HELLO FROM IRELAND

Hi to you all,
i'm based in county wexford ireland [the sunny south east ] to be precise.
i drive a 1979 924 on a daily basis,at present i am restoring ,although very slowly a 1981 924,i am thinking strong about doing a gt turbo conversion,with possibly a 3 litre porsche engine,or maybe a maseratti 3.2 v6 twin turbo conversion,or just slap a 1.9 tdi in it ?
can't make my mind up,as common sense says go with the diesel for economy,where as the thought of having untold power at hand is a real buzz,so i just don't know , keep the licence or throw caution to the wind and really upset the boy racers and the law.
the beauty of owning a classic car in ireland is you are exempt from an MOT which allows you to put whatever you want in the car without having to worry about insurance and tax hikes ,for major modifications its just a matter of filling a form out of any mod and off you go.
anyway i also have a 3rd 924 i stripped as a donor car,so its handy to have spares.
any of you have a carrera body kit lying around gathering dust ?
as a matter of interest perhaps 1 of you can tell me how you tell the difference between the 90bhp 110 bhp and 125bhp engines that are fitted in the early 924 models.

Welcome to the forum

You guys over there in Ireland are very lucky when it comes to restoring classics shame our Government are nowhere near as classic friendly.

The different bhp depends on where in the world the car was being sold:

Cars for the US Market started with 95bhp, this was increaed to 110bhp shortly afterwards (emmisions issues as always)

European market cars always had 125bhp right from the start

Mav666 wrote:Welcome to the forum

You guys over there in Ireland are very lucky when it comes to restoring classics shame our Government are nowhere near as classic friendly.

The different bhp depends on where in the world the car was being sold:

Cars for the US Market started with 95bhp, this was increaed to 110bhp shortly afterwards (emmisions issues as always)

European market cars always had 125bhp right from the start

thanks,as far as i know all three of my 924 cars were brought in from the UK,but i was looking at an 84 924 , 2litre 8v and it had a bigger distributer than mine which got me thinking it may be a lower hp

here's a pic or 2 unfortunately i can't find a solo pic of the car.

Interesting wings, both of them!

Welcome along fella. Have a word with hersham boy, I think he has most, if not all of a CGT kit and can usually be persuaded to part with things when he smells cash!
Pounds Sterling mind you, none od those Euro thingies!

euro's will do fine, don't forget pete off to the ring in a couple of weeks.

hersham boy wrote:euro's will do fine, don't forget pete off to the ring in a couple of weeks.

thats good to know ,how many yo yos though ?

Interesting look Is that the daily driver?

Anything right hand drive will be a UK car, do you have a pic of the '84?

Mav666 wrote:Interesting look Is that the daily driver?

Anything right hand drive will be a UK car, do you have a pic of the '84?

yes its the daily driver,afraid the 84 belongs to a friend no pics i'm afraid,he has restored it from the ground up at a cost of 11 grand must get a pic next time i visit him.he also has a 79 with a solid roof i'm trying to buy it off him,but he wont give me a price.

Hello and welcome from the sunny south east!
Great bunch of guy's on here, not around much myself at the moment but hope to be back up and running for the new year.

WOW 11 grand resto!! Must look stunning.

my 2 previous cars where solid roof models, last one was a Belfast car originally as it happens, one less place for water to hide and rot the car

hello n welcome, is the pheonix pub still going in wexford

Hello and welcome.

tigerporsche wrote:hello n welcome, is the pheonix pub still going in wexford

its still there,although i've never been in it,if i remember correctly some one got shot in it a couple years ago

hello

spannernut wrote:

tigerporsche wrote:hello n welcome, is the pheonix pub still going in wexford

its still there,although i've never been in it,if i remember correctly some one got shot in it a couple years ago

aye it was a bit seedy when me n me mate went in for a pint, we just went back down town for a few scoops, felt a lot safer !

tigerporsche wrote:

spannernut wrote:

tigerporsche wrote:hello n welcome, is the pheonix pub still going in wexford

its still there,although i've never been in it,if i remember correctly some one got shot in it a couple years ago

aye it was a bit seedy when me n me mate went in for a pint, we just went back down town for a few scoops, felt a lot safer !

better off drinking on the south main st, rather than in the suburbs,can get very rough at times.
i prefer the village pubs,less hassle.

had a few in the bugler doyle and i think its called the jockey, a great night out all the same, followed a by an abrakebabra kebab, very tasty.

tigerporsche wrote:had a few in the bugler doyle and i think its called the jockey, a great night out all the same, followed a by an abrakebabra kebab, very tasty.

i dont go out much in wexford town so i'm not really familiar with the pub names, and when i do i'm usually so full ,i couldn't tell u where i was anyway.but that only happens xmass eve.

fair comment, we were on a m/bike tour at the time, lovely country toured a few times now, pity about the rain though !

tigerporsche wrote:fair comment, we were on a m/bike tour at the time, lovely country toured a few times now, pity about the rain though !

next time you do a bike run over here let me know in advance,i do roughly 5 bike runs a year here,
and would be well know in bike circles here, i also do the odd bike show and usually have the chopper lads as guest of honour,all for charity,plus we have 3 or 4 live bands playing ,usually in Dublin.
always get a great turnout weather permitting.
have a look at my bike page on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116039651761799

thats great news ! sounds like a plan to me !

hello