Sweet. Another one saved and back on the road.

Yeah got tires mounted.

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Getting the rear tires on was something else. Lets just same there was fire involved.:D

wheels are awsome. i also posted on your fb as well.

The ol' modified-propane-tank trick to mount the tires...or ether and a lighter?

Always fun!

Wheels look great.

-Dave

the first time I had that done on a set of wheels, it scared the crap out of me :))

Starting on some suspension goodies. Custom lower control arms are next.
I happen to stumble across these turbine shafts in the machine shop that suited my needs:D Material is 4140 and so it will be plenty strong enough and then coupled to that is a 5/8" Chromoly Heim Joint.
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Installed some of these 2psi residual pressure vavles. The brake pedal has the feel I was looking for and I now have the some confidence in my brakes.
The brake system now consists of:
-Stock master cylinder
-All new steel brakes lines
-Stainless braded flex lines
-Wilwood proportioning valve(installed on the rear circuit)
-1983 NA Porsche 944 front and rear calipers
-K sport Hydraulic Handbrake
-Empi 2psi residual pressure valve

If you are like most of us you will find yourself modifying this one also in no time!:D

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Sneak Peek at custom lower control arms. This is the inner. Outer will also be heim joint with a roll centre correction spacer for the spindle. Also need to figure something out for the sway bar attachment. These will be a bolt on unit.:)

when you get these done, id love to be interested in a set.

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Cleaned up my trailing arms and made some new lower coilover bushings.
Im using a 1/2" precision ground shoulder bolts so this will get rid of some of the slop I was having. Also was looking into the rear coilovers I have and turns out they are Koni's:cool: over $500 a piece:shocked: . Next up I am ripping out the stock diff and putting in a spool:eek:
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Also while putting in the spool Im upgrading to Type2 CV joints and axles.

Can't wait to see the front control arm setup.

...oh and I should probably wing some springs down to you, eh?

-Dave

Hey Dave. Yeah that would be good to get the springs back. Bring them along with the rally beetle if possible:D. Also Dave I lost your phone number when I updated my phone. Mind sending that over again. I might need some pointers on setting up the new diff.

Thanks

604 849 0076 - Shoot me a txt as I'm not sure I have your number on my new Blackberry.

-Dave

After some clutch chatter issues and wanting to keep things in place better I'm switching to solid mounts. I'm also going to reverse the rear cradle and mount the gearbox forward a few inches. Ditching the front rubber mount and going with a mid mount. I'm going to get rid of the urethane piece that the midmount came with and use aluminum and drilling through the frame horns to secure it.
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