Porsche 924

Driving the turbo car, and sliding off the track

Oh, now we’ve done it…. we’ve gone and crushed one of your precious Porsches – oops, silly us ;0)

Comparison of an autocross run I did in a Porsche 924 with a run of the track that I recreated in Live For Speed using the XFG. I created the track in LFS by eye, so it’s not completely accurate, and also there are some variations in weight, power, and grip between the 924 and XFG so as you can see the videos don’t line up the entire way, but it’s close www.vcmc.ca www.lfs.net

Marcel van Maarschalkerweerd is trots op zijn Porsche 924, is dat terecht? Voor Autoweek interviewde en filmde ik de rubriek klokje rond. De eigenaar en de auto staan centraal.

Start of the first race at Oulton. Big mayhem at turn 1 left me 5th but a down on power engine pushed me further and further back.

Start of the first race at Oulton. Big mayhem at turn 1 left me 5th but a down on power engine pushed me further and further back.

Portraying the Porsche 924.

1978 Porsche 924 had a failing K-Jetronic System (CIS). It was replaced by a Ford EFI system. The ECU, harness, injectors, EDIS module, coil pack, throttle body, mass air-flow sensor, HEGO sensor, and all other sensors/devices were from a 1991 Ford 2.3L (junk yard), except the fuel pump, fuel rail, and crankshaft position interrupter/sensor. The fuel rail was off of a 1997 Mercury Mystique: it fits directly over the continuous injection ports on the Porsche 2.0L intake. The crank position sensor was redesigned (using the original interrupter wheel and a piece of 60/1000 steel) to have the sensor interrupts at the outer edge, and the number of interrupts had to be doubled – This had to be done in order to fit it to the distributor (as the camshaft spins twice as slow as the crankshaft). It was a lot of work, but it is way more dependable in any weather than the old and tired K-Jetronic. No stalls, runs smooth, & 25+ MPG Total mod cost: About 0. Thanks for looking into it! It was a neat project.