Turbo Tie Rod Question

I would be interested to hear if anyone has done this conversion and if it was money/time well spent. I am putting my project/wishlist together for the coming months.

Thanks in advance.

Andy
81 911SC

I just did it 2 weeks ago. I LOVE it. I thought there would be a trade off of increased steering response at the expense of more harshness. What I got was better steering response, LESS kickback and less bump steer. It now feels like I'm driving a new car.I highly recommend it. If you do it yourself, you'll need some special tools. And an alignment obviously. It may not be something you want to tackle yourself. Just imagine your steering coming loose at 120. Yikes!

If your car is lowered and you have bump steer look at the tie rods that Vasak Polak sells. By machining the parts you can eliminate the bump steer without heating and benting steering parts.

Randy Jones
1971 911

PS I put on the Turbo tie rods before Vasak started selling there new kits and I love them, much better feel of the road.

Thanks for the responses. This upgrade is going on the list.

911SC
Andy

I also just had the Turbo Tie Rods installed
on my 83SC.Totally different car!!! I love it! I put the Netrix bushings in the rear
spring plate also along with Bilstein Sport
shocks.Very well behaved and excellent handeling.

I'm doing the SC adjustable spring plates, neatrix bushings, torsion bars, turbo tie rods and other misc bushings (finally) early next week! Can't wait...will post results shortly.

I'd like to improve my handling too. How difficult is it to replace all the suspension bushings? I mean everything. I'm pretty mechanically inclined but don't have special tools. What's required and how long does it take to do?

Thanks!
Eric '82sc

Eric,

Some of this is being covered in the European Car "Project 911S" stories.

The rear spring plate bushings are apparently shot on most/all older cars and are somewhat of a bear to remove. You basically have to burn them off with a torch.

The rear banana arm inner bushings are a pain too as you have to remove so much stuff to get at them. I don't know if they really wear out that badly though???

Swaybar bushings and front A-arm bushings are pretty simple.

Sounds like a multi-weekend venture! Thanks for the info. Where can I find the Project 911S info?

Eric, the front suspension is a piece of cake if you are mech. inclined. The rear is simple as well but a bit of a pain in the arse to say the least. I don't know that it's necessary to do the inner banana arm bushing (the one by the trans.) as they don't usually go bad. It's a good time to upgrade the non-adjustable springplates to the adjustable ones. Trying to set rear ride height the old way really sucks! Corner balancing when you're done is almost a necessity. There's a method for getting it real close that involves jacking the front up with a floor jack on a pivot point that is dead center, then setting the rear even side to side. Then dropping it down and setting the front even side to side. This method will get it close enough for a street car but if you're hitting the track, get out the corner scales. Good luck!