06-09-2009, 02:35 PM
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Location: Alta Loma, CA
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No no.. they are a JOKE. The Boxster (compared to the CaymanS) has a huge STEEL bridge between the rear shock towers!!! The Cayman has nothing. In the front of a Boxster, it has two FACTORY braces in place.. and Porsche thought they were good enough for the GT3 CUP CARS!! and yet I still see people selling strut tower braces (WTF??) Most people never pull back the front plastic and SEE the damn things!! LOL They instead bolt a new shock tower brace OVER them.. LOL
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06-09-2009, 03:06 PM
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Schatten-Baum-Mechaniker
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mississippi
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Brad,
on my 2000 Boxster S that I use for daily driver and track days (DE), Should I go with ROW M030 or Bilstein PSS9?
thanks.
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2000 Boxster S
1973 914
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06-09-2009, 03:11 PM
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Go with the Bilsteins. I see you have a 914, so this means you have been driving a mid-engine car for awhile  I run the Bilsteins with 450 and 500 rate springs with GT3 bar and Tarett 4 way rear bar on a lot of Boxster's. This REALLY balances the car out nicely. It is the same setup we ended up with on the BoxsterSpec cars.
Saying that.. I also have Boxster's with 700 and 800 rate springs under them, but not on PSS9's.
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06-09-2009, 05:50 PM
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Brad, I got my hands on a front S bar, so we'll see how that does on the track. We're doing one little change at a time to see how that affects the car's performance.
There are a few more autocrosses this year - I think I'm going to request another number for the car so that I can run too.
Although it hasn't been mentioned (unless I missed it), GT3 control arms and Brad's recommended alignment settings totally transformed our Tip Boxster.
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06-09-2009, 06:00 PM
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Charles,
it will help settle down the rear end an allow you to get into the loud pedal a little sooner
Numbers: get a number that is easy to swap. Ask for a number that just adds a "1" at the beginning or end of your wife's number This way you are not switching back and forth a ton of numbers!
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