To complete the 'total pacakge' I guess now would be the time to upgrade/replace the 23 year old suspension that the car has had since its first mile. Decided to go with a coilover package from Koni for the front struts and Koni sport shocks for the rear. 
25 years of wear and rust made getting these beasts out quite a pain! Thank goodness for PB spray, I never would have gotten some of those bolts off!!
'83 to '85 944s were equipped with cartridge-type struts that allow for easy replacement/rebuilding. Pretty sad the force of gravity caused the strut to contract on its own.
After several minutes under the sandblaster, all that rust and grime is gone - ready for Koni Yellow!
Nasty, 25 year old shock on the left - ewwwwww; brand new, fresh Koni shock on the right - yummmmmm!
The good 'ol 2 piston brake setup isn't going to cut it. In order to slow all of this horsepower down, I am going to need to upgrade the brakes. Only 800 bucks for an upgrade kit from rennbay.com.
So with the additional pistons and clamping force that comes with them, I sould be able to stop better than I did before!! Had to drain the old brake fluid out and replace it with synthetic DOT 5 fluid.
Very little room for error with the stock 944 rims, but hopefully I should be able to come to a stop from 160MPH in a pretty respectable amount of time. Something critical to consider when adding serious HP to a car that didn't have much to start with
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