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chrisrush82

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Just watching my brother lower his mark 1 golf making it look easy, ive was looking at the turbo aparently so i read somewhere the turbo was lower than the ordanary 924 is this correct?

and on a seperate question i think my front shocks need replacing is it best to do the springs at the same time?
and what would anyone recomend make wise for new ones?

 
Lowering a Mk1 Golf is easy, very easy car to work on all round really. As for your 924 it's got torsion bars instead of springs at the rear so i'm not sure how easy it may turn out to be, a bit harder than the Golf i'll bet.

Further to that i've never read about anyone lowering one on here although i could be wrong, people just go for a more bespoke suspension kit to stiffen it up and improve the handling. KW, Gaz and Leda kits have been mentioned on here. In my opinion the ride height is fine for fast road use as it is but others may disagree.

One thing i do know is that if you go ahead with lowering it don't go so far that the front wishbones are sloping the opposite way or it'll ruin the feel.
 
I stand to be corrected on this; I think the Turbo has stiffer springs/shocks, but the Carrera GT is lowered by 10mm
 
1982 944 front springs 477 411 105 q (marked blue)
1982 924 turbo front springs 477 411 105 q (marked blue

1982 944 front shock 944 343 031 012
1982 924 turbo front shock 944 343 031 012

I am not checking the back

924 N/a have different part numbers.
 
Early 944s are very much 924 turbos with a different engine, the turbo installation actually weighs a little more making the same springs feel slightly stiffer on the 944.

I'd agree with Mr Brightside the fronts are easy to lower, the rears need the torsion bars reindexing - not a job for the fainthearted!

If you want to tighten the car , stiffer anti-roll bars are available. I belive they are only 18mm standard.

Also, 944 have double acting shocks which may help control. I have just put Boge Gas units on - ok I got them cheap - but they made a very noticable difference.

Mike
 
I generally agree, and 924nutter's part numbers I think confirm categorically the springs and struts are the same, how-ever, I have now learnt (the hard way!) the difference shell-wise between a 924 and 944 - and it applies to the 924S as well - the 924 and 944 are subtly different. I don't know why - but they are. the bulkhead is a different shape, the heater mounted 20mm further forward on a 944. I thought it might be to counter balance-shift for the alloy 944 engine, but then it wouldn't apply to the S.

I must have a closer look at the anti-roll bar on the 924S, because the 924T and 944 are distinctly different.

 
Thanks for all the advice guys, I wont be lowering it i think it is proberbly low enough i was just wondering if it was lower than standard 924 i know alot more now,

I replaced the rear shocks about a year ago and that made all the difference with the standard ones from porsche i think i shall proberbly do the same with the front but cant decide if i should do the springs as well do theses wear?
 
A big difference on the 924T is the standard fitment of the rear anti-roll bar, something my N/A 924 did not have. What you are talking about is different degrees of excellence. The 924 N/A still feels eminently chuckable at leaest mine did coming from an Audi 80 GLE. In the wet at Castle Coombe, a tendency towards easily catchable oversteer, just like my 944S and if you lose it in the dry on public roads you deserve to loose your driving licence.

 
Id leave the front as-is, or perhaps lower it by 10mm. The rear Id re-index until the sills were level. Porsche had to jack the rear up in order to pass federal bumper tests and all 924 derived cars were built like this as a result. It wasnt what the engineers had intended and it is far from ideal, but it was a production necessity for Porsche, because North America was their most important market.
 
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