Why are 944's so cheap

[brads2002]

Love the way they look and remember really liking they way they drove (it was almost 20 years ago). I am tempted to buy one every time I start looking around on CL. Seems like a pretty decent N/A example with 100K are around 5G's. What's the deal? Am I alone in liking the 80's style of these?

[StereoInstaller1]

too hard to LS swap

EDIT:

Ha...took Justin about 8 seconds to prove me wrong

http://www.renegadehybrids.com/

Fuck E30s, I want an LS powered 944.

I am going to start building rear seat delete kits with subwoofers and storage pockets for the 944, speaker systems as well.

[BobombETA]

No, they look great. For some reason they are not a "true" Porsche to a lot of people. That and the maintenance on them can be expensive. Though I hear the non-turbos are actually quite reliable.

[brads2002]

With e30 prices the way they are I wonder if these are next to pick up steam. Seem to be a lot of them out there. Must have been fun blowing money back then

[tspangle88]

They've already started going up. I bought a decent '86 Turbo for $5500 back in 2007 and sold it a year later for $6k. That same car is probably 10 grand now. And you could find decent NA cars for $3-4k all day, even here in Michigan, but now it seems like the prices start at $5k.

Compared to the E30, they do look better and have a better chassis. But they are slower, more fragile, harder to work on, and the parts are more expensive. Regardless, I want another one. I just love the styling so much.

[brads2002]

Tom did you find the Turbo to be slower than an e30? I would think the 16V would give a 325 a decent run and the turbo would run away.

[fanofe30s]

Because timing belt every 30k.

[dnguyen1963]

Because timing belt every 30k.

Not any worse than E30s. For aggressive driving, timing belt should be changed every 20K for E30.

[agent]

Must have been fun snorting piles of cocaine back then

Touched that up for you.

[plotfi]

How about 924s? Mechanically they are the same as 944s. They should be a little faster than 944s because of weight difference. I test drove one couple of years ago, my e30 felt like a benz compared to that! I've been looking for a clean one ever since.

[brads2002]

Touched that up for you.

You were reading between my lines...ha

The 924's are rad too but the 944s' look so much more aggressive and there seem to be a lot more out there. According to my Porsche poster the 944's were about 150LB more at 2600 lbs. Seems that the 924 GT was the feather weight at 2205.

I hope my e30's don't catch wind of this chatter. I am going to be walking tomorrow.

[frankenbeemer]

How about 924s? Mechanically they are the same as 944s. They should be a little faster than 944s because of weight difference. I test drove one couple of years ago, my e30 felt like a benz compared to that! I've been looking for a clean one ever since.

Most of the 924's were VW powered.

[tspangle88]

Tom did you find the Turbo to be slower than an e30? I would think the 16V would give a 325 a decent run and the turbo would run away.

Oh, hell no. The Turbo would blow any stock E30 off the road, and mine had the boost turned up. It was a blast to drive, but it also had crazy turbo lag which made it a terrible autocross car. That, and my fear of the repair costs are why I sold it. I regret it now, though.

[tspangle88]

Not any worse than E30s. For aggressive driving, timing belt should be changed every 20K for E30.

But it's a more complicated job requiring a special tool on the 944. Then there's the clutch change.....

[pandaboo911]

Not sure about the NA 944 but I had a 944 turbo and it was awful. Never again owning one of those.