lol your always compensatiing heheheh

got any new pics of the black mamba sharky?

 

Working on the pics as we speak.. Just put on a corbon wing that I bought on Ebay. Its a little wider than the stock one(Upper) I do alot of agressive driving and want a little more stiffness in the corners.

So what do you think I should do? My budget is 2 thousand and I want results!!

 

Good sway bars are considerably less than $2k . . . good coilovers are considerably more.

Craig

 

I just wrote a long disertation on my experience and somehow it was dumped. I'll try to para-phrase. Porsche GT3 & GT2 sway bars are great (hollow/lighter/stiffer/not that expensive) but do not fit as a set for the standard turbo due to 4 wheel drive - had a GT2 and turbo on the racks at the same time so I got the visual. I have tried many suspension products on the track with my 01 996 and 03 tt both cars very far from stock. Bottom line is sway bars are biggest bang for your buck. I've got H&Rs and PSS9 and it is great at Sebring and fine on the road. The H&Rs were fine w/ stock suspension at the track - I just went all the way. go w/ the sway bars - they will fit your budget and you can add the suspension later. PSS9 only will be disappointing w/o better sway bars if you hit the track. Hope this helps ... spent some serious bucks learning this first hand at sebring.

 

What make the H&R front bar work better on the AWD 996TT? Are the drop links different? Are the bars themselves different?

Mike

 

Difference is the bending to accomodate the 2 vs 4 wheel drive. I would not recommend using one brand on front and another in the rear. Specifically I would not go with Porsche GT2 hollow bar and then H&R solid one. Get the H&R set - they are also adjustable.

 

For some reason I'm having a posting problem, - anyway the Porsche GT2 bars are the best but the front of a GT2 is different than a standard turbo - the swaybar bends need to be different due to 2 vs 4 wheel drive. A few companies have tried to make some drop links to accomodate this difference but they will be the weak/fatige point in your susupension and they are expensive. I would still recommend the H&R Standard turbo bars for our application - even though they are solid and weigh more ... they work great on the road and at Sebring and again are adjustable.

 

What you should do is look at the sway bars as a fine tuning instrument for a properly set up suspension , And NOT a Ace bandage for a poorly set up car.

Just my .02 cents.

 

I've had the hollow GT2/3 sways and have had no problems with TRG DL's. You need to unload the suspension and adjust the Dl's accordingly to eliminate the clearance issue. No problems what so ever.

 

Earlier this year I got a quote on those DLs from TRG and they were more than a set of sway bars from H&R - and then you still needed to buy the Porsche sway bars. Has TRG lowered their price? I think this project and conversation started with a budget of $2k.

 

I have had several different sets of drop links . . . the TRG DLs are clearly superior.

Craig

 

Ditto that.....well said.