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Siddley · Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 5 Location: England

Hello everyone. I'm Sid and I live in the UK.

Have been lurking on the forum for about a month now, reading about the 924.

I want a track day specific car and the 924 looks good.

I'm going to buy one sometime in the next month or so. An NA 924 because the engine will be getting a good thrashing and I don't want to worry about huge parts costs if I blow it up. I know they don't give huge power, but I'm sure I can wake it up a bit

Vince Ponz · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3581 Location: Florida

If you are running in a 924 series which they have in the UK then fine. You will be with like cars.

Wake up the engine to what? You have 135 hp almost good enough to stay with early 70s 911s maybe.

It will cost a lot of money to make them much faster or reliable. Trust us when we tell you. You have been warned.

Good luck
Vince
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"Never let them see you sweat"
77.5 924 modified track car
79 931 Euro stock
88 924S SE
87 911 Targa stock

Siddley · Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 5 Location: England

It'll just be for fun track days Vince, rather than racing.

It shouldn't be too expensive to tune the engine because I'm quite well set up to do most of the work myself. I've got a background in engine tuning and building, have a small machine shop and friends who can do specialist work such as aluminium welding. Expensive in time rather than money maybe. The basic plan is to try and do something about the inlet port, add a hotter cam and convert to Webers. Just simple stuff really.

It's been a long while since I did any engine work and I'm really looking forward to getting back into it.

Vince Ponz · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3581 Location: Florida

I have done exactly what you intend to do.

Have fun.
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"Never let them see you sweat"
77.5 924 modified track car
79 931 Euro stock
88 924S SE
87 911 Targa stock

Paul · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:06 am Post subject:

Vince is very wise, spend your money on your brakes, tires, and cooling system, leave the motor alone.
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Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
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Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
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Siddley · Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 5 Location: England

Cheers Vince. Is there a thread which describes your track car ? I started searching your posts, but there are a lot of them to go through

Siddley · Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 5 Location: England

Vince Ponz · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 3581 Location: Florida

I will PM you. No reason to bore all these nice people.
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"Never let them see you sweat"
77.5 924 modified track car
79 931 Euro stock
88 924S SE
87 911 Targa stock

CorsePerVita · Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 1992 Location: Redmond, Oregon

Hey vince, any pics of your track car?
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- 1977 Porsche 924 2.0 N/A (Trackday Project)
- 1979 Porsche 924 2.0 N/A (The other daily)
- 1980 Porsche 931 (Daily)
- 1987 Lamborghini Jalpa
- 1999 Ducati 900SS