1992 244 F+T daily driver

[towerymt]

1992 240, M47, F+T done by previous owner with a 13c and parts from a '93 940. Bleed valve gives 8psi boost but it's still got the stock n/a exhaust. Not fast, but quick enough.

Suspension:
Koni Sport yellow struts & shocks
7x350lb Eibach coilover springs on the front with Kaplhenke hardware and V1.0 Bne camber plates. Will be using 8x300lb, but I loaned them out so I had to use the 350s. 8x400 was too stiff, 350 is still a bit too stiff for the struts.
IPD rear lowering springs
IPD 28mm front bar
GT firewall braces

Wheels are 16x8 BBS E501, 5x108, ET0, 205/50/16 Hankook RS2. Required centering rings to go from 65.1mm to 67mm (Ferrari). Also required long shank lugnuts with a flat seat and cup washer. The wheels fit well and the tires are awesome in the wet or dry.

Interior had a Sparco Corsa, now a Sparco Evo for comfort to drive to SE. Soon I'll replace the giant airbag wheel with a smaller Momo leather wheel.

Taillights are from one of the many ebay sellers who offer them. Quality & fit is not great, but they look good right now. They might leak and they might fill with water...will monitor this over the next few weeks. I had to replace one of the turn signal bulbs that was DOA, and it was a dim 10W bulb...so I bought 1156A orange bulbs advertised as 26W and they're bright enough and orange enough behind the clear lens.

Grille is meant for a flat hood and I still need to modify the mounting at the top to poke out with the 86+ hood. Fits with the US headlights after removing the air deflectors from the side of the headlight buckets. Car will get e-codes at some point with 80/100 H4 and relays supplying power from the battery. Have clear corners now for the e-codes, to match the clear rear lenses.

To do:
B cam
replace torn CBV
300lb front springs
Momo steering wheel
M45 shift knob
5bar oil pressure gauge
exhaust (3" downpipe, 2.5" the rest of the way)
decor panel
e-codes
new antenna from MrBill





History:





Reason for the tow...oil feed broke...








With 4 snow tires, I made it through the 20-30" snows last winter




A few weeks ago after lowering (not to spec-max, though)




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for Ian:
144,800 New front pads/rotors

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2/5/2013, ~183k
replaced front cam seal that was pissing oil. removed busted t-belt backing plate.
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3/17/2013: Galaxy!

[spruill244]

that looks awesome towery

[Quin]

looks cooler than the autoXer.

[Sir Psycho]

good stuff

[Jeh]

Very nice.

[thelostartof]

looks like every other car you have owned

[towerymt]

haha, good. For reference, I used to DD this eyesore

[wisturbo]

Originally Posted by spruill244

that looks awesome towery

Where are the vette wheels? Oh, wait wrong fan club.

[towerymt]

vette wheels are played out. just a few from the weekend...

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[boostabear]

Saw your car today at H20, SUPER clean, I gave ya a thumbs up but i was in my GTI probably didnt even notice haha.

[towerymt]

Originally Posted by boostabear

Saw your car today at H20, SUPER clean, I gave ya a thumbs up but i was in my GTI probably didnt even notice haha.

thanks! what color was it? was it silver/gray? I saw a lot of GTIs.

[boostabear]

Yeah its a gray gti on white bbs, with a giant hot pink GET ****ED sticker on the windshield hahaha.
I wanted to drive the 244 down so bad but its not nearly nice enough yet, next year maybe.

[Karl Buchka]

Kewl.

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

what does the fish on the back of the eyesore say?

[lumpy85]

i want it!!! very sharp looking car sir.

[FunkyStankyChicken]

Originally Posted by DNAsEqUeNcE

what does the fish on the back of the eyesore say?

Darwin

[Crazychopstick]

Car looks great man.

[DNAsEqUeNcE]

Originally Posted by FunkyStankyChicken

Darwin

[Steve O]

Very clean looking ride and I bet it's a blast to drive. Great work as usual Mike.

[towerymt]

M47 blows. Won't shift well at all when the trans heats up. Going to try a fluid change before I swap it for the one that came out of my '87.

Other than that, I really like driving it. It only has 142k. It had about 132 when I got it a year ago. About to put 2k miles on it next weekend though.

[smith_t240]

Mike, car looks awesome. THE ultimate daily. 189 white?

What is the M45 shifter?

Also, those tail lights look great in the pictures. I've been contemplating a set. I'd be curious to know if they leak - did you use the stock gaskets or the gaskets they came with? Hard decision for $100+ . . .

[towerymt]

Used the gaskets they came with. They will leak, fill, and the lenses eventually come loose. The car had standard aftermarket tails and both had a lens popping off. Rob's got a lens coming off his clears, too. The sockets will overheat so don't use these on an automatic car that sees a lot of steady application of the brake pedal.

The lights I took off the car had three holes drilled under the three segments. The fit is not great, and the gaskets don't really seem to get crimped in a good spot on the housing.

But they look good, so I'm satisfied. $140 shipped. One broke in shipping cause the box is too small and snug...took about 3 weeks to send it back and get a replacement sent out.

[towerymt]

Have not found any shots from H2O yet, but one background...

[MrSam]

Looks great, I can't wait to see it.

[towerymt]

Originally Posted by smith_t240

What is the M45 shifter?

Just the M45 knob...it's hard plastic and stays on the shifter, unlike the squishy rubber M46/47 knob that flies off easily. M45 knob is shaped different, flatter I think. I like it better. Had it in the '87, but just pulled the M47 for a T5.