I'm prepping my own private Octoberfest - the 2007 update-o-rama for my CS. I just ordered my Quaife LSD and the TPC Swabars and links from TPC.
I asked them for an update on the status of the Turbo kit. Tom indicated that they are on track to have about 100 kits in sixty days. The pricing at the high end will be around $9900 but there will be less expensive, less capable kits as well. He indicated that they have track-tested the kits and they are working well. Performance should be comparable to a 996TT.
I asked for his advice on shocks. He felt that I would be best served by getting the highly adjustable JRZ Racing Dampers. Something to grow into. I asked about PSS9s or the H&Rs. He said that they shared components (the shocks) and that they were largely equivalent and should be bought based on price.
I would appreciate any advice from the team on the shock solution that would go well with the new swaybars, LSD and eventually new tires.
My next call is to Farnbacher Loles for a bit of carbon-fiber bling.
DFogal.
I have the JIC cross coilovers, fully adjustable from site sponsor vividracing.com I can't say enough about them, I am :banana: about them.
They come with camber plates, have 16 way dampening adjustment and ride height set up without using the springs which can compromise the spring rate.
Really nice pieces and transformed the car. Everyone who has driven it including two GT3 owners have been very impressed.
What are the compromises for street use? How hard is is to adjust them for a track day? I am concerned about ground clearance. I have driveway issues. And I am not going to move. A GT3 will not make it into my garage. If I could afford a GT3 right now, I would pay the $50k and get my driveway replaced. Then I wouldn't be able to afford the GT3. LOL.
Sorry, should have been a bit clearer about what I am adjusting. You can adjust the dampening very easily, adjusting ride height is actually harder than the other coilovers I looked at and not easy at all. In fact I think its a shop job.
Most of the systems adjust ride height by increasing or decreasing spring pressure/rate which is a compromise to some degree of the shocks function. The JIC is adjusted by the shock body which does not effect the spring rate at all (good) but makes ride height adjustment a PITA.
Even with the spring adjustment its not easy and also if you pay to have the car setup (corner weighted and aligned which you must do), you don't really want to change it anyway.
The best you can do is compromise a bit on ride height which IMO is not that big of a deal even though a suspension guy will probably tell you to drop it as low as possible.
