Cochezz

What do you guys think of putting turbo S sway bars on a early '85. I doesn't even have a stock rear sway bar. Is it even possible to mount a rear bar on an early '85 without cutting and welding?

Am I crazy?

M758

Great Idea.

The rear just need the drop links and it will bolt right up. The front I believe will bolt up too, but I am pretty sure the connection to control arms is slightly different.

sydneyman

ive got regular turbo bars if you don't already have the turbo s. just in case!

Cochezz

PM sent Sydneyman

pjstevens77

I put S2 bars on my 85.5, all I needed was the larger bushings which the seller provided, that car handles like a dream, but I also installed Koni's on the same day so I might be a wee bit biased there. They'll bolt up no problem, but like it was said, you do need the drop links for the rear.

Jay Gratton

I put Turbo S bars on my '88 924S and it was AWESOME! Good luck and let us know how it goes.

V2Rocket

+1 the control arm swaybar mount is different but you can modify the early bushing to fit the larger bar...this is a mod you will love for a low cost

F40LM

I have put turbo sways on my '86 NA. So I have some bits left over from it, plus still need to pull them from the 85.5 parts car I have. Stock sways on it front and rear IIRC. PM me if you need anything else. For a couple of bits and pieces just pay shipping.

michael

pettybird

I put a turbo S sway on the front of my '87 944S and was amazed at the improvement!

I bought the whole bar including end links and the center drop links, so no extra parts were required.

IN1TROI

I wanted to do this on my early 85 944 as well. when you guys say "drop links", what are those and what do you have to do with them to get the rear bar in?

V2Rocket

they look like dogbones, the hold the ends of the rear swaybar to the suspension arms. the center of the swaybar is attached to the suspension body in the middle.

F40LM

See part number 5.

http://www.944online.com/cgi-bin/ASI...uspension-9441

IN1TROI

ahh ok... and where do you attach the droplinks in the back? (diagrams would be helpful, for some reason that's how i've always learned things best)

pjstevens77

most of these cars came with them, take a peek at another and it will all make sense, you should already have the mounting holes for the drop links and bushings, they just bolt on. See Clarks link below

http://www.clarks-garage.com/shop-manual/susp-05.htm

See that "dog bone" shaped "hanger" coming down? Thats the drop link and the bar attaches to that.




And here is the upper portion of the bar attaching to the car via the bushing.

rude944

Note that the Turbo S rear bar might be 16mm where the regular turbo rear bar is I believe 18mm... The turbo s front bar is bigger however.

This is an awesome upgrade done cheap, just make sure you get all the pieces off the donor car. Usually this can be rather easy and is not a problem to source.