 HELP! Is there anyone who knows 924's better than I do?, 924 Martini Edition + complete project $1,500 |
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| horizontally-opposed |
 Sep 20 2020, 02:27 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 3,456 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None 
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Not to dissuade you from the M96 flat six, but an Audi V8 bolts up to the 986S transmission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsuC7nPdXZg And there's always adapters for an LS V8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P67OSN2DqAE And there are other choices, as some here have noted. Subaru flat sixes and flat fours (the 2.5 STi sounds and goes like 2/3s of a 996 Turbo engine…). Nice thing is that the 986 already has the radiators and cooling system figured out. So, $1500 for a 924 that needs everything, or a nice 986 that just needs an engine—whether another Porsche flat six or something else entirely? |
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| Ace Le Count |
Sep 20 2020, 07:27 PM
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Looking for 4712908713 Group: Members Posts: 175 Joined: 20-February 18 From: Golden Valley, AZ Member No.: 21,910 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(mepstein @ Sep 20 2020, 02:04 PM)  Or buy the 924, put it in your garage and you can say you have a Porsche. Then get a Honda or Subaru as a daily driver and call it a day. What is the most you would pay for them? What is the "break even" price? |
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| Mueller |
Sep 20 2020, 07:45 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,155 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Ace Le Count @ Sep 20 2020, 06:27 PM) QUOTE(mepstein @ Sep 20 2020, 02:04 PM) Or buy the 924, put it in your garage and you can say you have a Porsche. Then get a Honda or Subaru as a daily driver and call it a day. What is the most you would pay for them? What is the "break even" price? Even if those cars are free, you will be spending money just to get them to your place. Depending how long ago they have been registered back fees could cost more than the car. A car like those 2 would be a labor of love, you might never break even on them unless you get lucky. Some people are okay with that. My 914 will never be worth 1/4 of what I have put into it in the last 2 years. |
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| ri914 |
Sep 20 2020, 08:19 PM
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I would buy them and part them out. There should be 3k in parts. You'll learn a bunch taking them apart and double your money. If you like the 924 make 1 good one out of the 2.
I bought a 914 pretty cheap but it needed some work. You can still find deals out there. Someone is selling a solid roller for 500 on this forum. |
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| mepstein |
Sep 20 2020, 08:34 PM
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QUOTE(ri914 @ Sep 20 2020, 10:19 PM) I would buy them and part them out. There should be 3k in parts. You'll learn a bunch taking them apart and double your money. If you like the 924 make 1 good one out of the 2. I bought a 914 pretty cheap but it needed some work. You can still find deals out there. Someone is selling a solid roller for 500 on this forum. Not really. There will probably be transport fees. It takes a lot of time to part out a car, sell the parts and ship. Then you still have to get rid of the chassis, if not the trans and engines as well. When I worked at the Porsche shop, we got offered cars like that all the time. Usually for free because someone had thought the same thing, the cars sat around for years and then they had to get rid of them. They just wanted us to pick them up. Got a running 928 for free. We needed the parts for a 928 track car with a built LS3. If we didn't need specific parts, it wouldn't have been worth the free price. |
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| sixnotfour |
Sep 20 2020, 08:43 PM
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| Mueller |
Sep 20 2020, 09:01 PM
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QUOTE(sixnotfour @ Sep 20 2020, 07:43 PM) I bet he is getting more requests to buy the MR2. |
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| pete000 |
Sep 20 2020, 10:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,887 Joined: 23-August 10 From: Bradenton Florida Member No.: 12,094 Region Association: South East States |
I always like the Martini 924. I remember seeing them at the dealer back in Florida when I was 16 years old and they were hot off the boat. I thought the orange color carpet was wild. I also like the 79 Sebring limited.
I would get that thing driving and just leave it as is, as they say its only original once. |
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