Here's A Demonstration Of Why Your Old Sports Car Needs A Suspension Upgrade
Time is not kind to your suspension components. Over the years, bushes will perish, springs will weaken and shock absorbers will degrade. So if you’re running something like this 18-year-old 996 Porsche 911, you should think about giving your suspension a refresh, and maybe even a little upgrade while you’re at it.
It’s also worth bearing in mind that suspension technology has come a long way over the last few decades, and performance cars of yesteryear were on the whole a lot softer. In the case of the 996 - as mentioned in the above video - it was set up to understeer on the limit to make it a little less lairy to drive than its predecessors. So, it’s no surprise that an overhaul featuring things like Ohlins Road and Track dampers makes a massive difference to the way it drives.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Zach Merritt 😂
My dad’s 996 seems to hold up nicely but I haven’t really had a good comparison so idk
Kann jemand übersetzen was bushes genau bedeutet? :D hab nur die übersetzung Buchsen gefunden und mir fällt das deutsche wort nicht mehr ein
True true…I was delivering 2 litre e36 Beamers a bad day on the track with my koni equipped 1.6 astra despite lacking straight line speed.
Which Koni’s do you have installed? I’ve been looking at the yellows or the FSD’s for my Volvo. Either that or a KYB “Just a Gas” just because its cheaper.
I wish the swaybars on my fat ass A4 were that thin LOL
This was a great video. You went all out and all at one time. I have made similar changes but used original Porsche parts and did not change all the links and none of the springs. I used Bilsteins struts. All that made a big difference, but I have not really tested it. It has always been fun to drive. I dont get to see my car so i enjoy watching videos of other 996s. Thank you. Dont forget to clean your radiator