lowered spindles, shady grady & Jason style Options

[sean_v8_914]

this solves 2 of my problems
1 I want to use my konis
2 I want to lower my ride height the right way

Jason at Prestige Motors just showed me this(and the entire PCA-SDR) 2 nights ago as a way to drop the ride height without adversly changing the suspension geometry.

I posted a FS/trade ad here to try to trade my Konis for Bilsteins and shadygrady has shown me this as a solution to use my Konis with teh 930 spindles

I am so glad 914clubers were here to club me over the head with the obvious solution to both problems. I hope this will benefit others. this is the easiest and most mechanically correct method

???how do I grind out the weld without a mill?
how

[sean_v8_914]

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[sean_v8_914]

xcgghc,

[sean_v8_914]

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[Aaron Cox]

one can only go so far before the wheel hits the a arm...

how much did you raise them?

looks bitchin (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

you can also bend UP the pitman arm to compensate even more...

[sean_v8_914]

I will drop mine one inch only

[sean_v8_914]

THANKS GRADY! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

[914werke]

So Sean, more details. Are those 911 or 914 strut housing tubes? The spindal section appears to be off a 911..3.5"spacing and M calipers? How did you cut the stock weld? A Mill? How much did the process cost?

[brer]

put the whole strut assembly on a lathe and cut the welds, as i've been told.
I just looked at a car today that had this done.

The 911 RSR had about 17-18mm, but if you are running 16s or 17s you can go as much as 30mm before hitting the rim.

Another modification this fellow did was to cut the A arm and lengthen it 5/8" on each side.

when i get some links i'll post them.

[sean_v8_914]

shadygrady did the ones in teh picture
the tubes are 914/4 koni
the spindles are 911 that were removed from Bilstein 911 strut tubes
teh factory weld was under the circular re-weld shown in teh pic

Jason from Prestige used a mill to mill out the factory round weld

[TimT]

if you dont have a mill, use a hole saw. We drillout he rosette weld by holding the strut in a vise and using a drill press and hole saw to drill the weld out.

We then raise the spindle, reweld the rosette, and add some gussets to reinforce the strut

[sean_v8_914]

what do you gusset? what is teh weak part that requires gussets?

[Verruckt]

Nobody has mentioned this yet, but a fellow club member already does this modification and sells it..

(IMG:http://www.tangerineracing.com/images/Suspension&Brakes/FrontStrutMod.JPG)

http://www.tangerineracing.com/Suspension.htm


This is the route I'm going to take. Also sells a nice way to lower the ass too.

[ArtechnikA]

if it's a factor, be sure to check your competition rules.
in many cases, any suspension change that requires welding or machining will move you directly to Modified, do not pass 'Go' do not collect $200...

[sean_v8_914]

I will be doing this on my V8 car, not the 2.0 CS class runner

[J P Stein]

Note the joggled pitman arm in the pics of Chris' work.
Don't forget that part. I have a set of raised spildles waiting till I figure how in hell to do that bit here at home......more tools $$$
There is a hella expensive kit from Smart Racing that will do it
for ya, but I'm not comfortable with it's stamina (there's a obtuse statement for ya (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) )

I got the parts from a guy that balled up his race car.....with no provisions for this feature.....go figure.

[Brett W]

You can't take the stock 914-4 spindles and cut the weld to slide it up. The four cylinder strut tubes are tapered to keep this from happening. You need to section and re-weld thetubes to shorten the four cylinder ones.