1987 944 Turbo --> LS

here's a link to it, it's not near as comprehensive as Ray's thread, but he also inspired me to do a deep dive detail on building a cold air intake as i found that to be the achilles heel of the forum for finding good guidance on and being more of an open canvas part of the build.

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June 17, 2023 was the day my build came alive for the first time, i added you on instagram and if you search for me by my real name wheeler o'harrow on instagram you can find my permanently pinned stories of the first fire and roll on that day of my 944S becoming a 948S.

Cheers.

Gutterboy wrote:here's a link to it, it's not near as comprehensive as Ray's thread, but he also inspired me to do a deep dive detail on building a cold air intake as i found that to be the achilles heel of the forum for finding good guidance on and being more of an open canvas part of the build.

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June 17, 2023 was the day my build came alive for the first time, i added you on instagram and if you search for me by my real name wheeler o'harrow on instagram you can find my permanently pinned stories of the first fire and roll on that day of my 944S becoming a 948S.

Cheers.

Thanks going to read your thread and added you on Instagram!

Made some changes over winter and spring that have been great.

Over the winter I swapped from the old MEFI ECU to a GM 0411 ECU and harness from PSI conversions. Started right up on the base tune, had a local tuner adjust the tune for my car, it's been great, so much more responsive, drivability much improved.

I also upgraded my oil cooler and adjusted location. I was running an old Mazda FC RX7 oil cooler in front of the radiator. I'm now running a CSF 8066 oil cooler in the location where the stock intercooler used to live - airflow is completely separated from the radiator using the factory intercooler ducting and shrouding to direct air (it's behind the upper centre slot in the bumper, all other stock bumper openings send air to the radiator and brake ducts). Coolant temps are now much more stable, peak is 198F when pushing on track (HP Tuners log). Oil temps never exceed 220F coming out of the engine (standalone VDO guage). As a further bonus I picked up a few noticeable psi of oil pressure throughout the operating range (standalone VDO guage).

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