Holy crap man that’s crazy! Glad the car and bunny are both alright could’ve gone a lot worse if it wasn’t for that wonderful suspension! Are these similar struts that were available as an option from factory? I’m sure much newer but other than that?
They’re similar in the sense that they are meant to be used in the factory housings but other than that I don’t believe even the sports suspension package optioned cars had anything close to this stiff from factory unless it would have been a factory cup car with racing suspension which would probably be stiffer than this. Remember the suspension packages weren’t just inserts it was several things altogether for example bigger stiffer sway bars, different springs, different wheels and different suspension geometry all around. That’s sort of the beauty of having something aftermarket exist like this today. This would’ve been the suspension equivalent of a 944 club sport or a 944 GTS. Specs that Porsche never made. Id look at a base 944 as a 911 Carrera 2. As base as it can be. Then you’d have something like what I’ve made this car into so far. Light mods, a very small bump in power. Sports suspension package. Brake package. Now maybe you’re in the 911 Carrera S sort of vibe. Then you’d have the 2.7 944 and if you took a 2.7 944 and did all these mods then you’d have a C2S the next step would be engine modification and a significant bump in power via a cam and messing with valve springs etc. there’s your 944 GTS. Then you jump to the turbo. Then the turbo s. And the “gt3” of 944s would be the 944 turbo cup. Does that make sense?
@@TakeFlightGarage hmmm interesting I was looking at a 944 with Koni sport suspension from factory I believe (what the option codes said anyways) Very interesting to think about it like that, I suppose that makes way more sense as modern day cars like the gt3 are nearly just in a completely different league to the base model so it’s interesting to think how they would’ve named those cars back in the 80s. Makes it much easier to understand Porsches super simple naming conventions (not 🤣)
@@ireiaandso I thiiiiink if I remember correctly the cars that came with konis were only the 944 turbos as part of the sport suspension pack. The turbo and turbo S got konis and maybe the turbo cup as well. But aside from turbo sway bars and KYBs I don’t think the NA cars ever came with konis as standard. I could be wrong though! But yeah lol I’ve always envisioned this as a “GTS” build. Going leather seats club sport steering wheel MAF bigger cooling setup better suspension brakes etc. basically I’m building this car as if I were speccing it in the configurator 😅😅😅
@@TakeFlightGarage yep it was a turbo that had them! You’re right no worries haha Oooo that’ll be super cool! I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for all the new upgrades you do over time!
I'm gonna do the koni setup to on my 944😎and lower the car a little bit.i always wanted a 911,but since i have a 944,my 911 dream has vanished away,and i really dont want a 911 anymore.the 944 is so good and the looks are so special😎
@@TakeFlightGarage i have a black 944 2.7 liter 8valve with the phonedial wheels,and i hope that the koni setup will handle the car more,at the moment when i take a corner i have a lot of bodyroll.
@@jbfinishingsjellebilliau9054 you’ll love the konis, rewatch the video a couple times and you can get a bit of a sense of how the car behaved when I locked up and swerved. There’s almost no roll. I do have poly sway bar bushings that help with that too
@@jbfinishingsjellebilliau9054 there’s a few channels I’ve seen of people sharing their 944 experiences out there. I think the cars are actually harder to get in the first place out there and everyone just takes them to shops rather than builds them.
Holy crap man that’s crazy! Glad the car and bunny are both alright could’ve gone a lot worse if it wasn’t for that wonderful suspension! Are these similar struts that were available as an option from factory? I’m sure much newer but other than that?
They’re similar in the sense that they are meant to be used in the factory housings but other than that I don’t believe even the sports suspension package optioned cars had anything close to this stiff from factory unless it would have been a factory cup car with racing suspension which would probably be stiffer than this. Remember the suspension packages weren’t just inserts it was several things altogether for example bigger stiffer sway bars, different springs, different wheels and different suspension geometry all around.
That’s sort of the beauty of having something aftermarket exist like this today. This would’ve been the suspension equivalent of a 944 club sport or a 944 GTS. Specs that Porsche never made. Id look at a base 944 as a 911 Carrera 2. As base as it can be. Then you’d have something like what I’ve made this car into so far. Light mods, a very small bump in power. Sports suspension package. Brake package. Now maybe you’re in the 911 Carrera S sort of vibe. Then you’d have the 2.7 944 and if you took a 2.7 944 and did all these mods then you’d have a C2S the next step would be engine modification and a significant bump in power via a cam and messing with valve springs etc. there’s your 944 GTS. Then you jump to the turbo. Then the turbo s. And the “gt3” of 944s would be the 944 turbo cup. Does that make sense?
@@TakeFlightGarage hmmm interesting I was looking at a 944 with Koni sport suspension from factory I believe (what the option codes said anyways)
Very interesting to think about it like that, I suppose that makes way more sense as modern day cars like the gt3 are nearly just in a completely different league to the base model so it’s interesting to think how they would’ve named those cars back in the 80s. Makes it much easier to understand Porsches super simple naming conventions (not 🤣)
@@ireiaandso I thiiiiink if I remember correctly the cars that came with konis were only the 944 turbos as part of the sport suspension pack. The turbo and turbo S got konis and maybe the turbo cup as well. But aside from turbo sway bars and KYBs I don’t think the NA cars ever came with konis as standard. I could be wrong though!
But yeah lol I’ve always envisioned this as a “GTS” build. Going leather seats club sport steering wheel MAF bigger cooling setup better suspension brakes etc. basically I’m building this car as if I were speccing it in the configurator 😅😅😅
@@TakeFlightGarage yep it was a turbo that had them! You’re right no worries haha
Oooo that’ll be super cool! I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for all the new upgrades you do over time!
I'm gonna do the koni setup to on my 944😎and lower the car a little bit.i always wanted a 911,but since i have a 944,my 911 dream has vanished away,and i really dont want a 911 anymore.the 944 is so good and the looks are so special😎
Konis will turn the handling up to 11 it feels telepathic
@@TakeFlightGarage i have a black 944 2.7 liter 8valve with the phonedial wheels,and i hope that the koni setup will handle the car more,at the moment when i take a corner i have a lot of bodyroll.
@@jbfinishingsjellebilliau9054 you’ll love the konis, rewatch the video a couple times and you can get a bit of a sense of how the car behaved when I locked up and swerved. There’s almost no roll. I do have poly sway bar bushings that help with that too
@@TakeFlightGarage the swaybar conversion is also on my list😎i have the feeling that the 944 community in america is more alive..not so much in europe
@@jbfinishingsjellebilliau9054 there’s a few channels I’ve seen of people sharing their 944 experiences out there. I think the cars are actually harder to get in the first place out there and everyone just takes them to shops rather than builds them.