TomF

Nice car! Welcome to Renlist.

Unfortunately, one cannot compare the steering on the 74-89 cars to the 993's- totally different animals. The steering on my 87 cab was crisp and precise, while the 993 has less feel and is a bit vague.

Check your alignment. An agressive alignment can be a handful on bad roads. BTW, the tire pressure suggestion is an excellent one.

Stephen Fisher

I saw that car listed on e-bay when it was for sale. That sounds like an awsome car. Peter is amazing and setting up cars for the track and your car was certainly set up for the track.

A good track allignment and suspension will feel twitchy on the street, especially over bumps (spring rates are too stiff for bumpy roads). If you are not a track enthusiest, you should probably look into less agressive suspension options (at a minimum, you should get the car alligned with less camber in front).

Good luck and nice car.

SF

993c2cab

Maybe you need to put the engine cover tray back on.

John H

Check your tires for wear and the correct pressures. My car does the same thing when the rear tires get too worn, like they are right now.

rkass

also look at power steering fluid (assume no leaks in rack). Solved a darty feeling only at speed that way as mine was low.

911addict

Very helpful thread.
My 965 has never felt stable, whereas my 3.2 carrera was rock solid. Alignment check, here I come.

911CabSteve

Lowering can have a dramatic affect in the "bump-steer" or Kinematic toe handling characteristics of the car. Does the car get twitchy transitioning over bumps or when the suspension is compressed/unweighted? This would indicate a needed Kinematic toe adjustment..

As others have suggested, I would reccommend going to a specialty Porsche alignment shop and have the alignment, including Kinematic toe checked and adjusted properly for your ride height.. Note that a lot of shops do not know how to adjust the Kinematic toe properly.. It is not easy to do.. This suspension adjustment disappeared when the 996 was introduced, so some dealers don't even have wrenches that still know how to do it..

AndyT

95 cars had different geometry than any other year. if you think about tracking the car read up on the differences that porsche made and kind of kept quiet. check the pca.org technicals