Steering question
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I'm going to assume you mean 130+mph, in which case yes, any road car's steering will start to go a little light as the car is producing enough lift for it to have noticeably less grip. The faster you go, the wider you will feel the road needs to be. In this respect a Porsche in good condition is better than most.
I suggest some driver training in a safe environment (eg bruntingthorpe, carlimits.com etc) to familiarise yourself with the car and possibly ask someone more experienced to drive the car so you can decide what improvements can be made to the car, and what skills you need to improve to avoid a life changing experience when you run out of talent on the road.
I suggest some driver training in a safe environment (eg bruntingthorpe, carlimits.com etc) to familiarise yourself with the car and possibly ask someone more experienced to drive the car so you can decide what improvements can be made to the car, and what skills you need to improve to avoid a life changing experience when you run out of talent on the road.
scam75
Well-known member
Soli 944T's are known to get a bit light at the front end at high speed if any of the undertrays are missing, most noticably the 3rd, aluminium tray. If all these are in place the car should stay planted better at speed.
In order you should have your batwing undertray connected to bumper, then a plastic middle tray and then finally the aluminium tray.
Over the years I have seen countless turbo's with trays missing, and most commonly the ali one. If you see one they have fins at the sides and are designed to help airflow and keep the front end planted.
Check you have all your trays present. The ali ones are hard to find, took me a while to track one down. I think they are still available from OPC for round about £90 and there is currently one on ebay for £45 posted.
Cheers
Stuart
In order you should have your batwing undertray connected to bumper, then a plastic middle tray and then finally the aluminium tray.
Over the years I have seen countless turbo's with trays missing, and most commonly the ali one. If you see one they have fins at the sides and are designed to help airflow and keep the front end planted.
Check you have all your trays present. The ali ones are hard to find, took me a while to track one down. I think they are still available from OPC for round about £90 and there is currently one on ebay for £45 posted.
Cheers
Stuart
944 man
Active member
I can recommend somewhere in Sheffield, but I suspect that itll be too far. On the plus side he is familiar with 944s and runs championship winning MX-5s and charges FAR less than anyone else (typically £30 front and £50 rear, with the potential for the rear price to increase in line with the rear fixings reluctance to loosen).
so i called a couple of recommended places about the steering and wheel alignment. the first, Wheels in Motion, is a place a friend of mine knows from racing. the other, Centre of Gravity, i found splashed with amazing reviews on all kinds of forums. they are actually completely booked for 2 months in advance during week days and 3 months for saturdays.
Wheels in Motion said no problem to do the wheel alignment and the maximum price for a 944 will be about £130+VAT. Not too bad
Then I called Centre of Gravity. They asked for the symptoms and said that from my description they would guess that after so many years of use and putting pedal to the metal probably the back of the car is slightly lower than the front. they offered to do a whole 10 hours set up of the car, adjusting every possible bit that can be adjusted and putting it perfect as it should be. they asked for £470+VAT. They said doing wheel alignment won't solve the issue
so i have a choice between something reasonably priced that might not solve the issue and something expensive that might not be necessary
any thoughts?
Wheels in Motion said no problem to do the wheel alignment and the maximum price for a 944 will be about £130+VAT. Not too bad
Then I called Centre of Gravity. They asked for the symptoms and said that from my description they would guess that after so many years of use and putting pedal to the metal probably the back of the car is slightly lower than the front. they offered to do a whole 10 hours set up of the car, adjusting every possible bit that can be adjusted and putting it perfect as it should be. they asked for £470+VAT. They said doing wheel alignment won't solve the issue
so i have a choice between something reasonably priced that might not solve the issue and something expensive that might not be necessary
any thoughts?
andy watson
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Ex Skyline
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Kongsodoken
Active member
CofG every time .......when you see what he does you will wonder how he does it for the money. He spent over 12hrs setting up mine
You will not regret it
You will not regret it
All the trays are present, or they were when it was sold to Soli, i never had an issue with stability at well into 3 figures [] all bushes were in good condition, the front end was polybushed and the rear shocks were new OEM .
I never had handling issues though a trip to C of G with Chris Franklyn no doubt will transform the car.
] all bushes were in good condition, the front end was polybushed and the rear shocks were new OEM .I never had handling issues though a trip to C of G with Chris Franklyn no doubt will transform the car.
Neil Haughey
New member
Funny I have never ever noticed this as an issue driving on track at 120+ mph in car with no under trays. Any imbalance in the tyres though such as flat spotting or pickup and the steering can vibrate like crazy which is even more noticeable without PAS. Definitely sounds like a geo/tracking issue although my own car had geo out by miles last year and I still didn't notice this problem, probably was more worried about other issues at the time. Also make sure the tyre pressures are good, any car can feel very darty if the rear pressures are a bit high compared to the front.
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