1988 Porsche 944 Turbo
My friend Roy and I bought this car to race together. After only a few short months we realized that his 6’4″ frame and my 5’10” body was going to make it difficult to adjust fixed racing seats at the track. Coupled with the fact that he lives in southern Ohio and me in Michigan. We could never quite agree on which track to race. It was either a hike for me or for him to get there.
Consequently, I spent seven hours alone putting the receipts in a book like a do for all my cars. Then with the car on jacks stands in my garage, I details, polished and spit shined every square inch of the car. I polished the engine, the exhaust, the transaxle, the brake ducts, you name it. We sold it for a tidy profit the following spring.
Overview:
• Purpose built track car that is still street legal with bolted in roll bar
• Engine built by Lindsey Racing for durability, running stock turbo so as not to over boost engine and create premature failure (see details below)
• All records back to day one, 1988
• Original window sticker
• Original welcome letter from dealer
• Original dealership sales brochure and owner’s manual
• Florida car until 110,xxx miles
• Currently 122,891 miles
• 1st owner invested a documented $75,659.83 not including MSRP of $40,408
• 2nd owner invested a documented $21,524.89
• Original paint except front driver fender replaced from cosmetic only bump on track. Repainted front bumper/spoiler at that time.
• Two owners/drivers since new. 3rd owner bought as a potential partnership track car that never materialized. Since then car has only been driven to and from storage.
• Original seats and exhaust not with car
All documented work below within the last 5,000 miles or 4-5 years. Car saw very little use after 2011 when 2nd owner health problems prompted sale.
Engine
• Rebuilt at 116,xxx by Lindsey racing
• Steel liners
• New pistons
• Connecting rods balanced and blueprinted
• Head rebuilt, new valves, refaced seats
• Crank – cross drilled and balanced
• Windage ports
• Time serts on 12mm main studs
• Latest oil pan baffles and flaps
• Adjustable dual waste gate with manual boost controller and boost gauge
• Lindsey chip
• Bosch 3.0 bar fuel regulator
• 4 inch exhaust piping
• Magnaflow exhaust
• Wide band O2 sensor
• Lindsey KISS Oil cooler
• Oil temp gauge
• Injectors cleaned and flow checked by Witchhunter Performance
• New ignition and fuel pump relays
• Stock turbo rebuilt by 1st owner
• Very strong and reliable
Suspension
• Koni Adjustable Yellows
• 250 lb/in fronts
• 28 mm rear torsion bar
• New rear sway bar drop link set
• Weltmeister 25 mm front and 22 mm rear bar, Heim joint links
• Fab Car control arms
• Elephant Racing Monoballs through out front and rear
• All rubber removed
• Steering rack & pinion rebuilt
• Front wheel bearings new
Wheels and Tires
• Factory Phone Dials with Yokohama
Safety
• Kirkey Intermediate Road Race 16” seat driver and passenger
• Seat back braces
• Driver – Schroth Endro 6 Point Hans belts
• Passenger – RJS 3” harnesses
• Roll Bar – bolted in behind seats, removable
Brakes
• Fronts – 928 S4 calipers (rebuilt 2011),
• Pagid Orange (3 DE Days),
• Front Frozen slotted rotors (1 DE day)
• Rears – 944 Turbo Caliper
• Pagid Orange (3 DE Days)
• Rear stock rotors
• 944 Turbo S master cylinder
• ATE Super Blue or Gold brake fluid
Transmission
• Freshly rebuilt S2 transmission (3.88 Final Drive)
• Factory LSD
• External oil cooler – electric pump
• Braided stainless steel lines
• Rebuilt CV half shafts
• New master and slave cylinder
Car was listed through GR Auto Gallery in Metro Detroit. For more pictures click here. It was SOLD April 2015.
