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If you haven't already, reach out to Steve Limbert @ Air Cooled Racing. He usually has everything in stock to do the conversion.
The Front struts are getting silly-expensive ever since the Bilstein struts temporarily went out of production (both race and street). Good deals are still out there but salvage yards now want ~$900 for the struts alone, be it bilstein or boge.
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Good to know, is that true with skinny wheels/tires too? I run 205 section tires and have a rear bar...I could never catch the rear end on the skidpad when doing the HPDC.
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Rear sway bars.. its like asking what oil to use. With that, I chime in for using a rear swaybar. That said, my cars have never been aggressively rear sprung, so a bar always keeps it steadier for me. On this website is a pic of my stock 914/6 when the rear bar was not engaged (bushing failure). it was in one of the running slide shows. Not sure if its just cached on my machine now though https://pcapotomac.org/ And yes, to build a car like the green one pic'd is a tens of thousands of dollars of work proposition. But Irish Green sure looks awesome. imho, boxster brakes are overkill unless you are going really hot 3.2-3.6 motor. 930 brakes are nice.. or just SC/Carrera brakes. While I won't comment on prices, Doug Arnao used to be a fantastic brake/suspension guru when I lived in NJ if you have questions. (http://www.vehiclecraft.com/Brakes/vciweb0.htm ) These guys have a bunch of great 914 "stuff" http://www.tangerineracing.com/ and I've been partial to these "smooth" flares vs GT flares...
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Dave - 1970 914-6 Past - 2000 Boxster - 1987 944 - 1987 924S - 1978 911 Euro SC - 1976 914 2.0 - 1970 914 1.7 / 2056cc Last edited by racer; 02-12-2018 at 10:06 PM. |
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"Good to know, is that true with skinny wheels/tires too? I run 205 section tires and have a rear bar...I could never catch the rear end on the skidpad when doing the HPDC."
Even with smaller sections, once you "tighten" the rear, you send the vertical moment arm towards the front of the car. Left on its own, the VPM (Vertical Polar Moment) is just behind your right elbow, all good. Next time you go to a HPDC, try to take some time and play with the tension on the rear bar. I think you'll find that softer is better. "Loose is fast." Yep, right up the point you go agricultural. Turn three at Summit ( nice, gentle left turn, on camber, all good!) would become a point of concern. Just the hint that I'd be turning would send the rear out towards the 'gators. Completely eliminated the bar and got it under control. I guess the fact that I had 400# springs didn't help. . . |
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Karl Lucky owner of a couple of 911’s and another Porsche or two Last edited by Patrick3000; 02-13-2018 at 06:27 AM. |
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This picture lifted from the weekly PCA newsletter seems worthy..
http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=ELo...PJyuLpxYANVzfA
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