This is my second and current 944. Most of these pictures were taken in January 2003.

Like many 951 owners I looked for months before I finally found it in April, 2002. The title of the ad read "1987 Porsche 944", no mention of "Turbo" until the body of the ad. I made him an offer for the car the first day the ad was in the paper, over the phone sight unseen. I could not resist the price.

The guy I got it from was the original owner whose reason for selling was that it needed a clutch. He didn't want to pay for the $2000 repair. It was completely stock and rarely driven. I flew to the other end of the state to get it after working with his repair shop on getting the clutch replaced. It had around 75,000 miles on it. It needed a full tune up, brakes all around (rotors, pads and fluid flush), $200 in paintless dent removal, motor mounts and the typical belts/waterpump were/are due at 81k. I have put around 4000 miles on the car in 10 months time. In addition to the work that was needed I spent nearly a full day's worth of work cleaning up the paint and vacumming/detailing the interior. I have since added several minor modifications.

Here's a couple of photos of the car taken in November, 2002. I added some 996 wheels off of a boxster which I ironically bought after spending a lot of time refinishing the original phone dials. The refinishing went smoothly, but was very time consuming. I was going for a different look. The PD's will go back on some day when I get bored with the twists.

Here's a picture of some center caps that I bought from a salvage yard. They were pretty beat up and gouged and scratched in several areas.

Here they are after I restored and painted them with Wurth silver lacquer left over from the phone dial wheel restoration. I also detailed the crest with color enamel followed by several coats of clear. Retail price for painted center caps is simply ridiculous.

The interior didn't need much work when I bought the car. It's amazing what some Lexol and Vinylex can do. Seats and interior were 99% perfect by my (anal) standards with no rips or cracks anywhere.

I would recommend to anyone getting into boost mods to get an aftermarket boost gauge. The stock gauge can be off and only goes up to 1 Bar (around 14.7 psi). Here is a VDO gauge that I installed in Lindsey Racing's gauge panel. It measures boost and vacuum.

The panel fits under the radio and has space for up to 3 gauges. I chose VDO because it matches the stock VDO gauges quite well. I wired it into the ash tray light for power. The boost signal feeds off of the fuel pressure regulator. The line T's into it and wraps around the firewall using the existing zip ties. It then goes around the firewall near the fuse/relay box where it penetrates into the cabin using an existing rubber grommet.

For safety I added a Brey Krause fire extinguisher mount under the passenger seat rails. Installation was fairly easy. The brushed stainless steel is nice, and weight is fairly low. Fit and finish are excellent.

The Engine is stock except for a K&N air filter, GURU racing DME and KLR chips, A Lindsey Racing boost enhancer and Bosch 3 bar fuel pressure regulator. Suspension so far is also stock except for a KLA strut brace.