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Originally Posted by Muskoka Minute
Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it.
So as of right now you are running a mild street set up with the car being lowered with the Koni's & springs.
How much did you end up lowering the car?
I think the Ohlins lower the car by approx 24mm
Do you know what the specs are for the current set up you have.
(If not I wonder if our mutual friends would have it on record)
What made you shy away from the Ohlins besides the price.
Appreciate any further input you can share.
Cheers! Bart
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Hi Bart,
The H&R Springs I'm running are a 1" drop as per their specifications. I've seen a few Boxsters in the city that are likely 2"+ dropped and scrape when going over speed bumps to getting in to shopping plazas. Even with a 1" drop, certain speed bumps will result in a scrape of the underbody. Wasn't worth the heartache in my personal opinion.
I ended up going to Brett Hunter at Hunter Motorsports for the final alignment because he was available next day to slot me on to his schedule. Our mutual friend was 3+ weeks out and I didn't want to wait.
I'll post my specs and his notes, where the values are as follows:
Front Left / Front Right
Camber: -1.81 / -1.85
Toe: 0.02 / 0.01
Rear Left / Front Right
Camber: -2.50 / -2.50
Toe: 0.13 / 0.14
Notes on the alignment left by Brett: 986/987 call for more negative camber in the rear than the front. This alignment reflects that.
Due to limitations of factory adjustment, the rear is as close as possible to factory settings. The car cannot have less negative camber, and toe can not be closer to perfect (0.09.) Toe front and rear is within spec.
Previously, I was running some specs that some of the guys here on the forum known for tracking their cars heavily and it was too much for the street in my opinion. -2.5 camber in front and -1.9 in back, zero toe front and .016 degree total toe in rear. Unless this was a dedicated track car running high speeds, I would never do this on the street again.
As for the Ohlins, ultimately it was the price, and if I was going to commit to the Ohlins, I wanted the full meal deal, which meant a lot of expensive parts and labour, it was going to be a point of diminishing returns.
There are days where I wish I had the Ohlins, but I still am very happy with my Koni FSD setup. I just got a software tune on it and it's scary fast now.