Wanted: Opinions for best rear spring/sway combo, for V8 car. Rear setup. Options

[Dr. Roger]

felix,

as much as i'd love to go 225lb springs, this will be a street car also.

i'm experiencing full compression on my stock springs right now. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) talk about rattling your teeth.....


i have a thing for gas cartridges and infinite adjustability.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif)

looks like i'll have to spend a few C notes and "spring" for the koni adjustables, threaded perches, and some 180's.

so last question for this thread....

should i go to parts pricer???? ebay???? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

[Aaron Cox]

do you need them to be adjustable?

im more than content with my bills....

shox.com for the shocks or pelican....

colemaracing.com for the threaded perches (get OD of shocks so you get the right collar kit...)

EBAY for the springs

[Andyrew]

gl on ebay for the springs...

I do it every day.... lol

[Aaron Cox]

QUOTE (Andyrew @ Jan 2 2006, 06:12 PM)

gl on ebay for the springs... I do it every day.... lol

i payed 34 bucks shipped for a pair of new ones....

guessed you missed that pair (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

[xitspd]

Roger,

Great job on the new calendar! I bought FIVE..... I drive my car 85% on the track and about 15% on the street. Following please find my specs: 400 pound springs are a little rough around town, but I sure like them on the track!

Dan

1970 Factory 914-6, 3.6 993 Engine, 50MM PMO Webers, Electromotive Twin Plug Crank Fire, Aasse RSR Valve Springs with Titanium Retainers, WEB Euro Spec Grind Camshafts, PatrickMotorsports 1 3/4" Jet Coated Racing Headers with PatrickMotorsports Silencers, 901 Converted Side Shift Transmission with Factory 904 Main Shaft and Short Gears, Billet Aluminum Intermediate Plate, 225MM PatrickMotorsports Racing Clutch, PatrickMotorsports RSR Billet Aluminum Flywheel, Quaiffe LSD with Billet Side Plate, PatrickMotorsports Solid Transmission Mounts, Tilton Transmission Pump System with HD Fluidyne Oil Cooler, B&B 930 Front Mounted Engine Oil Cooler with Thermostat, 911 Front Suspension with Aluminum Cross Brace, Porsche Twin Turbo Brakes and Rotors Front and Rear, Pagid Racing Pads, 23MM Gun Drilled Front Torsion Bars, 930 Turbo Tie Rods, Charley Front Sway Bar, Porsche Factory Rear Sway Bar, RSR Threaded Front Bilstein Struts and Sport Valved Shocks, Eibach 400lb Rear Coilovers, Racers Group Adjustable Monoball Upper Strut Mounts, Poly-Graphite Suspension Bushings, 23MM Master Cylinder, 17 X 9 & 17 X 10 Kinesis Polished 3 Pc. Wheels, 914-6GT Chassis Stiffening Kit, 914-6GT Boxed Rear Suspension, RennShift Performance Shifter with Steve's Custom Fab Linkage, Full Chrome-Moly Cage, Porsche Factory GT Flares Butt Welded, 5Five5 Composite Front and Rear Hoods and Bumpers. Terazoom Quick Release Steering Hub. MOMO Prototipo Steering Wheel, MOMO Competizione Shift Knob, MOMO Composite Racing Seats, SPA Fire Suppression System, Patrick Motorsports 914 Fuel Safe Fuel Cell, Boman Graphics, built by Steve Aven Orange, CA

[Dr. Roger]

QUOTE (xitspd @ Jan 2 2006, 06:26 PM)

Roger, Great job on the new calendar! I bought FIVE..... I drive my car 85% on the track and about 15% on the street. Following please find my specs: 400 pound springs are a little rough around town, but I sure like them on the track! Dan

geez dan,

you've got yourself a virtual smorgasbord of stuff on that ride.

and excellent taste in calendars i might add. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

a little stiff for a street car but i bet she's hell on wheels a laguna seca.

got a few koni sports w/adjustable perch's laying around the shop ya' need to get rid of???


best regards,
roger

[rick 918-S]

QUOTE (Andyrew @ Jan 2 2006, 01:29 PM)

Rich it was a handful at the wcc track, wasnt it? Whomever drove it (I remember you didnt..) wasnt cornering as well as mine was.. but I do know. it was a BLAST chasing your car around! Most fun I had all day was that half of a lap!! (still remember it) Rogger, get the threaded perches from Coleman. Also their springs are 50 a piece, any rate. If your going with a sway bar on the rear.. and you dont want alot.. Although I rather think that running 165 progressives on the street would be a very nice ride. then hook up the sway bar for autox if you need the rear to rotate (truse me... you will want it). Andrew

Ed Marrow (ejm) drove it around. He said he didn't want to break it. I didn't care. I trust him. The car is a handful.

When I drove it 90% of the handling was the driver. I'm a work-a-holic. I don't do AX's or track days. On my time off I like to build things. I'm more of a builder than a driver. Chris Julian and I were talking about that at the track. He rarely gets a chance to drive his car, much less track the beast.

To give you an idea about how long I have been building and changing my car, I purchased the tires in 1993... So I was driving on old hard tires, with no sway bars, and stock springs. One good thing is I had the torque to throttle steer the car when I got sideways on that left hair pin type turn... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif) 914RS was riding with me. I think I made him Nervous... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)

The idea behind my build is to end up with a car that is close to what MY IDEA of a V8 914 would have been, if Porshe built it in the 70's. So I've limited my parts purchases by default. But I'm sure without a dout it will only get better. Not the best it could be but better.

I'm lacking the details like sway bars, stiffer springs, and torsion bars, but their coming. I don't want to over kill the springs before I add the bars. So I hope to get to that this winter. My point is that if you just drive the car the stock 4 parts will work.

If your a serious Track guy or AX'er I'd say go Dan's direction. I'll never have the time or the weather to spend any real time tuning my chassis or suspension. So my goal is to improve my handling a little each year.