Pics & Review of My Bilstein PSS10 Lowered Red Turbo by cannga

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7-27-2013

Thanks. I've driven a 997.2 Turbo with PDK back-to-back to my 997.1 Turbo. While there were a number of revisions to 997.2 suspension, most notably PASM gen 2, stiffer rear spring, and stiffer rear bar, overall it is still for me too soft and the car still does squat a bit with acceleration, maybe even more because of the stupendous PDK acceleration.

There is one major advantage to 997.2 suspension that should be mentioned: its generation 2 PASM system. 997.1 generation 1 PASM has a design flaw: Normal setting is way too soft, and Sport Setting is way too stiff, jittery, and un-useable for street driving. Porsche actually acknowledges this at the time of 997.2 release and sure enough, 997.2 PASM is better, particularly the Sport setting: it is much less jittery.

In the end, IMHO, 997.2 Turbo is more similar to 997.1 Turbo, than to Bilstein Turbo. In other words, it is a perfect Grand Tourer, but those looking for more "GT3" blood will be disappointed. Were I to own one, yes, I would replace stock with a stiffer coilover.

8-2-2013

Hi Earl, you are very welcome, congrats and drive safely. Regarding lowering, I know, once anyone has seen their car lowered (if driveway permits), it would be extremely hard to go back to stock height. The effect is even more dramatic when you park the 2 cars next to each other: the non-lowered car will positively has an SUV look to it.

For anyone interested: I don't care how Bilstein does and how many they sell, but for the love of motorsports, if you are looking for tighter and more precise handling, I cannot emphasize a switch to the Damptronic enough. The transformation is unmistakable and IMHO will be the single most important thing you do for the Turbo (yes more important for me than exhaust and ECU tune - Porsche is about handling first and foremost to me).

Here also is one of the very few examples of something we do that benefits both cosmetically and dynamically. Lowering car also reduces weight transfer, a major benefit for high speed cornering, real science and no snake-oil :-). Lowering btw is the only thing we have within our power to reduce weight transfer. The other 2 parameters, car weight, and track width, are beyond our control (now you know why race car is wide, low, and light - it's about reduction of weight transfer).

Very nice pics and camera/lens - thanks for sharing. I am actually fairly off-the-chart crazy about photography - worst example of pixel peeper  you'll run across. I have Canon system but recently has been playing around with Nikon cameras and the Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 zoom: very nice, but big and bulky, and still just one notch below Contax Distagon 21 f/2.8 for those nutty enough.