"way2blu does a rev update" (way2blu)
12/28/2016 at 13:12 • Filed to: NPoCP
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"way2blu does a rev update" (way2blu)
12/28/2016 at 13:12 • Filed to: NPoCP | 1
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Doing my morning CL surfing when !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! appeared. It’s a 944, “Smog exempt” because it’s a “diesel.” Not knowing what to expect, I read the ad. Is this another CP? Or is it the most Jalop Parsh?
At first glance, this appears to be a 944 with a wide body kit and some other modifications (steelies!) Looking through the pictures, it looks like a solid vehicle. Reading the ad, though, is something else.
Let’s analyze it:
1984 porsche 944
Tags are up to date expires January $85 bucks no smog
This seems pretty standard for a car of this caliber and price, but...
Regular Gas was diesel gas before
I’m going to come back to this, as the syntax is ambiguous. It’s important though.
Clean tittle
Tee. Hee. Realistically I was expecting it to be salvage, but a clean title is very good for a car at this price.
Stick shift
This is important to acknowledge. It wouldn’t have shown up in my search otherwise. No interior pics so no way to verify, but I think I trust this bit.
I actually dig the rear lip spoiler
NO MORE SMOG CAR WAS MADE DIESEL SO YOU CAN DO A ENGINE SWAP I HAVE ALL THE PAPER WORK TO PROVE IT
The Volkswagen in the room, folks. This is a 944 that’s been converted to diesel fuel (how?) Is it a new engine? Spark plugs removed and compression increased? Something else entirely? The “Regular Gas was diesel gas before“ line doesn’t help us at all in deducing what exactly was done to this vehicle to grant it “Diesel” status. Let’s read on:
car has a wide body kit $3,000
(NEEDS FUEL PUMP)
So it’s clearly an incomplete project. A red flag for sure, but I’m too intrigued to simply close the ad and move on with my life. I want a diesel 944 to be a real thing...
I’M JUST SELLING THE BODY THE CAR IS COMPLETE JUST THAT I WAS GOING TO DO A LS swap BUT I BOUGHT A CAMARO YOU CAN BUY THIS CAR TO RACE IT OR WATEVER YOU WANNA DO TO IT THE CAR HAS MONEY INTO TO IT ALREADY I CAN’T KEEP GOTTA GET RID OF IT
Okay. Time for some next-level literary analysis here. The phrase “just selling the body” is directly adjacent to “the car is complete,” a jarring juxtaposition that opens up a number of questions. Is the whole car being sold, or just the body? If it’s “complete,” then why does it need a fuel pump?
“LS swap” done by //AMG = AutoMatic Gearbox
Then we reach the point of no return. LS swap. It looks like our seller was smart, and bought a car that presumably makes the “swap” part of LS swap unnecessary. (Can those two words ever be apart? It’s like how VTEC requires a “yo” afterwards...) Though the seller misspelled “Camero,” there’s clearly some logic in this.
I WANT 3,000 OBO
DON’T TRY TO LOW BALL ME BCUZ I KNOW THIS CAR IS WORTH IT IF UR GOING TO RACE IT YOU DON’T SEE THESES CAR ON THE STREET A LOT
Wrapping up, it’s clear that this project was intended to be fast. The question of the diesel powerplant remains completely unanswered.
3,000 obo
Nice price, or crack pipe? Crack diesel exhaust pipe? VW CP OMG?
I think the concept of a diesel 944 would be a very Jalop Swap* but I have a feeling that’s not what’s going on here.
Link in case of Kinja:
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
*can we make that an official vocabulary term here?
WilliamsSW
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 13:22 |
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That’s one of the least coherent CL ads I’ve read. Which is an impressive feat, actually.
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way2blu does a rev update
> WilliamsSW
12/28/2016 at 13:26 |
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It looks like a fairly involved project, which makes it all the more surprising that it’s documented so haphazardly.
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WilliamsSW
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 13:32 |
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Authored by meth.
I came away not knowing if it even had an engine, and if so, whether the engine was diesel or gas, let alone the engine source or number of cylinders but whatever, I guess?
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WilliamsSW
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 13:34 |
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Others will know better than me, but I think the rear lip spoiler is factory.
LOREM IPSUM
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 13:38 |
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Apparently you can plunk a diesel into older vehicles, have a cali dmv referee or vin officer inspect it, and go about your merry way without having to pass emissions.
So either this thing was successfully swapped to diesel and inspected and registered as such, or they found a state official willing to play ball without ever actually inspecting the vehicle.
Since the reg expires in January, who knows? Perhaps it would need to be reinspected. Perhaps the diesel is dead or was yanked in preparation for the ellis swap. Perhaps without a functional diesel installed it would no longer qualify as a smog exempt vehicle and the seller now wants to unload it.
All I know is that the Cummins from the Ram can apparently push 1000 ft-lbs of torque with just an ecu reflash... which could be fun.
...if only the seller were functionality literate.
190octane
> LOREM IPSUM
12/28/2016 at 13:43 |
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Maybe he’s like a car Rainman, horrible with grammar but an artist with a wrench and diesel swaps.
Probably not though.
C62030
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 13:50 |
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What possible benefit could there be to converting a Porsche sports car to diesel? Torque? Did they really just want it to be smog exempt or whatever?
bhtooefr
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 13:52 |
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My guess: A diesel was swapped in, it was inspected by CARB, proven to be a diesel with the correct emissions equipment for that engine, so the title was changed to diesel fuel type, and due to being older than MY1998, declared emissions exempt.
Then, based on “Regular Gas was diesel gas before“, a gas engine was swapped back in (I’ve heard of people calling diesel fuel “diesel gas” before)? And then that’s been pulled out, because it’s just the body?
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> C62030
12/28/2016 at 13:52 |
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I actually have aims to put a 4cyl VW turbo in a 924 some day. Better mileage, more torque by a good bit, more reliable, fairly easy to do, no weight difference. Perversely, it kind of makes it a better sports car.
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way2blu does a rev update
> bhtooefr
12/28/2016 at 13:59 |
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“Diesel Gas” is a phrase I can try to understand, but I just get immensely confused when I try to dissect it. Diesel != Gas.
That sounds like a good guess though. The lack of any pictures under the hood is quite annoying, I want to see a diesel in a 944...
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C62030
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/28/2016 at 14:07 |
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Interesting. I stand corrected.
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bhtooefr
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 14:08 |
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A lot of people in the US use “gas” as interchangeable with “fuel”.
So, you have unleaded gas, mid-grade gas, premium gas, and diesel gas, in these peoples’ minds.
And, yes, these people also misfuel their diesels a lot, by thinking of it as gas. (One exercise commonly done on TDIClub is to excise “gas” from your vocabulary, replacing it with “fuel”, which forces you to think more about what you’re putting in.)
punkgoose17
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 15:16 |
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I think there was some crack involved in writing this ad. I think the diesel swap then back to gasoline or no engine is what happened. What engine would you swap in? Ideally I’d want to swap in a Porsche H6 or V8, but cost wise a WRX, SRT-4, or Evo turbo 4 could be a fun swap.
OKcarburetor
> way2blu does a rev update
12/28/2016 at 23:14 |
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OK, I had my friend text this guy, because this is just too good not to. Apparently he’s convinced that the car had a diesel stock and has been converted to a gas engine. The engine is just a stock 2.5 liter 944 engine.
The thing the guy didn’t mention is... well, incredible really. I present, the interior. I’m not joking this is the photo he sent.
