# Just picked up a Porsche 944

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**Category:** Builds\
**Created:** [September 20, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-picked-up-a-porsche-944/260543 "2011-09-20T20:18:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![CJRando](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cjrando/32/6369_2.png) [@CJRando](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CJRando)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-picked-up-a-porsche-944/260543/39 "2011-10-03T13:29:05Z")

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> [@High Speed....???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/high-speed/45637/11):
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> CR…looking at that picture…be absolutely certain that the MAF is supported. The OEM airbox is not there, that the MAF originally bolted to the airbox via bolts and that’s what supported it(you can see the framework still there)
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> It’s a barn-door style MAF(not a hotwire) and if it’s being jostled around hard it can move independently from airflow inside and disrupt the signals to the DME.
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> If it’s not, a simple metal tab bracket from the MAF mouting holes to the metal airbox bracket will suffice in securing it to the car properly.
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> This car is fucking mint. I’m almost half tempted to make an offer to you to buy it right now

Thanks for that info. The MAF was not supported at all. I removed the CAI to prevent water from being sucked into the engine. I just made a bracket real quick to support it and threw one of my K&N filters on it. I also fixed the hard start issue. It was the fuel pump check valve.

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> [@so i got pulled over in le cackord today...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-in-le-cackord-today/45586/23):
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> WOW i just read the whole post thinking “since when did jvg own all these porsches and be so into them technically like this??”
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> then i saw adams name :rofl
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> SICKKKKKKKKKKK find dude, i’de want a 85.5 or newer but hey , cant go wrong if it was the right price !!
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> i wanted to get one for so long, just never found a deal and gave up and moved on to other shit. Kind of glad I didnt get one because I never keep up with anything.

I like the oval dashes much better than the square dash. I really want to keep this car true to its original appearance. I traded the M3 and $500 cash for it. The problem ended up being piston rings. I wasn’t about to put another dime into it, plus my wife was on my back about using her car all the time.

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