Front end upgrades Options

[-JR-]

I'd like to hear from guys who have upgraded their front ends and what they chose VS what engine's they are running.

I was looking at a 935 suspension setup tonight as a possibility.

I would like to at least mount the black Brembo brakes to the car, I don't think I'll need to go as extreme as the "Big Red's" for my 3.2 car. So if anyone can suggest what cars to get suspensions from to do this I would appreciate the tips!

James

[-JR-]

Mery Christmas everyone, the clock just turned over here...

Those are all good notes.

I have a line on complete SC or Carrera suspensions for cheap. Eric_Shea makes a good point that with those I can bolt on about anything I want. I do like the idea of a fully adjustable front end and would like to achieve that.

Thanks Jeroen for the cam plate sources, I will look into them. I do have a couple mig welders and a plasma as well, so I can tackle most of the sheet metal myself.

Can the torsion bar be removed and the A-arm used without it, in the coil over scenario?


I will be running coilovers up front and it will certainly be a 5 bolt setup as I want this car to appear as a 914-6 GT, more or less. I guess think of it as a "modern" 914-6 GT. Eventually I would like to have it setup with ABS and the Boxster or 911 instument cluster. I will be using the factory fuel injection on the 3.2 to start and I might go to a mapable engine managment computer in the future as well. So The goal for me is to make it look like Porsche might have rolled this car off their line in the 90's. I've made these electronic retrofits to other cars with great sucess, but never in this scenario. But I have a electronics back ground and don't foresee it to be a major obstacle, just lots of time and research.

I've restored a few cars now, if anyone would like to see my latest car (Triumph TR6 ya I know it's British) here is a link to some of the pics...
76 TR6 Full restoration
There was one thing that bothered me on this car. You TR6 buff's might pick it out but I removed the air pump system as I just plain couldn't find the parts to make it complete.

Thanks again for all the great tips thus far!

Merry Christmas to you all!

-JR-