Looking for advice on 1989 911 Suspension

[Porsche1989]

A friend recommended me to sign up to Pelican Parts and am hoping I could ask for some advice.

I have a 1989 911 2 wheel drive with the origional suspension. The car has been modifed and was being used on the track but the previous owner didn't touch the suspension. I have owned the 911 for about a year ... my first one and would like to track the car but I think I would need to replace the suspension first. Any advice on a good suspension to use that would fit this car. The car has 189,000 miles on it and still running strong. I know that suspension could be costly and need to think about that especially with the high miles.
Thanks for help in advance

[Bill Verburg]

If you are new to 911s it would benefit you to have someone familiar w/ the cars check it out.

As a new aficionado it is probably better to get used to the car in relatively stock form before spending lots of $ on mods that may or may not be appropriate.

Be sure that the all the stock shocks, bushes, brakes, wheels and tires are at least nominal. If shocks are needed go for Bilstein HD or Sport, bushes will have to be evaluated there are some decisions that will have to be made there. Decent wheels and really good tires are critical.

wheels and tires involve the least amount of compromises wrt street vs track use, so start there
If the rest of the supension is in good shape, you will want at a minimum 7 & 8 x16 wheels, 8 & 9x17 or 18 would be even better. max performance tires 205/55 & 245/45 > 235/40 & 265/35 x18. There are bigger(and smaller) chocies, but somewhere in that range is where you want to be.

get used to the car, see what others in your area are doing, monkey see, monkey do is not a bad way to go about it.

[911teo]

If nothing has been done since new (I doubt it but...) I would recommentd:
- new shocks
- new bushings

Depending on what you have in mind and your budget there are a lot of different ways to go about upgrading your suspension.

You can get stiffer shocks/torsion bars, polibronze bearings instead of the stock rubber ones, monoballs, adj spring plates, camber plates, adj anti-roll (sway) bars.

Since you need to replace the shocks and bushings this is what I would do:

- stiffer T-bars
- Sport Bilstein shocks
- polibronze bearings
- monoballs

If you have more money I would add
- adj sway bars

More cash
- ASP Spring plates

More cash
- Camber plates

Check this page, it gives you a good idea of what's avaliable and how much it costs....

http://www.elephantracing.com/suspension/diagram/911suspensiondiagram.htm