Anyone using RSR/Bilstein Shocks by Rebel Racing?

spence88mph · 07-14-2009, 02:04 AM

scroll down to the bottom:

http://www.rebelracingproducts.com/Suspension/Steering.html

thinking about these, they look pretty sweet and well priced....

Reaper930 · 07-14-2009, 02:35 AM

Yes...although mine are the yellow bilstien setup.

Clint at Rebel Racing is a stand up guy and one of the best at what he does, be it raised spindles, full coil over kits, custom valving...and he's a GREAT guy to deal with.

Can't go wrong with his stuff.

spence88mph · 07-14-2009, 02:40 AM

Cheers Gabriel, I'm after something that's not the converted sport shocks, not that there's anything wrong with them, was thinking Fox but these are another option, never seen anyone use them though.

Reaper930 · 07-14-2009, 02:53 AM

Fox and Moton are used on most the high dollar and high quality builds. I know that for street and track beasts Zuffenhaus uses Fox and Moton. While those are the big names in the business I wouldn't hesitate to use the Rebel Racing stuff as Clint is on his game but in the end its about the service and parts you can get for them in your section of the world. So going with a house hold name such as Fox or Moton might serve you better

Either way with any of those three brands you can't go wrong.

Turboo934 · 07-14-2009, 02:58 AM

I'm running coil-overs on Cristine,934 RSR shocks. These work great',I like that upside down spring perch. That would solve my top bushing problem.

JBL930 · 07-14-2009, 04:11 AM

I've got the RSR coil over stuff on mine too, Clint was a great guy to deal with, the majority of his stuff comes from Tarett Engineering http://www.tarett.com/items/911-series-products/911-suspension/list.htm
Not seen the adjustable stuff before on his site, if it's Bilstein then it's no doubt good, most of the dedicated track Porsche's i've seen are using Moton though, couldn't tell you if this set up would be better or worse, sorry.

mb911 · mb911's Garage

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Originally Posted by JBL930

I've got the RSR coil over stuff on mine too, Clint was a great guy to deal with, the majority of his stuff comes from Tarett Engineering http://www.tarett.com/items/911-series-products/911-suspension/list.htm
Not seen the adjustable stuff before on his site, if it's Bilstein then it's no doubt good, most of the dedicated track Porsche's i've seen are using Moton though, couldn't tell you if this set up would be better or worse, sorry.

I believe its the other way around most of his stuff is sold through tarett

Reaper930 · 07-14-2009, 04:38 AM

From what I understand Clint develops and tests new products to include suspension setups. That might be why he has so much insight on the products.

JBL930 · 07-14-2009, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by mb911

I believe its the other way around most of his stuff is sold through tarett

My bad, i simply wondered why, when i ordered my stuff, he had his Rebel Racing stickers over the top of the Tarett ones, it looked on the face of it that they had come from Tarett originally.

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

I have dealt with Clint both with my turbo (rear coils so far, but going whole hog soon with full 935 set-up) and my 911 RSR replica (raised splindles, revalves, adjustable sways, bump steer), all done after discussion with him about what my needs were. He knows the 911/930 set-ups second to none, and will do his best to hook u up without trying to oversell. Nothing but good things to say about him, although sometimes a little hard to hear back from, no doubt due to fact that he's a small operation.

Those shocks look very tasty...

gumba · 07-14-2009, 06:28 AM

I'm been using the Wevo/Ohlins single adjustable shocks on the rear of our race car for the past few years. Inverted coil over with no remote cannister. The adjustment knob is on the bottom of the shock. I also run these on my Crewcab without springs, and will try them on the turbo with a helper spring at some point. I'll stay with the torsion bars.

This year I went with the Fox shocks front set up. Mainly because I run different size rims. The spindle height is set up for 16's, will clear 15's with a 3/4" spacer. At some point I may switch to 17's so changing the height won't be an issue.

911st · 07-14-2009, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by spence88mph

scroll down to the bottom:

http://www.rebelracingproducts.com/Suspension/Steering.html

thinking about these, they look pretty sweet and well priced....

What is the price range please?

spence88mph · 07-14-2009, 03:14 PM

Click the link 911st

Thanks for all the info guys.

Gumba: I would love a couple of Ohlins, I didn't know you could get them for a 911, I have an Ohlins rear shock and forks on my Aprilia and the build quality is amazing, also completely transformed the bike, was about $1700 for the single shock alone though, do you have any idea what the 911 units cost? Why do you say Wevo/Ohlins too?

gumba · 07-14-2009, 04:06 PM

Wevo has the Ohlins built to their specifications. I also like the fact of no remote canister. The adjustment knob is above the lower mounting bolt. They are $1100 per pair without coilover springs. You should contact Wevo directly.

spence88mph · 07-14-2009, 04:09 PM

Thanks Gumba, damn...they're not ohlins gold!

DW SD · 07-15-2009, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JBL930

My bad, i simply wondered why, when i ordered my stuff, he had his Rebel Racing stickers over the top of the Tarett ones, it looked on the face of it that they had come from Tarett originally.

Clint and Ira are both engineers and work together. They each designed some of the combined product lines, which is sold under either label.

Thumbs up for both guys.

Clint grew up in his Dad's 35-year-old air-cooled Porsche shop on the central Coast of California. In addition to normal service, they've done complete restorations on many vintage Porsches. Clint went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and earned his mechanical engineering degree while working on campus in the machine shop.

I highly recommend his work. He rebuilt / restored my 930 calipers to a very high standard, did some custom machining for me and also raised my spindles. All was done to a very high standard for a reasonable price. I also use his bumpsteer kit, which was more thoughtfully designed (with metric and not American fasteners / hardware) than the ERP kit. Thumbs up for Clint.

Ira is a great guy, too. I have his monoball and anti-roll bars. Great products for a reasonable price.

Doug

930gt-40r · 930gt-40r's Garage

Ive chated with Clint about my suspension, He took the time to deal with me even though I dont have the money for one of his setups now. I am however going to to get his slip fit coil-over conversion for my car (only disadvantage is the 2.5" spring...) hopefully soon as well as send my bilstiens to him for revalving/service.

gumba · 07-16-2009, 06:21 AM

Make sure the 2.5" springs clear. Even inverted they wouldn't clear on our '75 Carrera.

vmb · 07-16-2009, 11:40 AM

I installed Rebel's front and rear RSR coilover conversion and bought other bits and pieces from Clint. He actually tried to talk me out of some of the the stifffer bushings and polybronzes (but I got anyways). You have to respect someone that doesn't push expensive product on everyone just to make a buck. He knew I wasn't building a dedicated track car. Great experience dealing with him, and also what an awesome transformation to my tired old OEM suspension.

spence88mph · 07-16-2009, 04:09 PM

Hey Vic, so you bought the model pictured above? How do you find the set up, are you running torsion bars as well?