Quote:
Originally Posted by garibaldi
You would be wise to shore up the rear mounts as well. I can speak from experience. I tore off sway bar mounts in the rear, cracked the forward spring plate mounts, and actually blasted the entire rear upper shock crossmember off my old 930 when I had it. i had a full 935 suspension I was running on the street. Coil overs, bilsteins, heim jointed everything etc. I literally ripped off that boxed albatross that the rear shocks mount to and sent it piercing through the rear firewall and the whole rear of the car sank. So just beef everything up, you will be moving the stress around to different spots in the chassis
|
Christian,
What year was your 930 that had failures? How many miles and how much was it tracked? Was it driven hard on the street? Did you keep your eyes on the rear shock towers for potential failures? Do have any photos of the failure on the front and rear mounts?
Quote:
Originally Posted by WinRice
Yep, that's the plan. Once I finish the front, the rear will get the full treatment.
|
WinRice,
I'm impressed with your work. I have full 935 setup with coilovers on my '87 930 with none of the structural reinforcements. It's been that way since 2002. I bought this car in '09. I have been keeping an eye on the rear shock towers and would like to beef up this area up in the future. As for the fronts, that's new to me as for potential cracking so I'll keep an eye on the fronts, too.
On your front mods why didn't you add boxed front strut mounts for racing castor/camber mounts? Regardless, the mods you did looks great. Are going to lose luggage space with your mods?