BODY ROLL, What to do Options

[wjpierce]

Hello 914World.
I recently purchased a '74 914 racer and had it on track at Buttonwillow raceway last weekend. There were issues in that the car was last raced in 2014 but these were overcome.

Here is the major problem with the car. Body roll. Transitioning from a right to left turn requires neutralizing the car mid cormer and then allowing it to set. If that isn't done, the car wants to break loose when it sets into the next turn. I don't have a rear sway bar on the car and that is the first order of business but it seems impossible to me that a sway bar could overcome this much roll by itself.

I was thinking of trying coilover shocks to help with this. This might also allow us to corner weight the car.

What are your thoughts on this. Any other strategies that have worked for others with 914 racers?

I appreciate your input. Bill Pierce

[brilliantrot]

The 914 Aaron (yeahmag) has and I autocross seems to be pretty happy with the same setup except we have gone to 550lb-in rear springs to keep out of the bump stops on the rear shocks. We have since upgraded to some fancy Penske shocks that might allow us to drop down to a 450lb-in spring and add some compression valving to help keep it off the bump stops but running low, on Hoosier with data showing we have sustained 1.3G with peaks to 1.7G, and low friction bearing’s trailing arm pivots, we need a LOT of rear spring.