Hate to bump an ancient thread, but there needs to be some clarification from the 935 specs and how those might translate to a beetle or 944T rear suspension.
If the shock/spring motion ratios and weights are all known, you can actually reasonably translate the springs/damping.
I'm currently trying to pull some reasonable numbers out of the available calculators for spring rate and damping.
The trailing arm length on a 911 and its children are IIRC much longer, so a given dia torsion would effectively be softer.
The shock//coil over attaches out BEHIND the axle.
The motion ratios for the rear shocks/coil overs is thus >1.0
The motion ratio of a 944T is supposedly ~.94 up front and .42 out back (pulled from Rennlist etc)
(I suspect similar for the early steel T1/T3 arms)
The front rates ~match up as the strut angle is close.
The rear spring rate and damper rates on a T1 or 944 suspension will have to be >2,5 X the 935 rates to have the same effect at the wheel.
Also, at least for the 934 (assuming same trailing arms), the published rear damping specs are more like 2200/1200.
Note that the base recommended Bilstein damping settings for a baja bug prerunner/race app are almost EXACTLY what is spec'd in the previous post for the 935 (including a 2x motion ratio correction for the rear, again, the weights are about the same, the front ratio corrected damping would be softer on the baja by about 30%)
Note Bilstein makes small body coil over-ready shocks in 6" stroke length, 17" overall (S6G) that take 1 7/8" springs, <100 for the shocks and $40 for the slip on coil over kit. (+ springs) They can be bought in 21 std digressive valvings or custom valved when built for only a little more.
Too long if the car is slammed, but about right if the stock shock length still works.
Last edited by piledriver; June 4th 2016 at 02:57.
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