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72 911 targa too stiff after new bushings
Hi guys,
It's been about 3 months after I had new Elephant Racing rubber bushings and Elephant Racing adjustable spring plates installed on my 1972 911 targa plus a corner balance and alignment. I've had three sets of tires on the car since the work has been done: Bridgestone RE-11a (replaced after puncture just after your shop did the work and were 4 years old), Dunlop Direzza ZII Star Spec and finally some Bridgestone RE-71. I like the Bridgestone RE-71 tires the best out of the 3 and remind me of the Kumho Escta XS autocross DOT tires (which had very stiff sidewalls) I had on before the RE-11a ones.
The car seems to be ridding much stiffer (too stiff for mostly road driving). I wonder if it is the new Elephant Racing rubber bushings as not much else has changed? Here is what I know about the car over the 10 years I've had it:
- car has a 1985 euro (3.2 and 915) drive train, plus MA Shaw fiberglass front and rear bumpers plus deck lid / duck tail, lightweight Corbeau seats and 17" 7.5" and 9" Rota Foxes rims
- should have factory torsion bars
- should have green Bilsteins (these should be the HD, which are not as stiff as the sport if I recall correctly), done about 8 years ago
- has Weltmeister adjustable sway bars, done about 8 years ago and the bars, especially the rear one, have been setup stiffer / less body roll before
- had front and rear polyurathane bushings (noisy ones) installed replacing the factory ones and Weltmesiter adjustable spring plates put on about 8 years ago and then the recent Elephant Racing bushings and spring plates installation a few months ago
- 1976 alloy trailing arms installed 6 years ago with Elephant Racing poly bronze bushings
- there is a bump steer kit installed in the front, this was done before I bought the car and not sure which make it is
- not sure what has been done to the bump stops but the car has been noticeably lower (about 6 years ago) than it was setup just a couple months ago from your shop
The car has never ridden this stiff as I feel every road imperfection and is causing me back lower back pain. I am quite concerned about this and I am hoping there is something that can be done. Could there have been an Elephant Racing rubber bushing order mix up with Pelican Parts?
I would like to hear your thoughts and I hope something can be done to reduce the ride stiffness.
TIA,
Scott
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72 911 T Targa in Orient Red / Black - more like a 85 Euro RS IROC now
- 85 Euro 3.2 with x-faktory EFI ITB + SSI + Dansk, 915 + Wevo, flares + IROC bumpers + duck tail, RS door panels, Corbeau LG1 microsuede seats, Speedware harness bar + drop links + Scroth DOT harnesses, adj Tarett sways, sport shocks, alloy trailing arms, Elephant Racing oil lines + spring plates + bushings, RSR Rota Foxes + Bridgestone S-04 PP, 2450 lbs
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