Here we go. All the parts are here! Yahoo.
First is the front suspension.
Here are the freshened and powdercoated a-arms mounted. I used delrin bushings, but I don't who from. Mike out at Rennsport sourced them. He told me at the time what they were but I can't remember now. He said he prefers them to Rebel, so I figured, what the heck: they're cheap enough that if I don't like them, I can change them out later.
The powdercoat added just enough additional dimension to the inside edge of the hole in the a-arm that the ball joint won't fit. So I wrapped a 32mm socket with 220 grit sandpaper, taped it on and sanded it down to bare metal.
Next thing was to install the front sway bar. I'm using Tarett's through-chassis setup. Here's what it looks like laid out neatly.
It's pretty nice stuff.
Since this is a 3.2 Carrera it had the cheesy "let's just install this swaybar anywhere" thing. So I have to cut the hole and reinforce it for the through body bar.
Tarett supplies an inner flange. I used this for my layout. After I cut the four holes - three for the screws and one for the bar, I screwed the bolts into the face of the flange and hung it on the outside.
I then made measurements to all three bolts from the top of the brake line hanger and measured the angle.
Then transfer it to the other side, drill the holes and bolt everything up. Here's the finished product.
This is the new front strut. Full blown Porsche Porn.
And here it is installed.
This stuff is not torqued up yet. I'm still in the trial fit mode. I won't torque anything until I've got all of it on.
Hal