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Don't be discouraged, Funracer; I did not take 3 years on the suspension work, I bought the wrong shocks and only now have gotten the right ones installed. I took about 3 months to do the suspension work and did a bunch of "while you're in there" brake, axle, and other restoration work at a novice pace back in 2020/21. Then, I had new shocks installed when I was unsatisfied with the conventional Bilstein HDs.
About weight difference: for what it's worth, all the F and G body cars came with 19mm front and 23mm rear torsion bars. Porsche must not have thought the weight difference between our cars was enough to warrant a different choice. Nowadays, spring rate and damping rate are preference choices with these cars. I think my setup is fine for my use case, but I still might try softer torsion bars at some point just to see if I like them more for daily use.
A couple top tips that will help make sure you finish in just a couple months:
1. Wash the underside of the car as best you can before lifting and removing wheels. Makes the work go faster.
2. Be prepared to have to press the torsion bars out of the front control arms; have a shop with a hydraulic press on speed dial.
3. If you're going after the bushings in the rear trailing arms, use the Elephant Racing tool even though it costs what seems like a fortune for simple parts.
4. Get an electric ratchet to make removing and installing bolts & nuts go faster.
You should be able to knock it out in 3 months, but if you're going stiffer than stock budget for the Vons shocks and skip the Bilsteins.
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