Body Designs; Running Gear - Porsche 996 TT Repair Manual

Body designs

Body designs
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Running gear

Running gear
Front axle
Spring wire diameter
Coil diameter
No. of turns
Stabilizer diameter
Vibration damper
Rear axle
Wheel suspension
Springs
Spring constant
Spring wire diameter
Coil diameter
No. of turns
Stabilizer diameter
Vibration damper
Steering
Steering wheel
diameter
Steering ratio
Turning circle
diameter
Body designs
Lightweight, galvanised all−steel integral body−frame, partially
HSLA, full−size airbag for driver and passenger, side airbag.
No. of seats = 2+2
Spring strut axle
Springs
Spring constant
12.6 to 14.0
113.2 to 186.5 (3.6 to
7.35)
4.05
23.6 x 3.5
Double−acting hydraulic twin−tube gas−filled vibration damper
Multi−link axle
Wheels individually guided by 5 control arms
Cylindrical coil spring per wheel, with coaxial vibration damper inside spring
60
13.21/13.35
115.0
6.75/7.0
21.7 x 3.0
Double−acting hydraulic single−tube gas−filled vibration damper
380 (14.77)
16.9 :1
16.9 : 1
10.6 (34.8)
einordnung
Wheels individually suspended by control arms with
trailing arms and spring struts (McPherson design,
optimised by Porsche)
One truncated cone spring per wheel, with vibration
damper inside spring
33 N/mm
mm (in)
mm (in)
mm (in) tube−type stabilizer
N/mm
mm (in)
mm (in)
mm (in) tube−type stabilizer
mm (in)
Left−hand drive
Right−hand drive
m (ft)
9