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A different way of lowering the 914 |
type2man |
Jul 16 2019, 01:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 353 Joined: 3-March 09 From: Miami, Fl Member No.: 10,127 Region Association: South East States |
I've read almost all the threads covering the lowering of a 914. Reindexing the torsions gives you about 2 inches, raising the spindles gives you about an inch. So now you're almost at the bottom. You're at the point where the rubber inserts bottom on the struts and the ride quality suffers.
So I was wondering if anyone out there had ever considered or researched cutting the strut tube shorter and finding a shorter insert. The super beetles have this and it solves bottoming out. Just throwing this out there. Maybe someone here has done it. |
ChrisFoley |
Jul 18 2019, 10:39 AM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,925 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None |
I've read almost all the threads covering the lowering of a 914. Reindexing the torsions gives you about 2 inches, raising the spindles gives you about an inch. So now you're almost at the bottom. You're at the point where the rubber inserts bottom on the struts and the ride quality suffers. Raising the spindles has no effect on shock travel. The only limitation is fitting the a-arm & ball joint inside the wheel. When you run the struts that low, instead of rubber bumpers, packing washers will keep you from bottoming and ruining the shocks. The strut will behave normally right up until the packing washers hit the upper strut bushing. However, it may not be advantageous to lower the car that far anyway. Poor A-arm geometry promotes camber loss at the outside wheel, with a resulting loss of grip. The a-arm pivot point should be above the ball joint centerline at rest. A well engineered 935 style front end can mitigate this issue. |
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