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[JayZzzz4]

Could someone please tell me the A & B dimension?

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White 1987 Porsche 924S manual

[MikeJinCO]

I measured 7.75 inches from the CL of the pivot arm to the CL of the sway bar hole. Draw a line from the center of the center of the pivot bracket(inboard) to the center of the ball joint and then measure the 7.75". If your trying to fit a late model sway to an early steel arm, I tried a 1.5" hole with a short piece of 16 ga exhaust pipe welded in, 1/8" plate washer on top (using Energy Suspension bushings)to get the height of the late model drop link close and came out too close to the strut housing to work well. I haven't checked out what the problem is and won't be able to figure it out for another couple of weeks as we are out of town.
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[Khal]

Just throwing it out there, might be irrelevant in this case, but... all dimensions on these cars are metric. It would be very easy to inadvertently round out a millimetre or two depending on how many decimals of an inch you round to.

Might be unimportant for some applications but I'd imagine you'd want to be pretty accurate with suspension geometry measurements.
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'80 924 Turbo

[gohim]

There are two different alloy front control arms with different lengths.

Before you accept any dimensions, maybe you should specify which alloy lower control arms you want the dimensions from.

[Dutch924-racer]

length of the control arm (before/after 86) shouldn't matter, the sway bar mount in on the same position.
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[JayZzzz4]

I knew about the two different sizes A-arms, but I always thought the holes for the sway bars would be the same since the bars are interchangeable for all 951’s and through the 968’s as well. I have M030 sway bars (26.8mm front) with the drop down links for the last two years and want to use it. I know a person who autocrosses an 88 924S who just shoved the bigger bar into the current 924 a-arm sway bar bushing. I did mount one side in place that way and would rather use the drop link method. There is too much friction for movement that way, which would hinder the function on the sway bar in the first place. My plan is to locate the hole, drill it, weld a thick washer (.125”?) on both sides and do a final weld around the whole a-arm since its made out of two plates. Any thoughts on that approach?

MikeJinCO, do you happen to know the “B” dimension? Thanks
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White 1987 Porsche 924S manual

[Andrew NZ]

[JayZzzz4]

Yes, -the steel A-arms. Good to know they hold up just fine. Thank you
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White 1987 Porsche 924S manual