Having owned my 993 C2 for a little while now, I was never really happy with the handling. "Doesn't inspire confidence" is probably how I'd sum it up. It understeered quite easily, was really nervous on poor road surfaces and tramlined badly to the point that when pressing on there were times I felt that I was holding on, rather than fully in control. I could never trust it to do exactly what I told it, even at normal speeds and especially at higher speed.
So, after seeing rave reviews of the Centre Gravity team's work I gave Chris Franklin a call, talked through the issues and booked in. In the meantime, I was already booked in with Steve Bull to have the HT leads replaced (they were original and a bit past their best) so while it was there asked them to have a quick once over of the suspension to check the fundamentals. The verdict - one dead shock and both front mounts were completely split! After discussion with Steve, the shocks were all replaced with Koni FSD's and the front top mounts replaced. As I had the car booked in with CG two weeks after this, I didn't have a geo done. The difference was already noticeable though, the ride was more compliant and direct, but it still tramlined a lot (not as badly as before though), understeered and just didn't feel right or confidence inspiring. So, two weeks later it was off to spend a day with CG....
Pete took the lead on a very thorough, controlled test drive and he checked all the aspects of the cars handling to assess it on various road surfaces, with a commentary of what he was looking for at each stage, relating it back to the components on the car. Back to the workshop for the checks under the covers. Generally, the suspension components were in good shape, just a couple of inner tie rods needed. It's also the first time I've been able to get under the car with the under trays etc. off and was pleased to see a completely dry engine and gearbox, all the visible heat shields intact and generally in really good shape
After a discussion of what I was looking for from the car, they did a corner weighting and geo in a meticulous, logical manner, where everything was explained in a way that worked for me. I enjoyed this as an educational experience if nothing else! We went out for another test drive on the same route with Pete driving first to check everything was as expected and then over to me.
The end result - It's now everything I wanted: planted and confidence inspiring with neutral to gentle oversteer at the limit. B roads are now an absolute blast! After a great 150 mile cross country drive home I didn't want to stop. It now just feels right... I think this might be the start of a long and happy relationship
Great cars, these 993's when they're properly sorted :thumbs:
Cheers, Jon
So, after seeing rave reviews of the Centre Gravity team's work I gave Chris Franklin a call, talked through the issues and booked in. In the meantime, I was already booked in with Steve Bull to have the HT leads replaced (they were original and a bit past their best) so while it was there asked them to have a quick once over of the suspension to check the fundamentals. The verdict - one dead shock and both front mounts were completely split! After discussion with Steve, the shocks were all replaced with Koni FSD's and the front top mounts replaced. As I had the car booked in with CG two weeks after this, I didn't have a geo done. The difference was already noticeable though, the ride was more compliant and direct, but it still tramlined a lot (not as badly as before though), understeered and just didn't feel right or confidence inspiring. So, two weeks later it was off to spend a day with CG....
Pete took the lead on a very thorough, controlled test drive and he checked all the aspects of the cars handling to assess it on various road surfaces, with a commentary of what he was looking for at each stage, relating it back to the components on the car. Back to the workshop for the checks under the covers. Generally, the suspension components were in good shape, just a couple of inner tie rods needed. It's also the first time I've been able to get under the car with the under trays etc. off and was pleased to see a completely dry engine and gearbox, all the visible heat shields intact and generally in really good shape
After a discussion of what I was looking for from the car, they did a corner weighting and geo in a meticulous, logical manner, where everything was explained in a way that worked for me. I enjoyed this as an educational experience if nothing else! We went out for another test drive on the same route with Pete driving first to check everything was as expected and then over to me.
The end result - It's now everything I wanted: planted and confidence inspiring with neutral to gentle oversteer at the limit. B roads are now an absolute blast! After a great 150 mile cross country drive home I didn't want to stop. It now just feels right... I think this might be the start of a long and happy relationship
Great cars, these 993's when they're properly sorted :thumbs:
Cheers, Jon