Jake, you are correct. The control arms are a high maintenance item. Porsche found this out rather quickly when they started to race the 944 NA/ 944 Turbo's. Don't forget they came with about 247 hp in the 944 turbo s while the 944 turbo Escort/ World Challange cars started with 250 hp in there light weight configuration. When I raced mine, I think I was around 340 hp @ rwhp and with 17" wheels. As you can see, there would have been an enormous amount of additional stress placed on the suspension points.
Which isn't an indication of a faulty part per se, but perhaps more of a systematic issue, and as a 13/13 club, they are very sensitive to such issues. Also, as a marque club, they have more luxuries in their rules writing than other clubs.
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So all you 944 drivers be careful, to break a control arm @ a high speed turn would probably not turn out good.
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