Running gear
GENERAL SPECIFICATION - RUNNING GEAR, FRONT AXLE
| Front axle | Spring strut axle | Wheels individually suspended by control arms with trailing arms and spring struts (McPherson design, optimised by Porsche) |
GENERAL SPECIFICATION - RUNNING GEAR (1 Of 2)
| Springs | One truncated cone spring per wheel, with vibration damper inside spring | |
| Spring constant | 33 N/mm | |
| Spring wire diameter | 12.6 to 14.0 | mm (in) |
| Coil diameter | 113.2 to 186.5 (3.6 to 7.35) | mm (in) |
| No. of turns | 4.05 | |
| Stabilizer diameter | 23.6x3.5 | mm (in) tube-type stabilizer |
| Vibration damper | Double-acting hydraulic twin-tube gas-filled vibration damper | |
| Rear axle | Multi-link axle | |
| Wheel suspension | Wheels individually guided by 5 control arms | |
| Springs | Cylindrical coil spring per wheel, with coaxial vibration damper inside spring | |
| Spring constant | 60 | N/mm |
| Spring wire diameter | 13.21/13.35 | mm (in) |
| Coil diameter | 115.0 | mm (in) |
| No. of turns | 6.75/7.0 | |
| Stabilizer diameter | 21.7x3.0 | mm (in) tube-type stabilizer |
| Vibration damper | Double-acting hydraulic single-tube gas-filled vibration damper | |
| Steering | ||
| Steering wheel diameter | 380 (14.77) | mm (in) |
| Steering ratio | 16.9:1 | Let-hand drive |
| 16.9: 1 | Right-hand drive | |
GENERAL SPECIFICATION - RUNNING GEAR (2 Of 2)
| Turning circle diameter | 10.6(34.8) | m(ft) |
| Track circle diameter | 10.2(33.5) | m(ft) |
| Steering wheel revolutions from lock to lock | 2.98 | Left-hand drive |
| 2.98 | Right-hand drive | |
| Power steering pump Ratio i = 1 : 0.95 | Driven via poly V-belt | |