Customers Cars – 912c
KAMManufaktu
At RaceShocks UK, we take pride in enhancing the performance and handling of high-performance and race cars through precision suspension solutions, and are lucky enough to be able to collaborate with some of the industry’s most renowned manufacturers and showcase their remarkable cars equipped with our suspension products or specifications.
Dare to Drive.
The 912 was the first and purest generation of Porsche. KAMM has improved on existing perfection to create the 912c, a car that provides a classically analogue experience for discerning drivers.
KAMM has re-engineered and increased the performance whilst also retaining and enhancing usability in every element, encouraging owners to take to the street as well as the track. Every KAMM thrives in being used, the resulting patina telling a story.
Now owning a 912c adds a characterful experience to everyday life.
TracTive Suspension had already done the hard engineering work basing the kit on the next-generation G model Porsche 911. The KAMM 912c spent the summer largely in the UK doing the press rounds. We first met Miki and the team at Goodwood Festival of Speed where we all took a personal liking to the stripped-back classic look and feel yet more useable performance for everyday life.
This car is so much lighter than the regular Porsche models with all its carbon fibre that it was felt the car was still too hard to be used to the fullest on UK roads.
After some more road tests and a new exhaust, Miki brought the 912c here to us for us to “do our thing”.
We are used to lightweight cars and the very much lighter springs you need on the fantastic undulating roads around the UK. We did the math and actually pretty much reduced the spring rates by 50%. We fitted some Hyperco springs to the front dampers and then used our very own Eibach-manufactured progressive spring to the rear. There is lots of maths involved but this same spring is used on the rear of our Caterham kits.
Now, all the road tests that have been in various magazines and on YouTube channels all took place before we managed to get our specification fitted to the car. There were positive comments already, but oh how we wish they had been able to drive the car that left our shop.
I just asked for some words about our changes…
“Hey Simon – Well, night and day in short. When the car was first built and tested the semi-active was clearly working but the ride was very harsh. But when you changed the damping using the touch screen the performance did not really allow you to use the true performance of the car. It would sort of bounce along the highway.
Now…OMG! I can feel the chassis follow the surface. It’s comfortable. More Stable. Turns better. It feels safer at higher speeds. Oh and we can turn it into full cruise/GT mode and sit back and enjoy the ride.
I really want to get this car back in the hands of the journalists who drove it in the past for them to experience the NEW 912C.
Finally one important thing – No more cross-wind or light nose problems on high speeds”
Miki
We love getting feedback like this. To find out more about the KAMM 912C check out https://kammanufaktur.com/
