Great Suspension Mod for $40
02-03-2008, 04:23 AM
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Great Suspension Mod for $40
No affilation with Dave or Lindsey Racing, but I think this has got to be the best $40 you can spend on suspension mods for your 951!
I've had adjustable yellow konis w/ the MO30 sway bars and a tower brace for years and while the car handles great, there was still some room for improvement. I was getting some rotors for my 87 951 and saw this front sway bar brace and thought it looked like a good idea and figured for $40 is was worth a try.
I'm incredibly impressed with how much it tightened up the front end and eliminated a bunch of body roll.
I'd highly recommend it!
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http://www.lindseyracing.com/mm5/mer...44SWAYBARSMISC
http://www.lindseyracing.com/mm5/mer...44SWAYBARSMISC
I've had adjustable yellow konis w/ the MO30 sway bars and a tower brace for years and while the car handles great, there was still some room for improvement. I was getting some rotors for my 87 951 and saw this front sway bar brace and thought it looked like a good idea and figured for $40 is was worth a try.
I'm incredibly impressed with how much it tightened up the front end and eliminated a bunch of body roll.
I'd highly recommend it!
d
http://www.lindseyracing.com/mm5/mer...44SWAYBARSMISC
http://www.lindseyracing.com/mm5/mer...44SWAYBARSMISC
02-03-2008, 09:14 AM
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Another reason these are good is they help prevent the drop links from breaking. Also i have seen some track cars (mainly those running wide rubber and big sways) in the front actually have cracks around the frame rail where the droplink attaches. I think by triangulating the mount you help reduce the occurance of this happening.
02-03-2008, 03:09 PM
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I recently put those on my 944 after hearing stories of the swaybar mounts breaking at the track. Yeah, they stiffened things up quite nicely, although a fair amount of cursing is necessary during installation until you figure out the trick. At least in my case...
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02-03-2008, 04:03 PM
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Hmm... let's see if I can remember it... I think it started with "stupid f*cking g*dd*mn piece of sh*t..." 
Ok, where I recall it being difficult was getting the swaybar bushing holder lined up with both the drop link mount thingie and the brace, made more difficult by the bushing holders not being compressed all the way (they were still pretty far open from getting the bushing in there). A second set of hands may have been enough to help, but not having that option, I had to figure something else out. What I think I ended up doing was loosening both the swaybar mount and brace as much as possible so they could move around to help me line things up. At some point I rocked things around and stuck a phillips head screwdriver through all of the holes in order to line them all up.
Once I got the screwdriver in all of the holes, I used a pair of vice grips to compress the bushing holder closed enough to be able to pass the little bolts all the way through the holder, mount and reinforceing bracket. I passed the bolts through and tightened down the nuts so that they were mostly snug but still allowed a bit of of play in all of the parts. I then tightened down the two swaybar mount bolts to the chassis and the brace bolt to the subframe. I circulated between all of the bolts, tightening them gradually so that they would settle into whatever position they were happiest witn. Once they were tight, I'd tighten the two bolts at the bushing holder the rest of the way.
I hope this is somewhat helpful... I'm having a hard time remembering exactly what I did and putting it into words...
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Ok, where I recall it being difficult was getting the swaybar bushing holder lined up with both the drop link mount thingie and the brace, made more difficult by the bushing holders not being compressed all the way (they were still pretty far open from getting the bushing in there). A second set of hands may have been enough to help, but not having that option, I had to figure something else out. What I think I ended up doing was loosening both the swaybar mount and brace as much as possible so they could move around to help me line things up. At some point I rocked things around and stuck a phillips head screwdriver through all of the holes in order to line them all up.
Once I got the screwdriver in all of the holes, I used a pair of vice grips to compress the bushing holder closed enough to be able to pass the little bolts all the way through the holder, mount and reinforceing bracket. I passed the bolts through and tightened down the nuts so that they were mostly snug but still allowed a bit of of play in all of the parts. I then tightened down the two swaybar mount bolts to the chassis and the brace bolt to the subframe. I circulated between all of the bolts, tightening them gradually so that they would settle into whatever position they were happiest witn. Once they were tight, I'd tighten the two bolts at the bushing holder the rest of the way.
I hope this is somewhat helpful... I'm having a hard time remembering exactly what I did and putting it into words...
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02-03-2008, 04:14 PM
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I've had these for a few months, installed them when switching to bigger ft sway bar. Was hard to tell how much these alone made a diff since it was all done at once, but the sway is now MUCH more secure than it was. Was easy to install with the sway totaly off, and can imagine it would be a little tougher with the bar still in the car.
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02-03-2008, 05:09 PM
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Yea, I was really impressed with them! I installed them alone with no other mods at the time. I was quite suprised with the improvement. Using a vice grip to secure the stock swaybar mount into the proper position helps get the lower bolts through & the top one is no problem.
