Hi,

I thought I would share what I'm up to in Milwaukee. I
decided to go ahead and build. I ended up having a
a local race shop which I had been using to take care
of 933 for regular and DE maintenance over the
last 8 years build the car They are Chris Schuh Motorsports.
They have been involved in PCA racing for along time.
You can find them if curious on the web at
csmotorsports.net. I see if they can put the 944 build
on the web. Here are the highlights.....

We found a well maintained 1983 that ran and shifted
well. I wanted the lighter car since I am planning it
street legal with headlights, windshield wipers,
defroster, windows and all turn signals.

The engine is being completely rebuilt with all the spec
upgrades, cross drilled crank, external oil cooler, new
radiator, ac delete, shaved head and accusump. I want reliable
engine for a couple of seasons.

The transmission is fine, just a clean and flush. It is not
LSD, but given the feed back, it not that big of an issue.

The suspension bushings are being replace with delrin
(they are quite experience with what need to be done
to make them work well). Camber plates plus Koni's all around
with coilovers in the front. Sway bars in the front and rear. Lastly a
strut brace.

The brakes calipers plus the master cylinder are being rebuilt. Stainless
steel brake-lines, cooling ducts, speed bleeders, new rotors and pads.

The interior is stripped and painted white. The dash is aluminum using
oem gauges plus longacre push button starter, oil temp, water temp,
oil pressure plus warning lights. The doors are gutted and have aluminum
door panels. Kept the glass with straps. Still debating the shift light.

The cage is a firehawk 944 cromoly cage welded in. A 3 zone fire
suppression system with a electrical cut-off switch.

The exterior is being painted. I am debating on the color. Right now
the front runner is turquoise blue with white graphics. The wheel are
cookie cutter painted white.


I'll post pictures as soon at it pretty.

Thanks for the all help in getting going in this adventure.

Sid

Wow, Sid, sounds like a nice build! How far along are you now?

Sounds GREAT ! I would recomend you do not "shave" the head unless you need it . We do not allow off set woodruf keys so you will lose torque to the head shaving ...

Welcome

I thought that shaving the head leads to matching the compression
ratio available of later cars? I am confused (not the first time) on
how it lower torque.

The car is apart at this point. The roll-cage is ready and will go in this
week. All the parts for the suspension arrive this week. The car will
be ready by the end of the month. I should be testing by the first
week of april.

Sid

when you shave the head you move the cam closer to the crank. that changes the timing of the engine . My understanding is it retards the timing hurting the lower rpm engine performance. (lower torque) it does help the top end but our cars can't use this due to other factors . no chip to raise rpm limit, no extra air stock intake ,etc etc.

so yes it raises compression but the timing makes it not a good trade .

I have no hard fast numbers on this .

There are dimples in the head surface that are factory marks for acceptable levels of head shaving. Staying within that limit should not cause significant timing issues, but agressive shaving can, at least in theory. We need to get some better data on this froma few "dyno days"