1st of the month but I have been swamped with work and upcoming/ongoing family stuff.. I'll take any questions offline. Thank you to all of the people that have posted their interest in the thread. We need more race cars and variants. So without further squable here are the two choices for August.
Ted we need some help about now.
I think that Eric C's car takes the spotlight this month for the race variant.
The 944 is: '91 944 S2
* Miles 118,XXX
* Engine:Stock 3.0
* Trans: Stock
* HP: appx 220 (race header and no cat)
* Weight 2890 without lead ballast
* Built and raced to PCA F class stock rules and NASA GTS 2 spec
* 4 hours on refreshed engine. 14 races total with this car.
Upgrades include:
Suspension
* Racers Edge everything. Every part for the suspension that Racers Edge sells is on the car
* Leda double adjustable coil over shocks
* Spring rate 600 F 450 R
* Camber Plates
* spherical bushings on all suspension contact points
* 968 front sway, adjustable rear sway
* KLM front sway reinforcement kit
Wheels
* 18 inch Fikse Mach 5's with Hoosiers
* 18 inch CCW with Hoosiers
Interior
* Full welded in roll cage with door bars
* Recaro SPG Pro Racer (halo seat) for driver
* Sparco Evo 2 for pass. side
* Sparco steering wheel with quick release
* Momo shift ****
* Electric SPA 5lb halon fire system (3 nozzles)
* 2.5 lb halon fire extinguisher
* Longacre 16 in wrap around rear view mirror mounted to cage
* Mychrom AIM Gold Plus 3 data acquisition system with:
* Speed sensor, RPM sensor, brake sensor, throttle sensor,track mapping,lap timer and steering angle sensor
* Intercomp lap timer
* Motorola 2 way 5 watt radio
* All undercoating and padding removed from rear seat, floors and rear deck carpet
* Cool Suit cooler with control box
* Modified gas "heal toe" pedal
* Accusump 3Qt system
Engine
* Stahl Headers with 3" straight pipe and hooker muffler (no cat)
* Baffled oil pan and modified oil pick up
* painted valve cover
* Redline oil change every 3rd weekend
New to the car in 2005:
* all rubber hoses
* MAF
* Belts
* rings
* TPS
* Plugs
* Radiator
* Fuel Pump
* Starter
* Clutch (SPEC spring centered race clutch)
* Master cylinder (brake and clutch)
* Slave cylinder (clutch)
* KISS oil cooler
* Water pump
* rear axles
* front and rear bearings
* rod and crank bearings
* all internal/external gaskets
Other goodies:
* M030 brake upgrade (same fronts as the 993)
* Brake duct kit glassed into the front bumper in place of fog lights
* Performance Products Side Skirt kit
* Lowered and corner balanced
* Rear wiper delete
* hood pins
* lightweight Odyssey racing battery (680)
* Front and rear tie down hooks (KLM and Home Depot)
* Front and rear tow straps
* Reproduction of the 98 Jordan F1 team logo "buzzin hornet" doors and hood
* Short shift kit
* Solid trans mount and Lindsey semi solid racing motor mounts.
* Pagid Black racing pads
* Frozen Rotors (front) cross drilled.
* RaceCam video system
Car was bought from Racers Edge as a street car converted to F class racer in spring of 04. 90% of the race prep was done by Racers Edge and after one season of trouble free racing, I decided to replace the wear items listed above and tweak the car to my liking.(seats, mirrors, brakes etc.) The car is outstanding and easy to drive fast. Compared to my old 993 race car (C class) it is as quick (as I have become a better pilot) and more fun to drive at the limit. All in, the car has about 45K invested in it (car purchase price and upgrades/mods/engine refresh)
You are welcome Eric, enjoy this months spotlight!!
Here is car # 2 The STREET CAR. Jake offered up the info on his 944 w/out a hesitation so here is his spot. Jake has put a LOT of effort into his 944 and there is still more to come from my discussion with him.
Details on Jake Raju's 944 Street Car of the Month:
* 1989 2.7L N/A
* Engine Rebuild 2003
* 2 previous owners
* 5k on the hands on rebuild
* 143k close to actual miles on chassis
Suspension and other modifications:
* Tint is 5% all around
* Iceshark light kit and battery cable kits
* MSD ignition
* Weltmesiter throttle cam
* Manual steering with late offset manual tie rods
* Broadfoot Racing pulleys
Audio:
- Blaupunkt Orlando head unit
- 4 4x6 polk audio speakers
Interior:
* Interior conversion to black
* Dashboard change in progress
* Headwork done by a local Dallas shop
* 8mm Wires
* MSD Igntiion System
* MSD Blaster Coil
Sorry, I am trying to upload the attached photos that Eric and Jake sent but having only a limited uplink at this time it will take a while. I will have to add photos when I can.
Michael
Last edited by michaelathome; 08-06-2005 at 03:55 AM.
08-05-2005, 08:42 PM
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Michael, you need to NOT post them as BMP's that's why they are taking FOREVER. Almost a mb apiece! Convert them to jpg and then repost them, or when they are all up I'll do it for you.
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08-06-2005, 03:29 AM
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Nice cars, here are the last couple images which arent BMP's converted to JPG. For some reason I'm "Not welcome on the Rennlist members server", according to my FTP client, right now otherwise I'd upload them. So Michael if you wanna save these, then rehost them and edit your post it'll be alot easier for everyone to view. The content size with zero quality loss is reduced by about a megabyte!
08-06-2005, 12:50 PM
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Michael, thank you for starting this up again, always a fun read. That race car is AMAZING! Thanks for all the hard work, glad that it paid off. 
08-06-2005, 08:07 PM
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That race car is AMAZING! Thanks for all the hard work, glad that it paid off.
08-07-2005, 02:33 PM
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Jake, that might be one the nicest, stock-ish NA's I've ever seen. What part of Dallas you in? My mom lives in Useless; er, Euless.
Eric, you sir have one awesome race car. I think the coolest thing might be the fact that you're faster in it than your 993. Proving yet again that driving a 911 at the limit makes you look like a hero, while you can simply have heroic drives in a 944. Or whatever. GREAT car! Love the buzzin' hornets. Seeing as how your car IS August Racecar of the month, I think it's your obligation to post more pics (interior, motor, chassis, and the trick pedal setup) for the honor bestowed upon you.
And finally, Michael (and you too, Macfreak). This is good stuff, man. Like soup; it's good for you. Way to go, and thanks!
Eric, you sir have one awesome race car. I think the coolest thing might be the fact that you're faster in it than your 993. Proving yet again that driving a 911 at the limit makes you look like a hero, while you can simply have heroic drives in a 944. Or whatever. GREAT car! Love the buzzin' hornets. Seeing as how your car IS August Racecar of the month, I think it's your obligation to post more pics (interior, motor, chassis, and the trick pedal setup) for the honor bestowed upon you.
And finally, Michael (and you too, Macfreak). This is good stuff, man. Like soup; it's good for you. Way to go, and thanks!
08-07-2005, 07:56 PM
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the race cas is amazing and the street car is really clean. Thanks they where both fun to read, and as I am startijng to turn my 90 S2 into a PCA Autox GTO class car it gives me some ideas on what works on the car as far as suspension set up Thanks guys
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