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There are kits out there to dial out the 991.2 bump steer on turn in. I suspect will never be as good as 992's wishbone set up, but if it is in the balance, or you prefer 991s looks or interior, may swing it
I am sure Dundon & others will offer similar adjustable tie rods/kits in the US.
Atb,
Mark
Nice hardware, but that kit is only intended to restore the stock level of bump steer to a car that has been significantly lowered from stock ride height. It does not allow it to approach the benefits of the 992 suspension…
Nice hardware, but that kit is only intended to restore the stock level of bump steer to a car that has been significantly lowered from stock ride height. It does not allow it to approach the benefits of the 992 suspension…
Thanks GrantG:
Kind of wondered about that....
Do you know any mods which will help the front end turn in on the 991??
Cheers!
Thanks GrantG:
Kind of wondered about that....
Do you know any mods which will help the front end turn in on the 991??
Cheers!
I guess you could just go for
a very aggressive alignment (toe out on front axle and plenty of negative camber).
The benefit of the double wishbones on the 992 is that the negative camber increases the harder you load the car into a corner, so it doesn’t need lots of static negative camber or front toe out (which can make the car pretty nervous on the road).
I guess you could just go for
a very aggressive alignment (toe out on front axle and plenty of negative camber).
The benefit of the double wishbones on the 992 is that the negative camber increases the harder you load the car into a corner, so it doesn’t need lots of static negative camber or front toe out (which can make the car pretty nervous on the road).
I did try a "race prepared" 991 once, it sort of threw itself into the corners, never really felt comfortable to me and would be nervous on the street, as you say...
Guess I will have to work with what I have, it never felt really limited until I drove that 992...
Cheers!
Nice hardware, but that kit is only intended to restore the stock level of bump steer to a car that has been significantly lowered from stock ride height. It does not allow it to approach the benefits of the 992 suspension…
Agreed Grant, as I mentioned earlier, a double wishbone is superior, just saying you can close the gap with a more aggressive set up to improve 991 turn in/reduce understeer and use after market components to reduce the downsides.
In a recent podcast with Chris Harris, AP stated that the 992 GT engine was better than the Mezger engine. Maybe I'm reading too much into it - but he never said that about the 991 engine.
991.2 rs (OPF) and speedster share the 992 engine.
Not sure how much architecture they changed of any significance other than ITBs.
I wonder if they improved the way the cam shims are retained? I suspect they did, as they say this is effectively the race car engine (although they have said that before....) so should have race car design and not spit out shims....
In a recent podcast with Chris Harris, AP stated that the 992 GT engine was better than the Mezger engine. Maybe I'm reading too much into it - but he never said that about the 991 engine.
Trust me when I say this. You're reading into it too much
Well this thread seems to have taken a life of its own. Lol. Thanks for all the input guys, I appreciate it! In the end I ended up going with the RS. Even though I’m sure the 992 is a more capable car on track with the new suspension, there is something that kept pulling me back to the 991 style. Not to mention all the 992’s I looked at were still 40-50k over MSRP. The RS just called to me and it only has 3k miles on the clock.
Well this thread seems to have taken a life of its own. Lol. Thanks for all the input guys, I appreciate it! In the end I ended up going with the RS. Even though I’m sure the 992 is a more capable car on track with the new suspension, there is something that kept pulling me back to the 991 style. Not to mention all the 992’s I looked at were still 40-50k over MSRP. The RS just called to me and it only has 3k miles on the clock.
congrats. looks great. are you planning to track this thing with that windshield blacked out? do tracks allow that?
12-14-2023, 05:38 PM
