1986 Porsche 944 Turbo from North America - Comments

The timing belts have been replaced. Air-conditioner needs to be recharged. C-v joints, brake line, engine mounts, needed replaced. The interior was not up to par. Dash board cracked due to armor-all.

This Porsche is the best handling sports car I've owned so far. I just bought this car not too long ago. I feel I was at the right place at the right time. I bought my 944 Turbo for $6,000 even. The miles are good, I have every service record done to it. It has a modified racing chip, plus beefy 968 rims. The front tires are 245/45 17's and 255/45 17's in the rear. I did have a 99 Honda Civic Si. All tricked out, but hell if any of those little rice rockets can keep up to this 944. I believe this is the best car for the money, if you could find a good one! But make sure it's a turbo because personally the plain 944 is just too slow.

Nice to hear that you're enjoying the car. I have owned a

944 turbo since 1994, it's a 1986 and I purchased it privately with 99,000 miles on it. It has had all of the usual service and repairs done to it. Belts are changed on a regular basis. The A-arm's replaced, motor mounts,radiator etc. Lot's has been done to keep this car on the road as it is my daily driver and my only car. The suspension is quite hard, but let's not forget just what we are driving here. Living in Las Vegas the car manages to get through the extremely high summer months, with temperatures hitting the mid 120's.

I always take on long drives without thinking of the age of the vehicle. Over the course of my ownership "we"

have traveled many times throughout Southern California and also up to Lake Tahoe all trouble free motoring memories. My 944 Turbo has (i think) a incredible 185,000 miles on it and it's still going strong...bulletproof!

The paint is still looking very good and the car never ceases to turn heads, and people are amazed after asking the year of the car. My only advice is "take very good care of the car and it will take care of you!" Also do not use the dealerships for anything as they are very overpriced and the service and attention received is very poor.

Hope this is of some help to owners and future owners

If anyone would like any further questions answered feel free to e. mail me at: ukguy@earthlink.net.

Yeah I'm 16 years old and my first car is a Porsche 944. OK OK its not turbo, but still. I paid $1400 dollars for it from a guy that had to get rid of his toy because his wife wanted a house. I've had it for a year and it has had no problems at all. I just got a paint job and I have to say its the best car in my highschool parking lot. I'm very glade that I put a 1400 dollar investment in this car (all my money my parents didn't pay any).

My "86" 944 Turbo came to New Zealand from the US. It was converted to right hand drive and from all accounts a lot of money was spent on it. It was a great car to drive and worth putting up with all the bad jokes about porsche drivers. I had a bad run which cost me a lot of money. I had trouble with the fuel gauge not working all the time (that was a minor problem). I had to replace an engine mount (not cheap). But the major was that a balance shaft bearing broke and damaged the inlet injectors etc. Basically I had to get parts from Germany to fix it. The last straw was when the clutch packed up. I got that fixed and traded it in the next day. Repairs aren't cheap... But what a ride. I loved that car just the same.

Actually you would be semi suprised on the perf of a n/a when tuned I've got both a 1983 n/a and 1986.5 turbo

the 83 is a (n) GEMBALLA 944 and if you haven't heard of a GEMBALLA 944 its because they are very rare so far I've only seen 1 in the u.s. (that 1 is mine) and 2 in europe so its quite possible it is a EURO car, but anyways my 83 will run off and leave the turbo top end 1st through 2nd is horrible on 944's, but afterwards they start gaining in speed quite rapidly.

I'd say the n/a 944's performance is good, as I have owned an '88 S (16v), but it pales in comparison to the turbo. The average n/a doesn't have the brakes, transmission, suspension, aerodynamics, looks, or turbo. N/A cars are rewarding, and are definitely superior autocross machines, but for open road performance four-cylinder engines need forced induction to really shine.