Kerry Chadderton Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Hello All, I'm currently building up an early 944 to SPEC class rules. Upon advice here and 944SPEC I purchased the Paragon SPEC-1 suspension kit. I've installed this kit flawlessly, adding the Moohkem (sp) camber plates. I'm following what I've been reading here and I don't know how the hell you guys are lowering your cars so low. I'm touching the Koni bump stops and am still at 6 3/4" at the rockers. 5+" at the front suspension cross member. What have I done wrong?! Please point me in the wrong direction. I've only got 30 more days before a non-refundable driving school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Doc Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Mookeh camber plates mount low, and do limit shock trave a bit. The top mount Ground Control, or Racer's Edge plates will give you about another inch. It is typical to cut out about 2/3rds of the bump stop for our purposes. Cut off the tapered end. Keep in mind wheel travel is not the same as shock travel d/t the motion ratio. I would not try to go lower than around 5" at the rockers in your setup, maybe a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Doc Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Mookeh camber plates mount low, and do limit shock trave a bit. The top mount Ground Control, or Racer's Edge plates will give you about another inch. It is typical to cut out about 2/3rds of the bump stop for our purposes. Cut off the tapered end. Keep in mind wheel travel is not the same as shock travel d/t the motion ratio. I would not try to go lower than around 5" at the rockers in your setup, maybe a bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Chadderton Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Eric I really appreciate the reply. It's my first time doing front coilovers on a 944 so I have no point of reference. I've followed the Paragon instructions to a "T", so you can understand my panic. The Koni bumpstops are actually touching the top of the strut housing. It is not compressed at all. In fact I used the bumpstop as a stopping point when adjusting the springs because the car was still pretty damn high in my opinion. 6 3/4" at the rocker panels. I understand your point of the motion ratio and agree. Let's assume I have done everything right and I cut the bumpstops as suggested. From your experience, and others here who are running the exact same setup, I can run with this little bit of visible shock travel? How much "shiny" shock rod should I see? I know....it's hard to say. But just guess. Give me a rough idea of what you would run with. I have 350lb springs. The Racers Edge top hats are fairly tall. Combined with the Mookeh plates a lot of space is taken up. I will probably go with another camber plate setup eventually, but I'd like to save that money for this August driving school. Hopefully I'll meet you at a track someday, somewhere once I get my license. Thanks in advance. -Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling Doc Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Kerry - I took this to the 944 Spec pages - more responses there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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