my 944 drives like a boat at high speed
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From: Las Cruces NM (NMSU) / Fountain Hills AZ (home)
KYB shocks all around + paragon $265 coilovers up front with #200 springs is what I have, perfect for street driving, feels very confident in turns too. And not to mention good on the budget. Replace bushings with poly graphite too
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I think i'm going to order some bilsteins and replace the front swaybar bushings and see how it drives. i'm also on a budge, I have law school dept i need to be paying off, so I think i'm going to leave the stock springs. i'll check the other bushings when the car is lifted.
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yup lol. I go to school down in kamloops i'll be back in september. it is a nice drive.
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These are great handling cars. But you also have to keep in mind the.... uuhhh ..... vintage ...... of these cars . That they are nearly 30 years old. Kind of like my Datsun Z at 40 years old. It was great in its day and still good today.
A suspension refresh and tires can make a difference. A couple of extra ponies in the front can help too. Or for bigger money you can push it up a lot more. I have had my 951 hold a 350-400 hp new Z at bay for a long while .
They are still not like driving a new $50,000 or 100,000 car though . But close and built at a different time.
A suspension refresh and tires can make a difference. A couple of extra ponies in the front can help too. Or for bigger money you can push it up a lot more. I have had my 951 hold a 350-400 hp new Z at bay for a long while .
They are still not like driving a new $50,000 or 100,000 car though . But close and built at a different time.
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haha I know, my car is an 85.5 and the same age as me. my car also probably has over 300k kms on it now (odo broken at 265).
mine is an na and power on the highway sucks too but I can't fix that. on some parts of the highway going uphill it wouldn't go faster than 120km/h.
i'm not complaining though it's an old 80s car I don't expect it to perform like a new car.
hopefully with new shocks and struts and sway bar bushings it'll drive better.
mine is an na and power on the highway sucks too but I can't fix that. on some parts of the highway going uphill it wouldn't go faster than 120km/h.
i'm not complaining though it's an old 80s car I don't expect it to perform like a new car.
hopefully with new shocks and struts and sway bar bushings it'll drive better.
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haha I know, my car is an 85.5 and the same age as me. my car also probably has over 300k kms on it now (odo broken at 265).
mine is an na and power on the highway sucks too but I can't fix that. on some parts of the highway going uphill it wouldn't go faster than 120km/h.
i'm not complaining though it's an old 80s car I don't expect it to perform like a new car.
hopefully with new shocks and struts and sway bar bushings it'll drive better.
mine is an na and power on the highway sucks too but I can't fix that. on some parts of the highway going uphill it wouldn't go faster than 120km/h.
i'm not complaining though it's an old 80s car I don't expect it to perform like a new car.
hopefully with new shocks and struts and sway bar bushings it'll drive better.
Above that....youre driving a POS beater....120km/h? lol ! (the clutch is probably slipping)...thats 3rd gear speed for the 944. My 16years old diesel golf can go 180...
Someone PLEASE sell a decent car to this guy so he stops being...well like he is.
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Vancouver Island has a great stretch of 110 km highway :P though most of the time its 180 smooth sailing
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I could imagine that some steep passes in the rockies (long steep grade + very thin air) might bog a stock N/A 944 down to 120kph (~75mph IIRC). Certainly should do better than that on the flats or normal hills.
For bushings, I wouldn't limit it to sway bar bushings. At least give the wheel a good wiggle and replace anything that flops around. If you can spare the cash go ahead and replace the castor blocks (rubber bits on the lower rear of the front lower control arm) and the front lower control arm bushings. Neither are particularly expensive. Check ball joints for play and replace as needed. Dito for upper strut mounts.
For bushings, I wouldn't limit it to sway bar bushings. At least give the wheel a good wiggle and replace anything that flops around. If you can spare the cash go ahead and replace the castor blocks (rubber bits on the lower rear of the front lower control arm) and the front lower control arm bushings. Neither are particularly expensive. Check ball joints for play and replace as needed. Dito for upper strut mounts.
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Yummy,
At 258,000 miles on the original shocks, my '88 944 still "handled" securely... although it was a rather punishing ride. The new struts & shocks made bumps and broken pavement wholly tolerable.
If your 85.5 is a speedboat at 70mph, immediately get a shop to diagnose why.
Ball joints, caster blocks, oily sway bushes and tie rods are likely culprits.
Does Canada not require annual safety inspections like Virginia does mate?
At 258,000 miles on the original shocks, my '88 944 still "handled" securely... although it was a rather punishing ride. The new struts & shocks made bumps and broken pavement wholly tolerable.
If your 85.5 is a speedboat at 70mph, immediately get a shop to diagnose why.
Ball joints, caster blocks, oily sway bushes and tie rods are likely culprits.
Does Canada not require annual safety inspections like Virginia does mate?
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