Project ZFG Porsche 924

[nodoze]

Welcome again to one of my build threads! This time I picked up a 1980 Porsche 924 turbo!
Essentially I walked away with 200$ invested in buying this car.
Wondering what zfg means? ZERO F#*&S GIVEN. . Meaning its going to get modded and put together with whatever I can make work.
Wondering what I got for 200$? Well I drove it home an hour and it starts every time and runs and handles well.

Wondering what kind of problems I got for 200$ ? Brakes are funky, from a partially collapsed left front line, clutch master is leaking , found a small coolant leak and front right has a dust shield that was rattling because no bolts were in it.
Interior was non existent, no radio, blower motor doesn't work, sunroof has been replaced by a piece of sheet metal and crappy paint.

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[nodoze]

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[nodoze]

More pictures and updates To come. I have added some speakers, floor mats, re packed wheel bearings . Fixed dust shield, coolant leak and installed a passenger seat. I have started work on the front splitter :)

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[FeaRpb]

Nice nice nice

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[IPD]

Is that you, Jake Ryan?

[green-lantern]

Cool, more pics

[Granny]

That's a cool project!
Looking forward to seeing this

[nodoze]

as promised more pics ! non intercooled turbo , mechanical fuel injection goodness!
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[nodoze]

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[KeithMac]

Is that Bosch K-jet CIS?, had that fitted on my MK2 Golf for a while. Can't beat mechanical fuel injection!.

[nodoze]

I believe that's what its called. I only here it called something else on the forums

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[green-lantern]

Nice speaker install lol

[nodoze]

Zfg it will play music trust me it's a lot more sorted then when I got it

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[Street_Chally73]

So was this thing owned by someone who only wanted to say that they own a Porsche, but didn't actually know how to work on cars?

That thing looks like it was really thrashed & bashed before!!

[nodoze]

Yea it was pretty rough, going to get a paint job hopefully soo n and some interior work

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[DocWalt]

Definitely CIS. Have fun with that :p

[nodoze]

Is that a bad thing??

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[anyonebutme]

Looks like I owned it.

[DocWalt]

Is that a bad thing??

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My GTI runs on CIS. It's frustrating. It's great when it works right, and your system doesn't have all of the tacked on electrical shit that mine does, so it should be fine. Throttle response is superb, and it makes good power when it's tuned properly.

[nodoze]

Its pretty basic the only thing extra I see if some injector on the intake manifold. That I can not find the connector for. Going to try and make a cold air intake for it

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[DocWalt]

It's CIS Lambda, that extra injector is used for cold starts. I'm not sure a cold air intake would do much, they're completely useless on VWs of that era.

[nodoze]

The reason I want to do it is to clean up the engine bay, this uses an Audi 2.0 with Porsche head on it

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[nodoze]

Got some work done today, new sunroof replacement cut just need longer rivets, made a radio plate for glove box area may re design that Idk if I'm happy with it. Replaced the clutch master cylinder. Boy that was a pita.

Book says their is supposed to be a return spring pressing one way pulling another but could not find it finally got the settings adjusted after way to much time.
Got the front splitter made, compression and mounting points drilled and bottom painted. Will paint top tommoro and install. Pics to follow

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[nodoze]

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As promised a pic ran out of bolts for rear mounting point will finish up tommorow.

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[green-lantern]

You need to put both shoes on before taking pics......or take take the pics before you drink 12 beers :D

[nodoze]

One leg stand straighter than the other ;) more pics to come this week

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[green-lantern]

more pics to come this week

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Easy on our necks next time ;)

is that an aftermarket splitter on there?

[nodoze]

Yes very aftermarket hard to find one off piece made in my garage ha ha

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[green-lantern]

Wood? Sorry if I missed the splitter build. lol

Looks good from the pic.

[nodoze]

Yes made from wood 1/2 plywood, painted and sprayed with bed liner. Then I had some extra compression rods laying around finished the install and its sturdy enough I can put weight on the front and lower the front suspension or my shocks are that wore out

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[GTOJOE]

The boys try to make an Avantime faster than an Evo part 1 (series 12, episode 3) - BBC Top Gear (http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/homemade-evo-1)

The boys try to make an Avantime faster than an Evo part 2 (series 12, episode 3) - BBC Top Gear (http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/homemade-evo-2)

Skip to about 6 mins of the 2nd video :lol:


The team attempted to make an ordinary second hand car (a Renault Avantime, which posted a reference time of 1:42.5) lap the test track as fast as a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, which managed 1:28.2. They were given half the cost of an Evo (£15,000) minus the cost of the Avantime (£5,200) leaving them £9,800 to spend on improving the car.

The modifications included fitting new brakes - which were too big for the wheels to fit on - forcing the team to spend more on bigger wheels and track tires; an adjustable suspension kit and swapping out the front seats for lighter racing ones. May spent the entire first night attempting to tune and restore the engine to its former glory of 210 bhp (156 kW), he almost succeeded, getting it up to a respectable 206 bhp (153 kW).

The next day, Hammond fixed a rear wing from a Super Aguri SA07 Formula 1 car to the rear of the car, to which Clarkson commented would be useless as it was a front wheel drive car and the spoiler would push the rear of the vehicle down. Clarkson also fitted a wooden splitter, which he fashioned himself, to the front of the vehicle, which promptly caught fire. During the Stig's lap, the wooden splitter also helped ruining the car's handling by popping the rear out and causing tires to lock.

After several attempts the car finally managed a time of 1:35.4 on the track in the hands of The Stig, which resulted in the team pointing out how much money is wasted on trying to improve cars and how little it does to improve the overall quality and performance of the vehicle – most of the improvement that they did manage came from removing unnecessary weight, and May's retuning of the engine, neither of which cost anything beyond the time and effort that was put in.

[nodoze]

Lmao I remember that episode but a lot of guys have had major improvnents with a splitter and rear wing add onsite with the 924

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[nodoze]

more pics, got the sunroof blank installed yesterday, and "veronica" back on the ground and coils dialed in , also spent some time at a local dealership let me know what you think of the two choices im going to make this next week ;)
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some of you know me and might be able to chime in on whats more my style

[IPD]

two words.

fuck. chrome.

(don't let duttch hear me say that).

[futurevr4man]

the flat black one seems to be more you

[nodoze]

The bigger bike was more for long distance driving
I to hate chrome. The flat black is a smaller bike
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[DocWalt]

No clue on the bike, but the 924 is looking good on the ground!

[IPD]

The bigger bike was more for long distance driving
I to hate chrome. The flat black is a smaller bike
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i need more details. size of engine? are those both suzuki's?

i personally am a big fan of the shadow phantom 750, btw.

[nodoze]

They are both Yamaha, the flat black one is a Yamaha bolt, 950cc meant to be a competitor with a sporster class bike. Sounds great seating position good. Price at that dealer was 8200 I found I can get them for 7600 .
The other bike is a Yamaha stryker, meant to compete with a Harley fat bob /dyma glide . It was a 1300cc engine. A lot heavier than the bolt. It is brand new as well but a 2012 hold over. They are asking 9800 at this dealer I found I can buy 12 hold over for 8300 else where. I have not begun any sort of haggling process. Kinda wanted some opinions. I'm pretty split on the two. The bolt seems more me. Aggressive, different etc. But I know the stryker will not hesitate to carry me on a 5 hour journey and not kill my back etc. But I have never been a long trip person or it could be never had a bike to do it on.

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[green-lantern]

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fap fap fap, it's purdy

[nodoze]

Ha ha another vote for the bolt I see. Well here's what I managed to get done on zfg tonight
Custom mounted a new blower motor I use the term blower motor loosely. Made a panel to put the radio and switches in where the glove box used to go http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/24/erypy6ud.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/24/y2are8uv.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/24/radu7e9e.jpg

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[IPD]

if this is your first bike, 1300cc's is a LOT.

[nodoze]

No my first bike was a Yamaha xs650 second bike was a Suzuki gsxr 600 third was a Harley vrod. , then I still own my triumph Bonneville, pretty much had a bile in some form for the last decade

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[nodoze]

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Well looks like their is a new member to the family.
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[nodoze]

Well update on the zfg. Went to change oil in it and put plates on it apparently it does not like me giving a fuck cause the Porsche would not start. After diagnosis the fuel pump was not turning on and I could not find why.... because German... so now its hotwire liked a 3/s and runs like a champ

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[green-lantern]

Yeah but you look sexy as hell on that bike lol

[nodoze]

Was a good day for a ride. Put the first mile on it today felt great it was 60* in Omaha

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[nodoze]

well no real progress on the zfg , radio is all in ,wired and working proper. next will probably be paint and a rear wing. but in the meantime i bought my lady some new shoes 275/35/18's 18x9.5
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[Beef6]

^any more pictures? What et and tire specs please. Looks awesome.

[nodoze]

275/35/18 dunlop dirrezza dz101 rota p45r offset +30 18x9.5

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About all I got garage is cramped for a photo shoot
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[HLxDrummer]

I'm guessing stock struts?

[nodoze]

Yup stock struts ;) no its 2" lower on coil overs

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[Turbo Beast]

What happened to the Porsche?

[nodoze]

Its still sitting there waiting for me to buy something for it Idk what buy it needs something lol. Maybe a eBay wimg, guys actually report improvements with them and a paint job but I can't paint in the garage without the stealth being outside. Should be more of a hey this is my random ass projects thread

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[green-lantern]

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Love those wheels


Should be more of a hey this is my random ass projects thread



I was just thinking "He's having a hard time staying on topic here" :lo5l:

[HLxDrummer]

Yup stock struts ;) no its 2" lower on coil overs

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Damn how did you fit those?! My stock wheels need a 5MM spacer to clear my Megans and with the spacer they are flush with the fender. How the hell? Sorry to derail I just don't understand lol

[nodoze]

edited due to me not throughly thinking sentences while i type o nthe go .the megans are alittle bigger in size than my struts , idk if the megans fit stock wheels or not. i bolted my isc 's on put the stocks on the ground and went , idk if in the rear wheel tip in after proper alignment would be an issue against the strut or not . i had megans on my 94tt but never tried stock wheels had 5zigens on it right away and then rota's , back spacing on the rotas are just right imo
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[anyonebutme]

Megan's are a little bigger strut because they are cheaply made in comparrision to the mid rang struts. My struts are isc and are same size as my friends BC ram series which are smaller than Megan also my alignment is off ATM as I redid a lot of stuff. But I have never had problems with rota clearing even the Megan's I had on my 94tt

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I'm still trying to decode this post.

[IPD]

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[GTOJOE]

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Fixed

[nodoze]

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Got these in the mail today :)

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[nodoze]

have not really gotten anything done in ther garage as of late , some parts for the stealth are getting powder coated then installed but thats about it . been saving my monies hopefully going to pay the bike off soon only owe 4k left on it almost have brought myself down to 0 debt outside of house mortgage . only 5k total left to pay off

[nodoze]

not a whole lot new but my dd started crapping out so instead of babying it along i upgraded , 02 330xi, 98k miles
6499

[DocWalt]

nice!

[nodoze]

Ahh it must be spring http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/10/y2ajy9ud.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/10/ynyne7at.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/10/6ypyve4a.jpg

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[DocWalt]

holy monster truck!

[nodoze]

Lol its like a cat with its ass in the air. Unfortunately it has torsion bars in the rear so I can adjust the height but I'm afraid the ride will suffer badly and the weight balance will be way to far rear, its 49/51 atm to the rear

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[DocWalt]

gut some stuff from the rear end? it's a track car anyway :p

[nodoze]

Either that or keep transfering weight and make a wheeling machine 8-)

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