Suspension Rebuild, Elephant Racing Polybronze bearings? Options

[william harris]

So the front and rear suspension are apart and being media blasted and then will be powder coated. Next issue - bushings. Has anyone used the Elephant Racing Polybronze Suspension bearings? What about the Rear Monoball cartridge? Also, the sealed front monoball cartridge? I know these items are pricey, but they certainly look to be well designed. I would appreciate anyone's comments and experiences. This is for a street car to run yellow adjustable Konis and 100 lb springs. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)

[Jeroen]

Yep, the needle bearings need an occasional cleaning and regreasing
Use boat-trailer-wheel-bearing-grease.
Last year I sorta helped Brad clean and regrease a set that had been on a car for year
They cleaned up nice and there was no damage or wear on the bearings (street/track car)

On my 911 I had all the Elephant goodies (bronze bushings front and rear, rear monoballs and the front top strut monoball inserts).
Yes, there is some additional roadnoise, but even in my car (which was sprung pretty hard and had NO sounddampening materials left) it wasn't much.

Like Mike already said, Elephant doesn't have bronze bushings for the rear of the 914, so just get the needle bearings both front and rear.

From what I read on your planned setup, I'd advise you not to go for the front monoballs
At this moment your car is too softly sprung to benefit for them.

The front monoballs from Elephant are inserts that mount in your existing top-strut-mounts (you cut the rubber out and replace it with the monoballs)

The one from Tarett replaces the complete top-strut-mount and will allow for more negative camber settings

cheers,

Jeroen