is buying a porsche 944 as a project drift car at 18 a bad idea ?

Answer 1

yes , drifting is retarded...learn how to drive and go racing

Answer 2

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If you do buy one make sure it is a good one. Running costs aren't as horrendous as on some sports cars but it still won't be cheap and almost all spares will only be availible through Porsche. Only buy a car with a Full and comprehensive service history and try to get one that hasn't had a dozen or more owners. As for reliabillity, well as long as it is well maintained it should be ok. Why do you think there are so many high milers out there? because they are well engineered in the first place and built to last. Do not expect to run one on beer money though. Just because you can buy one for a few grand doesn't mean it will cost the same to run as a second hand Mondeo. Ideally a car like this is best suited to being a weekend toy where annual milage is low. This way the running costs are minimised and if it does let you down it's not too much of a problem. Find a Porsche forum on the internet or contact an owners club first. That way you can speek to a few owners and get an idea of how much it's going to cost to run and they will point you in the direction of where to buy a decent, well looked afer example. Edit: just read some of the other responses. 'Poor mans Porsche'?? well it won't appeal to snobs if that's what you mean. It doesn't make it a bad car though. Shat?! At the time it was considered to be a better drivers car than the 911. Reliabillity is not non existant?! That comment is pure drivel. Reliabillity is affected by poor maintenance and buying an abused car. It is not the kind of car that Bob at your local back street garage can work on. Yes it is over engineered but that's part of the rreason why there are so many examples with over 200,000 miles on the clock still going strong. Insurance won't be that expensive. Get a classic policy with a limited milage and you could be paying less than £200 a year. If you are 17 and plan to do 12,000 miles a year though it could be a bit pricey but no more than any other sports car. The Turbo is not crap at all although the S2 is supposed to be a better car. The 944S is actually supposed to be the one to avoid. The S2 and the turbo are the two where the performance lives up to the Porsche name. As for people will think your a ******. Who cares. That says more about them than it does about you. Besides, most people won't think anything anyway and those that do (Micheal S) will be the kind of idiots that no one cares about anyway. As I said before. make sure you can afford to run it, buy the best one you can find/afford and then enjoy it.

Answer 3

Determining if it's a good or bad idea is going to depend largely on your expectations and what you are willing to put into the project. The 944 is a great car, though one with very distinct strengths and weaknesses: they are fantastically balanced cars with excellent handling, but while they offer some quickness (especially the later examples), they are not high powered and need to be driven for momentum in performance driving. And while the cars themselves are often available at very inexpensive prices now, parts and upkeep will usually reflect the fact that these were expensive cars when they were new. And when looking for a Porsche, keep in mind that a cheap Porsche could easily be the most expensive kind to buy once you start trying to fix it.

With a goal of drifting, you could certainly build the suspension to press the car towards oversteer, but you will be working against it's natural balance and good handling. It's possible though. Just keep in mind that the right suspension components to get the right amount of adjustability could cost more than the cost of the car.

If you have the right car and the right knowledge, it would be a very do-able project (and unlike comments here, I've always found Porsches to be exceptionally easy cars to work on). However, in most cases there are probably better suited cars that would also be more economical for this type of application.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Very bad idea.

first off, the 944s have a very well tuned suspension setup, and not a huge amount of power, so drifting them is pretty difficult.

Second, a 944 turbo would be better, simply due to having more power.

third, theyre outrageously expensive to maintain

fourth, drift cars are already horrendously expensive to keep working, from smashing into stuff, to roasting tires, to just being hellish on the driveline, etc etc.

fifth, its an old car. It will have problems. They are expensive to fix

sixth, 944 project car sounds more like 944 money pit, even without the drifting put in. That just compounds it.

seventh, at 18 its EXTREMELY unlikely that youll have the funds to actually do this project right. By that i mean you wont.

If you want a good, cheap drift car, buy a miata. Seriously. Theyre durable as hell, parts are cheap, cheap to buy, easy to set up/tune, etc etc. Much better option.

Answer 6

The Porsche 944 is ill suited for drifting. First and foremost it is a front engine rear transmission configuration which was designed to place the weight on all four wheels equally, a bad design for creating tire spin, a great design for traction. Secondly the car has a design flaw in the form of a weak clutch assembly, which would render the car useless in drifting.
A better choice would be a Toyota Supra or a Nissan 240.

Answer 7

A 944 is said to be one of the best handling Porsches...you don't want a car that grips and holds the road to drift in. Like up above...get your SCCA license and do real auto racing.

Answer 8

really bad car for drifting i own a 86 944 if you use it for any thing but track racing your going to break it. the ring and pinion gear is easy to shatter if you do alto of burn outs. to give you an idea of parts pricing a clutch is any were from 400 to a thousand transmissions 1000 and up shocks usually 100 a piece up to 2000 it is not a cheap car to maintain. ring and pinion 600 dollars these are just the prices not including time to install.

Answer 9

You need to know what you're doing and have the money to do it. Porsche 944 can be very expensive to rebuild. You can find a working one on Ebay for around 3 grand.

Answer 10

Unless you've been trained at (with) Porsche I'd advise against it. You don't see people crawling under a Porsche to change their oil for a reason, there a pain in the butt to work on.

Answer 11

I've owned a 89 944 since 1999 They are great cars with VERY low maintaince. Just make sure both the water pump and timing belts were change very recently. I bought mine at 72k miles, I have 153K miles now...I have not done much to it at all ...just the normal stuff you would do to any car 20 years old. As far as drifting...it's the wrong car. It's designed for perfect 50/50 balance. Try a 911/912 for the tail whip you want. If you want more brains to pick join my yahoo group Porsche944Only. http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Porsche944only/
give me a few days to approve your request to join.

Michael ~ mrPORSHA