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  • Kyle

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    Gents! It’s been a long while since I’ve been on the forum... life has been busy- My job consumes my life- I got married- Im remodeling our new house- my wife is donating a kidney to her dad- it’s never ending! So I figured... why not build a car with all the extra free time I have...

    1983 Porsche 944- Lt swap. I’m beyond pumped about it too.

    She’s got an Lt engine, bored 30 over, cammed and tuned. No idea what to expect for power yet. It’s about 50lbs lighter than the factory 4 banger that these came with.. also, over double the power.

    —-So far—-
    boxster s rotors
    Lexus ls430 calipers
    C5 vette bellhousing
    Sanderson headers
    Renegade hybrids brake master kit (it JUST fits)...
    Chevy 2500 clutch slave
    Lt1 flywheel and pressure plate
    944 turbo radiator
    Tuned ecu
    3” custom Mandrel bent exhaust

    Forgive the garbage pictures. When these were taken I didn’t have much room to stand back and move around. That’s changed though

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    She’s a dirty, dirty girl...

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    Engine is in. I still haven’t started it

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    Wiring harness is currently in a state of chaos

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    Dynomat everything

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    Seats are toast, but the carpets are back in.
    I’ll be getting a set of racing seats after I have the dash recovered. Then I’ll be able to finish out the interior and start making sure all the bells and whistles work.

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    She’ll see some track time eventually. I got the bug after running in the Big bend open road race with a buddy in His Shelby GT 350...

    In the future- the wheels will be changed, the suspension will get coilover shocks. The flip-up lights are going away because the mechanism wont fit in front of the engine anymore... as I go, it will see more and more performance parts- I just want to get it moving so I can change things accordingly.

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    In a perfect world, aside from the orange color and the horrible wing, this is my end game.

    Ideas and suggestions are all welcome!

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    Kyle

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    No headlights at all or more of a slant nose solution?

    Slant nose solution- I found a “gt” conversion kit in Germany. It’s pretty much a molded bucket for lights that I have to custom fit into place, then cut and form lexan over top- should be pretty slick... but for what I paid, I expected a more finished solution... I’ll post up pics as I get into that part of it.


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    Badass!
    I’ve got some experience with the 944 Turbo and 968.
    Very under-rated vehicles.

    The chassis handles well right out of the box, and there appear to still be plenty of options to make it handle even better.




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    TreyG-20

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    Very cool. I see you got a C5 bell housing. You didn't have to swap the tranny? What trans comes in those from factory? I'll spare you any LS comments. I'm sure you have already had a few.
     

    Kyle

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    Very cool. I see you got a C5 bell housing. You didn't have to swap the tranny? What trans comes in those from factory? I'll spare you any LS comments. I'm sure you have already had a few.



    Haha I always get the ls comment. I want an LS but I couldn’t justify it with having the LT already.

    No tranny swap- the 944 is a rear trans. Just a torque tube from the housing to the transaxle


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    pronstar

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    IIRC the turbo and non used the same tranny...300 hp stock and a ton of torque. Plus guys upped the boost.

    I’d imagine it would hold up to an LT


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    Kyle

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    What kind of power can the trans and rear hold, you going to be in danger of breaking stuff?

    With the reading I’ve done I think I’ll be safe. I’ve also been told a couple times that the 944 trans is a beast and should be good up to 450-500 hp... people do recommend the 944 turbo s Trans for this application over the 944n/a since it is a bit stronger apparently. I also think the turbo trans is limited slip. I haven’t dug into this enough to know if the n/a is limited. They aren’t horribly expensive or difficult to replace so if I destroy it, then so be it.


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    TreyG-20

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    Haha I always get the ls comment. I want an LS but I couldn’t justify it with having the LT already.

    No tranny swap- the 944 is a rear trans. Just a torque tube from the housing to the transaxle


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    Awesome. Same as the Vette.
     

    TheDan

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    people do recommend the 944 turbo s Trans for this application over the 944n/a since it is a bit stronger apparently. I also think the turbo trans is limited slip.
    That is correct. You should be fine with the earlier NA tranny as long as you aren't launching from a dig.

    If you're on facebook, check out the 944outlaws group. Lots of support for this sort of thing on there.
     
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