ADDED 924 Turbo to stable!, New Restoration Project Options

[Gatornapper]

Dear 914 friends -

At 76, I think I've got one more project in me. My Porsche genius friend Rick found me this in Cleveland:

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/lake...7387301032.html

And I have a contract on it for less than asking price. Friends in Cleveland looked at it closely on Wed. nite, sent me 7 close-up videos of it and gave it a huge thumbs up. Engine did run for few seconds with starter fluid, started immediately and sounded like new. Almost no rust, interior immaculate.

This is a very rare Special Edition with custom interior, wheels and two-tone paint.

Looking for a great source of info on 924's but can't find much. Nothing like 914 world.

Any pointers for a resource like 914world would be appreciated - tho I'm sure there is none.

NO - not selling the 914! My garage has room for both cars.

TIA,

GN

[wonkipop]

nice buy @Gatornapper

924 turbos are a rare sight these days in aus, imagine it is the same in the USA.
never driven one but i hear they go.
there used to be some trick to them with owners down here due to hot conditions in aus - you were advised after a long hard run not to shut down the engine straight away, but to let it idle for a while at rest - supposedly help preserve the turbo bearings.

the ones we got in aus were the euro spec versions with heaps of power.
enough to frighten you.

i have driven a plain jane 924 thirty years back. the na engine was nothing to jump up and down about the high speed handling and balance of the car was fantastic straight out of the box bone stock. under-rated car. there are a few 924S down here that were privately imported from the UK and still to this day are tightly held passing from owner to owner off the radar. love the styling of the 924 turbo, real cult car. it lost a bit when they pumped it up into the 944.
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[Gatornapper]

Pop -

The idle cool down when hot is really important on all turbos and yes, not doing it will destroy turbo bearings. Pretty sure this is true on all turbos. I had turbo on my new '06 Chevy Silverado DURAMAX diesel - now worth more than what I sold it for in '11! And I have a John Deere 5045E tractor that is turbo diesel.

Most turbo owners know this - but too many do not.

Thanks!

GN

nice buy @Gatornapper

924 turbos are a rare sight these days in aus, imagine it is the same in the USA.
never driven one but i hear they go.
there used to be some trick to them with owners down here due to hot conditions in aus - you were advised after a long hard run not to shut down the engine straight away, but to let it idle for a while at rest - supposedly help preserve the turbo bearings.

the ones we got in aus were the euro spec versions with heaps of power.
enough to frighten you.

i have driven a plain jane 924 thirty years back. the na engine was nothing to jump up and down about the high speed handling and balance of the car was fantastic straight out of the box bone stock. under-rated car. there are a few 924S down here that were privately imported from the UK and still to this day are tightly held passing from owner to owner off the radar. love the styling of the 924 turbo, real cult car. it lost a bit when they pumped it up into the 944.
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