The Best Possible Rear Suspension!

[SoCalGL]

running stock arms and the proposed set up would this work with 17" x 8.5" ET 50
in the rear?

[flat]

Originally Posted by SoCalGL

running stock arms and the proposed set up would this work with 17" x 8.5" ET 50
in the rear?

It'll work well with the Porsche rear brake setup. You will need 1" or 1.5" wider fenders...

Lanner

[al_kaholik]

Heres my current build up, mostly as per "the perfect suspension" in the tech articles.

IRS conversion, early 944 rear brakes complete with spacers for teledial wheels 7" rears wrapped with 215-70-15 BF Goodrich tyres, Porsche trailing arms, 25.5mm torsion bars from a 944S2, 16mm Porsche ARB with Kerscher mounting hardware (would have gone 18mm except this is going to be a daily), 1303S gearbox, trekker output flanges, 100mm CVs and Porsche drive shafts. 3 bar brace setup (thanks Lanner!) Body has 2" wider fibreglass wings at the back. Soon to have seam welded frame horns and the 2.1 WBX fitted.

Upgrades later to include a nicer 'box and rhino mounts, better shocks, perhaps 944 spring plates if some come up at a reasonable price.

At the front there is 6" wheels, early 944 brakes, 19mm ARB and a seam welded late beam (more leaves = better), super duty track rods (thanks Lanner!) currently no shocks...

[moonska]

Originally Posted by al_kaholik

Heres my current build up, mostly as per "the perfect suspension" in the tech articles.

IRS conversion, early 944 rear brakes complete with spacers for teledial wheels 7" rears wrapped with 215-70-15 BF Goodrich tyres, Porsche trailing arms, 25.5mm torsion bars from a 944S2, 16mm Porsche ARB with Kerscher mounting hardware (would have gone 18mm except this is going to be a daily), 1303S gearbox, trekker output flanges, 100mm CVs and Porsche drive shafts. 3 bar brace setup (thanks Lanner!) Body has 2" wider fibreglass wings at the back. Soon to have seam welded frame horns and the 2.1 WBX fitted.

Upgrades later to include a nicer 'box and rhino mounts, better shocks, perhaps 944 spring plates if some come up at a reasonable price.

At the front there is 6" wheels, early 944 brakes, 19mm ARB and a seam welded late beam (more leaves = better), super duty track rods (thanks Lanner!) currently no shocks...

Shes coming along nicely matey What shocks are you going to use up front?
Nick

[al_kaholik]

GSF gas shocks for the mean time, but as soon as I get some cash coming in, I suppose Bilsteins are on the cards, again as per the "perfect suspension" article.

Just worked out that I need to spend the thick end of £130 on the remaining parts just for the chassis hardware before sending it all to get zinc plated. Eek.

[Wally]

I would say what Sandeep mentioned, but with turbo alu trailing arms to give you the extra strength and track width for hard circuit driving circumstances (doing the curb stones and all).
The extra width is very benificial for rear roadholding in bends at speed or under acceleration.

I am still missing the proper coil-over front and rears though. For 944's there are excellent 'ideal' rear solutions, but for front the existing coli over ones on the market today are not totally to my liking as far as 'ideal' goes. A modified 944 solution could be great, but probably $$..

For 944 (from www.intrax.nl):