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As mentioned...I'm aiming for a "smooth, yet firm" ride - hoping to reduce "teeth chattering" on dirt/gravel/bumps - but with a decent handling/cornering feel. While I do enjoy our local twisties, I will never track this car...nor do I make it a habit to run up to redline (in fact I rarely go above 4500 rpms).
Also as mentioned...Steve at 944online is making up some Sachs struts, with Sachs inserts - and this is the way I'll be going, even with the knowledge that, owning an 87NA does limit my options in terms of getting a "perfect" match via. rear shocks...as it appears that equivalent Sachs rear shocks are no longer available.
Right now I'm looking at going with either Bilstein B-6's for rear shocks (a bit stiffer than Boge's, but softer than Koni's), or, on the softer end (don't laugh) KYB's. I actually ran KYB's front and rear on an 85.5 awhile back - and for my uses they were OK. As for the possibility that KYB's would not last nearly as long as anything from Bilstein...this does not really concern me for the rears as they (KYB's) are so inexpensive, and very quick/easy to change out.
As for my current Koni's - my thought is to hang onto these, eventually get them rebuilt - and then A/B these with whatever setup I end up going with in the meantime. My reasoning for this is that I haven't owned my current 87 that long...and its been up on my lift for the past 18 months as I rebuild/rehab it. As the Koni's were pretty old to start with...I'd like the chance, at some point, to feel for myself how a fresh set of Koni's feels/drives. Make sense?
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