Drewsifer

Every journey begins with a single step. And so hopefully soon begins my journey to Spec 944. Having run my first Auto X recently and talking to some experience PCA guys, I can see where I should start. I've been advised that a good set of Anti Sway bars makes a night and day difference and is a fairly basic thing to install. Good idea, bad idea?

Drew

Caboose

Good idea. +1 for Sways.

Techno Duck

Good advice. Turbo sway bars are cheap and direct bolt on. Alternatively you can go with M030 968 bars. Either are a great choice. My personal favorite combo on a n/a was a 26.8mm bar from a stock 968 or 951S and the M030 968 19mm adjustable rear.

Check to see if your car even has a rear sway bar, not all n/a's came with them and if your car is one of thosel, you will need a couple pieces of hardware to mount it.

xsboost90

i did very well w/ an n/a 944 and a 924s in autox w/ just 200lb front springs, good brake pads and a set of turbo sways. Of course make sure all your maintenance is up to spec.

TRDRacer

What type of things will you need to install a rear swaybar if your car did not come with it? Sorry for the thread Jack but still good info!

951_for_John

Best mod. is sway bars, after a really good set of tires.

love my 968 M030 bars, helps the car to rotate.

my old car was an 85 RX-7 with an 87 Turbo 13B. (for sale now) Early RX-7's are really tail happy, but lots of fun to drive, even with the stock 100 or so HP, but with 951 power and 2100# it gets really gets fun.

944obscene

My RX7 buddy would so hate to talk to you. He loves nothing but FC's. I'm going to be helping him do some turbo work (T1 motor in an 89).

M758

I suggest 968 M030 sways as even when you start racing you can still use them.

Your cheapest mod would be turbo Sways, but most don't race on them so you may need to unload them in the future.

The next thing are shocks. Koni yellows are the standard for 944 spec and work great on street cars too. They are pricey for street shocks, but dirt cheap compared to race shocks. The other way to increase the stiffness is to remove weight. A lighter car will feel like it has stiffer springs.

ibkevin

MO30 968's and Koni yellows.

jtsporsche

paragon sells konis right? and do they sell the sway bars?

followup, are all 968 sway bars the M030?

porcho heat

No, there are the regular 968 bars and the M030.

IIRC the regular ones are 26mm front and 16mm rear, and the M030 are 30mm front and 19mm rear.

FRporscheman

Standard 968 front sway bar is 26.8mm .

John how did you get the car down to 2100 lbs? That's just impressive.

Drewsifer

Is there a particular reason Turbo sways don't make good race sways? It is my goal to upgrade things to Spec stuff, so I don't want to buy something I'm just going to turn around and sell again. And with the shocks, with a lift and proper tools, could I do both in a day? Or should I do one thing at a time?

J Silverman

Most people run larger and adjustable bars on their race cars. Turbo bars will work just fine. Hell Im running whatever came stock on my 924S and have no immediate plans to change them.

M758

Most just run bigger bars. Either weltmeisters or 968 M030's. There is nothing to say they WON'T work, but you may not find them optimal.