rear coilovers for sale
02-13-2005 | 03:01 AM
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rear coilovers for sale
i saw two separate auctions on ebay for rear coilovers - both from Huntley Racing. turns out they use the exact same shock as the KLA units i have. interesting. anyways, looks like there are a couple good deals to be had:
coilovers #1
coilovers #2
there is also a brand new ground control kit from paragon with hypercoil springs. another good deal:
front coilovers
coilovers #1
coilovers #2
there is also a brand new ground control kit from paragon with hypercoil springs. another good deal:
front coilovers
02-13-2005 | 11:03 AM
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yes, they can go on an 83. you CAN delete the torsion bars if you want to, but it's not necessary. i simply reindexed the torsion bars so that the springs and torsion bars are carrying the weight. if you install them, remember the effective spring rate is about 60% of the posted rate. ie, for the 650lb springs, the effective rate would be about 400-425lb
02-13-2005 | 12:22 PM
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Rear shocks for a late model 944 or 944T will not fit an early 944 unless you change the rear trailing arms to late model (and then change the rear stub axles, cv shafts, hubs, etc
. The early 944 uses a fairly thin rear shock that takes a 1.87" spring. Late model 944 and 944T rear shocks use either 2" or 2.25" springs (I can't remember which ones). The early 944 has a top and bottom bucket that the late models do not have. Those very same buckets also prevent one from mounting coil-overs upside down.
All is not lost however. You can get Bilstein to convert your rear shocks (or a new set) to coil-over, change to solid top and bottom mounts, and have them revalve the shocks to your new spring rate. Personally, if you are going to go through all of that trouble then I'd ditch the torsion bars. If you keep them then why go with coil-overs? If you keep the torsion bars you lose most of the adjustability of the coil-overs (without having to re-index the bars everytime). You might as well just get larger size torsion bars seeing that you have to re-index them anyway. And of course if you are going to do that you will also need to stiffen up the front or you'll end up with one bad handling car.
As always, YMMV.
. The early 944 uses a fairly thin rear shock that takes a 1.87" spring. Late model 944 and 944T rear shocks use either 2" or 2.25" springs (I can't remember which ones). The early 944 has a top and bottom bucket that the late models do not have. Those very same buckets also prevent one from mounting coil-overs upside down.All is not lost however. You can get Bilstein to convert your rear shocks (or a new set) to coil-over, change to solid top and bottom mounts, and have them revalve the shocks to your new spring rate. Personally, if you are going to go through all of that trouble then I'd ditch the torsion bars. If you keep them then why go with coil-overs? If you keep the torsion bars you lose most of the adjustability of the coil-overs (without having to re-index the bars everytime). You might as well just get larger size torsion bars seeing that you have to re-index them anyway. And of course if you are going to do that you will also need to stiffen up the front or you'll end up with one bad handling car.
As always, YMMV.
