Our projects

Darton MID Sleeves

We worked with Darton to develop the 944 MID sleeves. We supplied a block and specific information about the 944 and the fitment goals and use. The 944 block we supplied them was on the trade show tour for years. It was always fun to visit their booth and see my old block!

The MID sleeves work very well but the installation process is extremely precise. Not many shops can do this properly and even fewer want too!

Billet Block

Spent a good deal of time and effort on designing a 944 block with a billet block specialist company. I liked the concept and design but I finally decided it would not be feasible for mainstream production. The central part of the block was a great design but things like balance shafts made fabrication too expensive. Maybe someday!

GT3 Rear Suspension

A project to install 911 GT3 rear suspension in a track widebody 944. Great idea to get high quality parts and way more adjustability that the 944 parts. Lots of fabrication.

GT3 Front Suspension

If you are going to put the GT3 rear suspension in the 944 you might as well do the front too!

Wind Tunnel Testing

Another fun and interesting project. In conjunction with the Cornell University scale wind tunnel and a group of grad students we 3d scanned an accurate scale model and then 3d printed a larger model for wind tunnel testing. Did some basic measurements but ran out of time before we could test many different modifications. One item the was proven was that the pitch of the body is very important to down force.

Twin Cam Drive

Making both cams adjustable on a 16v head. Very handy to adjust the cam timing when turbocharging a 16v 944. It’s a lot more than just the cam gears, a custom crank gear is needed and unless you modify a lot of other stuff the timing belt will hit the hood….that’s a bad thing.

Fuel Rail

I have seen a number of old fuel rails split. That creates a fine mist of fuel spraying out at 42psi. Not good.

In addition, if you have to take a fuel rail off at the track over a hot engine there is a 83% chance one of the injectors will pop out and dump a quart of fuel.

The custom fuel rails are very securely mounted to the manifold and the injectors are held in with stainless steel clips bolted to the rail. You can’t pull out an injector on these. Makes me feel a lot safer.

Electronic Throttle Bodies

If you are going to use a modern engine management system then electronic throttle bodies just make sense. Full mapping of how the throttle reacts – very handy in dialing in the response of a turbo. Turbos can easily make full boost at small throttle openings at lower RPM. With an electronic throttle you can make the response as nonlinear as you like. It can also be used from traction control, safety concerns (no big boost until it up to operating temps, reduced boost at high temps and so on).

This picture shows an electronic throttle body mounted to the stock manifold with a CNCed adapter.