ChrisA

If the usual LA sources can not help for used parts, you may try Parts Heaven up in Hayward (San Francisco area), I sourced one of the arms for a friend not to long ago. Price was reasonable when compared to new, and I would agree the bushings are designed to last a very long time.

chris walrod

Here is a outline on which control arm does what. Which one did you bend?(sorry I dont have my PET installed on my computer here at work)

tj90

The forward arm of #24. Exactly where the "24" callout is pointing. Chris Im disappointed that the PET is not installed at work - how can you possibly function?

Mark in Baltimore

Sorry to hear about your mishap, tj. Sounds like something I would have done.

Interesting info on the '95 993 suspension. My track car has the stock rear parts and no squirreliness in the rear, but I do have a late model build '95.

chris walrod

Same with my yellow 993, 12/94 build -- Never driven a car so stable! It was RARE that the rear would step-out on me --

chris walrod

FWIW, I just got a new computer-- my old one did have PET -- am I forgiven?

Geoffrey

"My track car has the stock rear parts and no squirreliness in the rear,"

You must not be driving it fast enough then...

In all seriousness though, I have experienced this personally and the updated parts cured the problem.

sfl993t4

Does the 95/96 suspension difference also apply to turbo's? I've got a German model 1995 turbo (supposedly a 1996 Model year). How do you tell which suspension you have?

Thanks for the help

Geoffrey

The suspension update is because of the turbo and all of the turbos have the updated suspension parts.

Mark in Baltimore

Well, I am just an average driver, but, at least at Summit, a track I know well, I run times about as fast as the class-dominating 964 cups. So, I think I'm pushing it quite hard, not to say that there isn't a lot more time left in the car.

After over four years of tracking this car, the only squirreliness I have felt was when I spent a year fine-tuning my Motons, chasing after a horrid power-on, exit oversteer. The car wasn't jumpy but was set-up with too much brittleness and rear bar.

Do you think my late model build has something to do with it?

95 C4 993

That sucks.

I just got a new Audiovox D1020 10.2 DVD portable, MP3, TV all in one for the SUV yesterday and put a 1.5 scratch in the screen dead center within 10 minutes. End of the world, no but just spent $300 on it and scratch the fing screen.

I blame my stupidity and eager to get things done without paying attention.

What caused me to do this?

Geoffrey

"Never driven a car so stable! It was RARE that the rear would step-out on me --"

The issue is not whether or not you can slide the rear end of the car. It is a stability issue because the rear suspension is "steering" the rear of the car as it moves and changes over a bumpy or uneven surface, whether or not you can identify it is another issue.

chris walrod

No, never made a habit of trying to slide the car, but found it to be very good over rough surfaces, even mid-corner.

Mark in Baltimore

Aaaah, I see. So, if one is not experiencing a problem, one either may not have the ability to drive the car hard enough to find the problem or one may not have the ability to discern the problem.

Certainly both premises are possible, but the other plausibility is that no instability exists at all.

Chris, why don't you get one of your Champ car buddies to drive your car and see how it feels? Naaaah, they all suck since they're not in F1 and lack the ability to really test it properly, right?

chris walrod

Wont do that -- they'll really expose my driving weaknesses. Plus, I would have unbolt my seat (no sliders) and move them up and all the way forward Those horse jockeys they are..