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10-25-2010, 11:20 AM
So I have a 88 944 Turbo S that I have now taken to two DE events. First was at Watkins Glen, long fast sweeper turns, car felt nice and planted. This past weekend was at Thunderbolt at NJMP. Some much tighter turns really showed how soft even the Turbo S's suspension is. Through the tight stuff the rear end felt really loose, lots of body roll, and the rear tires just felt greasy. As I progressed a bit through the weekend, I used this to throttle steer around the tighter stuff, but coming out of the turn the car would be prone to wobble a bit back and forth.
The car only has 45k miles on it. Front suspension is stock, when I got the car some OEM black shocks were on the rear and the yellow Koni's were gone for some reason. Replaced them with some new yellow Koni adjustable shocks, left the adjustment as is out of the box, which from what I read should be set to the middle. Plan is to tighten these all the way up to see if it helps control the "wobble" and rear end looseness feeling. Tires, are Toyo T1R's. Not R-compounds, but pretty sticky summer tires. Tires were not even singing that much when the rear end was feeling loose. Tire pressures were set to 34 psi all around cold, and got up to about 41 when hot.
Looking to make it corner a bit flatter and get rid of that unnerving wobble when exiting a turn. Instructor was suprised at how much body roll and how loose the rear felt even from the passenger seat, but the car still had grip.
I think that's enough information to get the ball rolling.......Suggestions?
The car only has 45k miles on it. Front suspension is stock, when I got the car some OEM black shocks were on the rear and the yellow Koni's were gone for some reason. Replaced them with some new yellow Koni adjustable shocks, left the adjustment as is out of the box, which from what I read should be set to the middle. Plan is to tighten these all the way up to see if it helps control the "wobble" and rear end looseness feeling. Tires, are Toyo T1R's. Not R-compounds, but pretty sticky summer tires. Tires were not even singing that much when the rear end was feeling loose. Tire pressures were set to 34 psi all around cold, and got up to about 41 when hot.
Looking to make it corner a bit flatter and get rid of that unnerving wobble when exiting a turn. Instructor was suprised at how much body roll and how loose the rear felt even from the passenger seat, but the car still had grip.
I think that's enough information to get the ball rolling.......Suggestions?
Adam
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2001 996 Turbo
1984 911 - Sold
1988 944 Turbo S -Sold
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2001 996 Turbo
1984 911 - Sold
1988 944 Turbo S -Sold