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Kirk · 10-07-2008, 11:03 PM

One more mod this last weekend. As long as I had the front of the car jacked up and both shocks out to re-shim them, I thought it would be a good time to install my latest trick mod. It's an OEM front anti-sway bar from a Porsche 996 GT3. This is the preferred sway bar for Boxsters as it's much beefier than stock and is 5-way adjustable. The only problem is that you have to use aftermarket sway bar links to fit it and adjust for the different hole positions on the bar.

Here's the GT3 bar compared to stock. Stock is on top and is a little under 24 mm in diameter. The GT3 bar is on the bottom and is 27 mm.

Here you can see the adjustment holes on the GT3 bar compared to stock.

Here's the new end link (bottom), which is adjustable, compared to stock (top). Think it will be a bit stronger?

Here are a couple photos of it installed, not much to see really. I've got it on the softest setting for now to limit understeer until I get a spare $450 to buy the Tarett aftermarket adjustable sway bar to go in the rear. I may actually stiffen it up a bit for more understeer as I got the car sideways today on the street with snap oversteer and it's pretty abrupt (although I was doing a heroic move at the time, so it wasn't a total surprise). I may want a little more understeer for now until I get used to the new suspension and then dial it back more towards neutral once I get a rear bar.

Kirk · 10-10-2008, 10:03 PM

I had my car and camera at work today, so I snapped some pics at lunch. I had the top up because it was a bit chilly today...

You can see how low the rear is. The tires are almost tucked up into the wheel well. It rubs even if I corner hard! I'll get it raised up this weekend if I have time.

I got my nitrogen filling rig done for my shock reservoirs, but I didn't have enough bottle pressure to set them. So instead I pulled the valve cores on all the tires to deflate them, and then refilled them all with nitrogen. Woo Hoo - 10 more horsepower!!!

Kirk

djomlas · 10-11-2008, 08:33 AM

very nice progress man
i love your car (aside from the til light, but that was beaten to death already).

how do u like the new suspension?

Kirk · 10-13-2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by djomlas

very nice progress man
i love your car (aside from the til light, but that was beaten to death already).

how do u like the new suspension?

So far the suspension seems pretty amazing. It certainly pushes the limits of the car beyond what's reasonable on public roads. I'm going to try to get the rear end raised up this week and get a good alignment on it. Then I'll be able to push it more and get a better gauge for how it performs. I've got an autocross coming up this weekend, so my hope is to get everything relatively dialed in so that I can compete with the Boxster this time rather than my regular Honduh.

Kirk

Gary in BR · 10-13-2008, 09:36 AM

Great mods, the car is coming along great

tamk2 · 12-20-2008, 11:57 PM

kirk,

i love your car.

Kirk · 07-07-2009, 09:12 AM

I got a good deal here on 986forum, so I decided what the heck.... I got front and rear strut braces. They were on my wish list, just low down on the wish list. I plan on doing more autocrossing with the car and figure these can't hurt.

Here's the two braces that I just got:

Here's the rear strut brace mount:

And the whole rear brace in the car:

Then a few pics of the front brace. I have plastic covers that would normally cover the sides, but they don't fit now because I had to tweek the remote reservoir mounting location. I only use the battery cover now. No big deal....

Kirk