Coil overs, What do you think? Options

[jmill]

I saw these from RSR and they look pretty sweet. Does anyone run these? I have 911 Boge struts with 3.5 spacing now. Do you know if the A caliper will bolt up to these? What weight spring do I need? It'll be on a street/track 6. I'd like it more track than street. Is there something better or cheaper out there?

[jmill]

I haven't decided on anything. Had my mind been made up I wouldn't have posted my question here. I was doing some research and saw what looked like a slick component.

I'm at the point in my build where I need to invest in the suspension As with anything people tend to gravitate to what they know. I know coilovers. Is it the right way to go? I have the slightest idea. It is a familiar option available to me. I'm finding out it's not a popular one.

Ok, so why isn't it popular? Cost, torsion bars are just as good or, as it was put, it jacks your chassis right the F... up? That one had me laughing. From what I'm hearing the RSR struts are the cats ass. The addition of the coilovers not so much.

I don't have adjustable coilovers on the rear of my car yet. With those you can corner balance fairly easy with TBs up front.

[BigD9146gt]

Ok, so why isn't it popular? Cost, torsion bars are just as good or, as it was put, it jacks your chassis right the F... up? That one had me laughing. From what I'm hearing the RSR struts are the cats ass. The addition of the coilovers not so much.

Most of the time, people fallow the factory components/setup because we have a bias love for the brand. I'm guilty of it. Because RSR's represent the pinnacle of Porsche Motorsport during which our 914's were produced, people gravitate toward them. Clint and others will take a perfectly shit Bilstein, Boge, or Koni strut, recondition it, raise the spindle the 19mm you get on the RSR strut, gussets, (even paint it yellow, or pink, whatever you want) send the shock to the manufacturer to be re-valved to whatever you want (even the RSR or 934 180/220-ish valving).

What you get is the SAME shock for less money, but no nostalgic 60deg cut thread on the shaft...(off note: this is a horrible thread for a dirty environment, acme threads are much stronger and when dirt is introduced, far less likely to F up the threads).

Torsions are great. Look how long they have been used on these cars and other manufactures with repeating results. Win after win, and still winning events. No arguments there. These cars were designed to have them, but I'm not convinced that these cars cannot use coil overs as a street/mild trackable car without major stiffing mods.

Torsions do have limitations, why else would Porsche use coil overs now? Much cheaper, refined, lighter, adjustability.