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lali

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Im guessing that there are more than a few of you out there who have had suspension upgrades and cages fitted etc...
Im looking for a tried and trusted company to send my S2 to over the winter to have it sorted for the trackday season next year.
Your views and experiences are appreciated.

Lali
 
I read an article in 911 PW or GT PP this year about a guy who preps 944's for racing. There called Sussex Porsche, I'll have to post tonight on contact details after looking through my mags. Car mags that is![:D]
 
Lots of pictures of their race prepared 944's on my site. look under events / porsche festival 2004 & walton hall 2004
 
I don't think any of us have gone as far as fitting a cage or custom suspension. The original stuff (in good condition) is well up to the job.

The trouble with a cage is very nearly all insurance companies except the specialist race car ones will not touch a car with a cage
 
How dedicated a track day car are you after?

If you want a road registered race car you might be better of just buying a race prepared car in the first place. Lodge Sports quoted me £10K for a full race spec 944 prepared for the, then fledgling, 944 series; this was about five years ago though.

I do get the impression there will be a move to "outlaw" race cars using track days as a cheap test day, so this may work against you.

The main thing is to make sure that the car is in a good state of repair mechanically. Once that is achieved, if you want to go further:-

The S2 is limitted in how much extra power you can extract, so any significant improvement is only going to come through sheding weight and improving grip/ braking.

A good set of track day wheels and super grippy tyres would help grip and also save money (in the long run) by avoiding accellerated ware of you road tyres. Get 17" wheels for this as 16" slicks are like rocking horse poo.

As I'm a man who likes to fry brakes (it would seem) I'd go for heftier stoppers as bleeding the brakes at lunch time is such a fag. Fit late Turbo front struts so that you can then fit the 250 Turbo/928 S4 "medium" [;)] black callipers and discs or fit radial mount addapters to take the same brakes - mind as the back of the thicker disc is very close to the steering ball joint. You could go big reds/black of course but then you are into big money.

Use a good brake fluid and good pads.

Lower and stiffer front springs look good [;)] while you have the front struts off, and a strut brace may help tighten the front up a bit. And why not sitck on a set of 968 M030 anti roll bars while you are about it. 30mm dia front and adjustable rear - Mmmm Nice!

Paul knows the weight of everything within the car so he can tell you what to pull out, but spare wheel and rear seats are a good starting place. The front seats are very heavy and you could loose a good bit of weight by swapping them for something a bit more racey.
 
Thnaks John,

As much as Id like to have an ex race car thats probably a bit too extreme. Im planning on junking the enterior and replacing the front seats with some nice MOMO's that i spotted on the web. After having been a passenger during a tour of the armco at the 'Ring the cage is an absolute prereq, and my insurers have no problem with that. and that should also help tighten things up a bit.
I was planning on beefing up the brakes so the big blacks were on the list along with brided hoses and some pagid pads.
The big question is finding a garage who i can confidently send the car to for the work to be carried out...
 
Sorry forgot that bit...

I hail from deepest darkest Coventry but I dont mind travelling
 
I think the closest specilaist to you with experience of cages in 944's would be Kevin Eacock of EMC engines in Birmingham. His company converts and prepares all the 2.5 race cars for class 4 of the Porsche Open. I don't have his number to hand tonight, but if you have old copies of 911 & Porsche World they did a large article on this about two years ago
 

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