1 of 1 M030
11-02-2012, 05:36 PM
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Michelle,
how 'bout an Amethyst car with a full leather interior in black with magenta seats.
even though a little bit of magenta is still too much magenta.
od.
how 'bout an Amethyst car with a full leather interior in black with magenta seats.
even though a little bit of magenta is still too much magenta.
od.
11-08-2012, 01:38 AM
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M030 consists of a few components, of varying merit.
The M030 brakes are pointless. The standard 968 brakes, used with modern pads and fluid and sufficient air ducting, are essentially fade-proof and have the ability to engage the ABS at highway speeds. However, if you need more, I would go for the 928 GTS brakes, which are larger, cheaper, and use cheaper rotors (or, alternately, can use the lighter but much more expensive 2-piece 993TT rotors, with custom centers).
The swaybars are great. If I were setting up a car now, I'd probably go for the Lindsey version of the 968 M030 rear sway bar, but it's just a slight update of the original part.
The front coilovers are good. They provide height adjustment and good suspension control. I've been very happy with them on the track, and I am crazy enough to enjoy them on the street. They are not, however, a $15,000 Moton remote-reservoir 4-way adjustable setup, so if you have more instrumentation than an F1 car and are intent on tuning every single minute characteristic of suspension behavior, they aren't going to be much use to you. On the other end, they are ALSO not "compliant" or "comfortable", so if you want to feel like you're in a hovercraft, go buy a Citroen DS.
The rear shock and helper spring have similar performance characteristics to the front, and while I've been satisfied with this setup so far, I'd really like to get rid of this ridiculous "two kinds of springs" setup with the torsion bars and get something like the Kokeln rear suspension kit with some proper coilovers.
So the overall answer? I would always be happy to take an M030 car, and I certainly wouldn't want a non-M030 with stock suspension, but when retrofitting a car, you want the swaybars and maybe the shocks/springs, depending on what you want out of the car, but definitely not the brakes.
