Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 924Guy

Location: PSL, FL

Vehicle Info

1978 Porsche 924

Bought: Oct, 1994

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile17 sec @ 81 mph
  • 0-609.5sec
  • Top Speed125mph
  • HP115
  • Weight2380lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • VDO Gauges 
  • Custom Shift Knob 
  • Recaro Seats 

Exterior Styling

  • Bosch Lighting 
  • Kumho Tires 

Ratings

    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.

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Last updated: May 16, 2009

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Eric’s Porsche 924
“Fish”

  • Currently 3.4222222222222 /5 Stars.
14 guestbook comments

 

All recent work and upgrades are listed on Page 3.

She now runs and is being upgraded!

924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924


Picture taken at the Westbury concur,NY around 1999.

 

A 1978 Porsche 924, originally Silver. I bought this car in the mid 90's, at the time it was a lawn ornament, but ran, but just barely. A bit of tuning, a bit of body work, okay allot of body work! a custom paint job in Candy apple brandy wine metallic (a chameleon paint mix, long before it was popular and easy to do!)
in the late 90's I went through all the mechanicals including a completely rebuilt engine, suspension, brake system, bushings and just about everything else. lots of custom parts as well, flat face gauge glass,
924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924 (pic before cleaning) 924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924
free flow exhaust, modified air in take (sounds great, no hp help though,) and allot of fine tuning. I used this car for a daily driver for a bit, entered some road rallies, and took it on the tour of the south east covering about 3,000 in a week enjoying mountain roads in Carolinas, va, w-va and such, had a blast and got great gas mileage to boot! ( 38+ at times!)

In y2k I was transfered to Florida, and had to leave her in NY. the intention was to go pick her up once I was settled in, but things happen and just a few months shy of eight years later, I finally have her home.

Fortunately, the long years of sitting were not especially cruel, there are some body work issues to attend too, tires, brakes and electrical issues, but really not bad since she was outside for 5 of the eight years.
924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924 924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924

when I picked her up, she was covered in mold, outside and in, and smelled like dead fish...luckily it wasn't "set in" so the smell can be cleaned out,and has, mostly.. but thats how I came to call her fish. The fake fish in the hatch flailed for the 1200 mile trip home, and got allot of weird looks, and some great comments!

so here she is now, at her new home in Florida, not even off her trailer yet. After digging out the nest from under the intake,924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924

924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924


cleaning out the snake skin from the interior, and going over the important stuff, Im convinced she will run again again, and soon!
924Guy's 1978 Porsche 924
Page 1: Bringing it home after almost 8 years.
Page 2: archived pictures
Page 3: work log
Page 4: Build expense log
Page 5: Build plan

 

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kscoyote  

Posted by: kscoyote

11/12/2008 07:43AM

5 stars for your new categories!

TURB0T0Y  

Posted by: TURB0T0Y

11/10/2008 04:33AM

thanks man 5 back at you!!

OTtheRealestRX-8  

Posted by: OTtheRealestRX-8

10/23/2008 05:56AM

good luck on the restore and mods, one of my fav cars, maybe one day i can own one. 5* from me

mike23ag  

Posted by: mike23ag

07/15/2008 09:14AM

Sweet ass 924 Car looks perfect. I have a 924 and a 928, I love them. I alos have a E55. Just not on here. But please come see my QX4 and tell me what you think.

Hotrocket85  

Posted by: Hotrocket85

07/13/2008 06:29AM

Sweet Ride! Five stars all the way! Come check out my 88' GTA when you get a chance!

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: 924Guy

Location: PSL, FL