Lowering 997 Turbo question...

[PHOENIXUK]

Hi;

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Looking to lower said car with H&R springs or the like, how will this effect the PASM, is it able to compensate a 20mm drop or will it skrew it up altogether....?

[Lordglenmorangie]

I don't think you can lower the 997 Turbo ,

[IMI A]

There are plenty of lowering kits which work well with pasm. It does unfortunately invalidate the warranty. I find the high ride height stance pretty useful with all the speed bumps around London. Have a look at Cargraphic and FVD websites to name but a few who specialise in optimising 997 turbos.

As an aside Philip Raby has an awesome 07 997 turbo for sale which was featured in total 911 a few months ago. £50k of upgrades with Cargraphic, all the right options / extras and he only wants circa £50k for the car. Its lowered but also has the front lifting kit. Running circa 630-640 bhp. Looks fantastic value.

[PHOENIXUK]

IMI A said:

There are plenty of lowering kits which work well with pasm. It does unfortunately invalidate the warranty. I find the high ride height stance pretty useful with all the speed bumps around London. Have a look at Cargraphic and FVD websites to name but a few who specialise in optimising 997 turbos.

As an aside Philip Raby has an awesome 07 997 turbo for sale which was featured in total 911 a few months ago. £50k of upgrades with Cargraphic, all the right options / extras and he only wants circa £50k for the car. Its lowered but also has the front lifting kit. Running circa 630-640 bhp. Looks fantastic value.

Hi, thanks for that. Most of the tuning companies seem to offer springs but none mention the PASM so I assume the clever computer must be able to handle it, we shall see...

[IMI A]

PHOENIXUK said:

IMI A said:

There are plenty of lowering kits which work well with pasm. It does unfortunately invalidate the warranty. I find the high ride height stance pretty useful with all the speed bumps around London. Have a look at Cargraphic and FVD websites to name but a few who specialise in optimising 997 turbos.

As an aside Philip Raby has an awesome 07 997 turbo for sale which was featured in total 911 a few months ago. £50k of upgrades with Cargraphic, all the right options / extras and he only wants circa £50k for the car. Its lowered but also has the front lifting kit. Running circa 630-640 bhp. Looks fantastic value.

Hi, thanks for that. Most of the tuning companies seem to offer springs but none mention the PASM so I assume the clever computer must be able to handle it, we shall see...

it will be interesting to see if u can as most of the cars I've seen modded also add Bilstein Damptronics shocks which are basically a better version of the shocks we have on gen 1 997 turbos. Also be interesting to see how the ride quality in normal setting is affected as this is the one thing which stands out well on the gen 1 turbo. Its reasonably comfortable for such a quickish car.

Edited by IMI A on Monday 30th January 15:32

[Lordglenmorangie]

Lordglenmorangie said:

I don't think you can lower the 997 Turbo ,

Edited : without effing up the warranty

[s3nick]

You can change the springs but I would never recommend doing this!

Either do it properly with a bilstein kit or dont at all IMO


This is the kit going on my car hopefully next week

[PHOENIXUK]

s3nick said:

You can change the springs but I would never recommend doing this!

Either do it properly with a bilstein kit or dont at all IMO


This is the kit going on my car hopefully next week

Thanks for the picture but Its just a daily driver that looks like a tractor hence the original question, i have other things to go play in.
Shall go the spring route and see. Thanks for replys.

[s3nick]

PHOENIXUK said:

Thanks for the picture but Its just a daily driver that looks like a tractor hence the original question, i have other things to go play in.
Shall go the spring route and see. Thanks for replys.

I guess the H&R route it is

I just think eventually it will cause a problem as that spring was not made for the that shock.

But yes it will look better and fully understand why you are doing it.

[Lordglenmorangie]

s3nick said:

You can change the springs but I would never recommend doing this!

Either do it properly with a bilstein kit or dont at all IMO

This is the kit going on my car hopefully next week

Wow I like, can you give a ball park figure Of kit and fitting ? Many thanks

[s3nick]

Lordglenmorangie said:

Wow I like, can you give a ball park figure Of kit and fitting ? Many thanks

I cant give you an exact figure off the top of my head I would have to check but at a guess 7.5k to 8k.

But I can point you in the right direction if you are interested

Edited by s3nick on Tuesday 31st January 11:27