My 944 Hybrid Project
 

I picked up a side Project, a 87 944.

The car has some dings, nicks and scratches. The engine is running, but has a few oil leaks, and the water pump is leaking water.

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Already hammered out a dent behind the rear wheel.

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The interior is worn beyond cleaning and TLC.

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Need to find some front seats. The carpet has seen better days. I decided to start on the inside first.

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So I just went ahead and got rid of the carpet. Cleaned out the interior.

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I had a set of black carpet floating around, which I used.

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What a difference it makes.

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The rear seats look good after I gave them a good scrubbing.

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While I had the rear side panels out, I checked the speakers and found them dead.

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I replaced the old Blaupunkt speakers with a set of Polk Audio I still had.

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To be continued.

Cheers
Engelbert

Oh yeah. This should be good.

Started a bit disassembly

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Back on the lift.

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Exhaust partial removed, Drive shafts removed. Next: The transmission.

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Transmission is out.

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That engine was leaking oil for a long time.

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Engine is coming out.

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Dropping it from the bottom.

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There it is out.

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There was a lot of oil from leaks combined with dirt.

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ECU harness is out, that will be modified for the Hybrid conversion

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This car was a mess, especially at the right side.

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Getting it all cleaned up.

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To be continued.

Cheers
Engelbert

Hybrid, huh? So inquiring minds want to know, "What is going back in?"

X2 Thanks for posting

Prius engine.

Rothaus' "a mess" is what my stuff looks like after I'm done cleaning it...

How about a Lexus 400h engine - at 260 HP a significant HP upgrade from the original 944...

can the original engine be modified to run with addition of a battery?...or does the entire engine/tranny/battery need to be used from an existing hybrid?

You guys have too much energy.....lol... I am lucky I find time to change oil between my Honey Do Lists.