I set mine even side to side, as 90% of my miles in the car will be with my wife as a passenger. If I was driving solo most of the time, I'd probably have the left higher.
I set mine even side to side, as 90% of my miles in the car will be with my wife as a passenger. If I was driving solo most of the time, I'd probably have the left higher.
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
I made a mistake in my previous post , a 1 degree difference in the spring plate angle = about 7 mm difference in the ride height , I checked my notes and this is in line with Bruce Anderson's
recommendation . So good luck .
OK. Good to solve that little mystery. Since the smallest increment is 50 seconds, it looks like the smallest height change is ~6 mm. So 3 clicks CCW on the inner spline and 3 clicks CW on the outer spline and I should have about 18 mm or 0.7” higher. About what I’m looking for.
Too hot to work on the car for the forseeable future, but excited to try this. Since all the hardware was cleaned, replated and lubed, it should be relatively easy to do this (fingers crossed).
Ravi
Early 911S Registry # 2395
1973 Porsche 911S in ivory white 5sp MT
2015 Porsche Macan S in agate grey 7sp PDK
Here's what I worked out as a cheat sheet, as I no longer trust math I do in my head.
I note here that while I thought I went for 36°, looks like I set it at 35°20' instead. Which may be why I don't do math in my head any more.
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic
Labour day weekend, so time for some labour. Took about 5 hours yesterday to reindex the torsion bars to 36.3 deg on each side. It was around 29 deg L and 31 R with fender heights of 25.5 “ L and 25 5/8” R. Was really disappointed because all the effort to reindex gave me a too tall fender height of 27” or 22.4 mm measured the official way. Official spec is 12 +- 5 mm. Slept fitfully last night, partly because of the thunderstorms and partly because I wasn’t looking forward to another 5 hours of wrenching.
I did know the suspenion would settle a bit, and sure enough this morning, the fender is about a 1/4” lower and the official way of measuring gives me 17 mm which is right at the upper spec. I imagine with drivng it will drop further.
And idea how much more it will drop with some use? I have read 1-2 cm drop from initial heght is pretty typical on G body cars.
Hope everyone is having a great long weekend.
Ravi
EDIT: This settling was after 14 hours of sitting on my 4post lift.
Last edited by NorthernThrux; 09-07-2020 at 06:03 AM.
Early 911S Registry # 2395
1973 Porsche 911S in ivory white 5sp MT
2015 Porsche Macan S in agate grey 7sp PDK
Ravi, I'd expect it to drop a bit more after driving. Not a lot, and how much it drops is dependent on compliance of your bushings in back, especially the big spring plate bushings. Best guess is another 2-3mm. Which would put you in the heart of the factory range.
- Arne
Current - 2018 718 Cayman, Rhodium Silver, PDK
Sold - 1972 911T coupe, Silver Metallic; 1984 911 Carrera coupe, Chiffon white; 1973 914 2.0, Saturn Yellow; 1984 944, Silver Metallic