944 track car?

[Bob O]

I don't own one but have driven a couple of DE purpose built ones: they don't qualify for spec class for any of a number of reasons, but they're a blast to drive. Are you looking to race it or just DE it? If the latter, they can be built pretty cheap and still outperform our cars , or at least my 01 base 986. I've got one on order (in planning actually) Don't know much about a true spec 944.

Or are you asking about a streetable 944 that you can take to the track? There are quite a few of those around the midwest and seem to be mostly issue free. As issue free as a car that old and with that many miles on it can be. If you're a wrench at all they are not that complcated to work on either.

They can be a lot of fun and quite fast with the right setup. Have fun with the search

Bob

[Perfectlap]

there are two things I can alwasy be sure to see at my mechanic's garage:
old tires in the back
a 944 needing work

Personally I think for their time they were interesting looking cars. Growing up I was never a fan of the 911. It looked too much like a VW to me. The 944 and 928 had forward looking designs. Once I started driving cars and not just reading about them in magazines 911's weren't just VW looking cars to me. They sort of reminded of the go karts I went around in as a kid. But 80's and 90's Carreras have become simply to valuable and expensive to consider for racing. Every year they go up in value as do the costs in keeping up with them. Meanwhile the supply of water-cooled Porsches goes up while prices go down, not the maintenance unforunately. But they're as reliable as you're going to get.

As far as racing on a budget, I doubt you can beat the Boxster as far as Porsche/BMW/Audi. An easy car to learn how drive fast in with more than enough power to get you up in the trees. Although I think I'd rather get one of those Toyota FRS for racing. A RWD boxer enigne that can't be anywhere near as expensive to fix/maintain sounds like a winner. Its sorta what a 944 would be today. Subaru BRZ seems to be the spendier version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa6-Z8fcPjQ

[jaykay]

Originally Posted by Bob O

I don't own one but have driven a couple of DE purpose built ones: they don't qualify for spec class for any of a number of reasons, but they're a blast to drive. Are you looking to race it or just DE it? If the latter, they can be built pretty cheap and still outperform our cars , or at least my 01 base 986. I've got one on order (in planning actually) Don't know much about a true spec 944.

Or are you asking about a streetable 944 that you can take to the track? There are quite a few of those around the midwest and seem to be mostly issue free. As issue free as a car that old and with that many miles on it can be. If you're a wrench at all they are not that complcated to work on either.

They can be a lot of fun and quite fast with the right setup. Have fun with the search

Bob

Thanks ....street and DE then club race