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| nine14cats |
 May 17 2004, 01:44 PM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo  Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None  |
Hi Gang,
I'm currently running Bilstein's all around on my track car. No special valving. Right out of the box. If we were to assume the current set up at the bottom and the JWE Fox shocks at the top, what are my options in between? My current car setup: Front = --------- 23mm solid t-bars 27mm Smart racing AR bar 911T struts, calipers, brakes turbo tie rods Bilstein shocks Rear = -------- 350lbs to 450lbs springs (depending upon track or application) adjustable perches Bilstein shocks 944 calipers and brakes I will be going to bigger brakes all around, so I won't have the 911T struts much longer. What are my shock options and approx. costs? i.e. low end $500, Fox shocks $4400.... We run this car at Thunderhilll, Laguna Seca, Sears, Buttonwillow. Thanks, Bill P. |
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| brant |
May 17 2004, 03:34 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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I remember sean...
(probably still out of my price range though)... Bill, check out Carrera custom valved shocks.. I have NOT driven on mine yet, but did get custom length and custom valved shocks for both ends of my project car.... even though I have not driven on them, there are a dozen 914's in colorado running them (all custom valved for spring rate) and I hear very good things... thus the reason I got them.... I can almost guarantee they will be less than the smart racing... I bought mine through a tuning shop/race, so I don't have any direct contact info for the company. brant |
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nine14cats Shock options for track cars May 17 2004, 01:44 PM
seanery wasn't Smart Racing supposedly working on maki... May 17 2004, 02:59 PM ChrisReale SmartRacing and affordable in the same sentence, S... May 17 2004, 03:13 PM seanery do you guys remember? there was an article in exce... May 17 2004, 03:22 PM Jeroen Yep, those are the Fox-shocks mentioned above
I th... May 17 2004, 03:35 PM nine14cats I believe they are the $4400 shocks and strut... May 17 2004, 03:35 PM J P Stein Bilstein will revalve yours for 65 bucks a pop.
Wo... May 17 2004, 05:55 PM TimT :agree: let Bilstein valve your shocks appropria... May 17 2004, 06:55 PM campbellcj If you are going to replace the front strut assemb... May 17 2004, 10:41 PM seanery Bill,
on the plane to Houston I was reading my new... May 19 2004, 02:40 PM Mueller that's each :)
I held/touched a set of those ... May 19 2004, 02:50 PM seanery I was afraid to go look to see if that was each/pa... May 19 2004, 02:54 PM Jeroen If those are EACH, than I'll scratch them of m... May 19 2004, 03:16 PM campbellcj I'd be suprised if the 1200 is "each". IMHO t... May 19 2004, 11:04 PM Brad Roberts For those of you who said: "have custom valved sho... May 19 2004, 11:15 PM nine14cats This board rocks! :trophy:
Look at all of ... May 19 2004, 11:21 PM J P Stein Gud idea, Brad.
Spend $5-6K for some shox...... May 20 2004, 02:47 AM Jeroen I checked with Kanna Motorsports a little while ba... May 20 2004, 06:33 AM Bleyseng Ya-roon,
How is the 914 project coming? Any pro... May 20 2004, 07:33 AM Brad Roberts JP,
It takes one time at a local venue to set the... May 20 2004, 10:48 PM Rob Ways I want to go to Konis because I want to go from ha... May 20 2004, 11:03 PM J P Stein Brad:
I ran street tires. The only thing I learne... May 21 2004, 01:33 AM Thorshammer Okay Okay! I'll chime in!
The fox is ... May 21 2004, 01:14 PM itsa914 QUOTE
Thorshammer Sorry Would 'nt accept my JPG file for some re... May 21 2004, 02:12 PM Thorshammer Try this! May 21 2004, 02:14 PM TimT Koni now makes an adjustable front strut for 911... May 21 2004, 02:37 PM campbellcj The problem with the high-end adjustables (beside... May 21 2004, 02:59 PM nine14cats How much? :D
Looks like I'll be saving for a... May 21 2004, 03:14 PM Jeroen Those double adjustable Koni's look about righ... May 21 2004, 07:36 PM
nine14cats Wow...those Koni's look good too!
I... May 21 2004, 09:36 PM |
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