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List of useful links for 944 and 944 turbo owners Clark’s Garage :- An incredible resource and first stop for all 944 owners. It’s the bible for all things 944. NB:- It hasn’t been updated in over 20 years as the creator unfortunately passed away, leaving this incredible legacy for us all. So keep inContinue reading “The Porsche 944 Resource List”

I bought a used alcantara shift boot a while ago that had the shift pattern in red and always liked it. After trying various shift boots over the last 10 years and never being really happy with how long they lasted, I decided to bite the bullet and pay for a genuine Porsche shift boot.Continue reading “Adding colour fill to shift button shift pattern”

Thankfully this is an easy fix. The resistor pack gets crud built up on it from being in engine bay, exposed to the elements. First step is to remove the rubber strip that hold front of cowl over heater blower fans Once that’s off cowl lifts up at from and you can access resistor packContinue reading “944 HVAC fan only working on 4(max)? How to fix”

My mission was to mount a boost controller as subtly as possible. I decided on using a turbosmart e-boost street as it’s a compact unit, has 2 boost settings and can be switched between those settings with an external switch, and it’s red LED display would shine through smoked plexiglass. First step was to removeContinue reading “Hiding a boost controller in plain sight”

To make these I started with a new product I read about called Apoxie Sculpt. It’s a 2 part epoxy used for sculpting and making prototypes. You mix part A and B in equal measure and begin sculpting. It sets within 24 hours but you can scuplt it for several hours, so super easy toContinue reading “Building speaker pods for ribbon supertweeters”

I see many people asking is the 944 reliable and the answer is yes and no. Mine had a few issues when I got it but got them sorted and daily drove the car for 6 years, mostly incident free, then had some more serious issues(hard to diagnose) but now its super reliable. The enginesContinue reading “Is the 944 reliable?”

As my loyal readers know, I have owned a gorgeous Porsche 944 Turbo for over 5 years now. The reason I can afford it is because it was shunned by the Porsche “Purests” who at the time of it’s release often stated that it wasn’t a real Porsche, afterall it wasn’t rear engined, it wasContinue reading “Is The Porsche Cayman GT4 the modern successor to the Porsche 944 Turbo ???”