Coil over options - what do you use?, coilover setup, torsion bar, - sources Options

[corpselaurel]

I am trying to figure out what to do about my suspension. I want dampening adjustability and height adjustability. I am not very familiar with products for the 914. If it was any other car I would go with something like Tein SS or H&R etc.

What coil overs do you guys use? Any full coil over setups available? (Threaded shocks not sleeves)

Should I go with a koni shock threaded sleeve setup? I have a budget of about $800 give or take. I would like to get a new torsion bar too.

Does it make any difference if I am doing a 5 lug conversion from a 911 in the front?
Where did you get what you're using?

[corpselaurel]

Yes, you can use the 911 RSR style struts...Kanna(??) makes 'em so does SmartRacing (sweet stuff and my choice if I was to spend that kind of money !!!!)

Figure about $800(minimum) per side on the front and half that amount for the rear.

For the front, you "have" to re-enforce the front shock tower, it was not designed for the loads and forces of a coil-over from the factory.

You can adjust the stock 914 suspension pretty easy, just turn the screw/bolt for the torsion bar.

How often do you plan on adjusting the height of your car? All those "coil-over" kits they sell for the rice cars are just for bragging rights. I've got H&R sport coil-overs on my 911, never touched them in the two years I've owned the car.

The number of "clicks" also, is useless if you don't know what the rating of the shocks are.....this falls into the "dude, my shocks have 25 different settings", yea, all of them could be wrong for your car or particular setup (spring rates)
Koni

What I'd like to know is the shock dyno numbers of the Koni shock at thier lowest setting and at the highest setting. I'm sure Koni has them, whether or not they share them is another story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

What type of reenforcing to the front shock tower are we talking about? I have some rust that I will be fixing and would want to get all the welding out of the way at the same time.

Any more info on it?

Also brett, what years carrera will work?