944 turbo trailing arms on IRS

[boygenius]

The swap isn't that hard. It has been covered in depth many times before. Do a search in the forums and i'm sure most of your questions will be answered. If that doesn't help you I did the swap and could offer some help.

[craazy Cooter]

Frans, what type of exhaust is that? It looks cool. Way different than our "american" EMPI crap exhausts that melt when they get hot! Cool buggy! it looks like that car from A Clockwork Orange that they drove around in.

[Frans]

Originally Posted by craazy Cooter

Frans, what type of exhaust is that? It looks cool. Way different than our "american" EMPI crap exhausts that melt when they get hot! Cool buggy! it looks like that car from A Clockwork Orange that they drove around in.

This is a BAS Ahnendorp (Germany) stailnless steel exhaust. I don't have the weblink in mind, but if you don't find their website, ask me and i will look for it. I don't know if they export to the US. Great quality, great sound and great perfs...but high price.

[Frans]

Originally Posted by boygenius

The swap isn't that hard. It has been covered in depth many times before. Do a search in the forums and i'm sure most of your questions will be answered. If that doesn't help you I did the swap and could offer some help.

I tried to search on the forums, but most of info i get were about non turbo arms. I don't know of the adpatation is the same for turbo arms (around the torsion plate)...

[boygenius]

Originally Posted by Frans

I tried to search on the forums, but most of info i get were about non turbo arms. I don't know of the adpatation is the same for turbo arms (around the torsion plate)...

The late trailings arms are the same for the turbo and non turbo. The only difference is the rotors and calipers. I belive that the early aluminum trailing arms are the same for the turbo and non turbo but I haven't done that swap so I can't be 100% But I'm 99.9% sure.

[Frans]

Originally Posted by boygenius

The late trailings arms are the same for the turbo and non turbo. The only difference is the rotors and calipers. I belive that the early aluminum trailing arms are the same for the turbo and non turbo but I haven't done that swap so I can't be 100% But I'm 99.9% sure.

Thanks for the help

[zen]

i have the knowledge and even the pics from my conversion. just haven't had time to write it up. there are some threads on here as said before. if you can't find something, ask. we can help you through it.

i am not a master fabricator or anything. it is pretty easy. toughest part is clearancing the shock tower. most everything else is bolt on. i will work to get the tech article together as soon as i can, but don't wait on me.

[boygenius]

That reminds me, I better get typing.

Originally Posted by zen

i have the knowledge and even the pics from my conversion. just haven't had time to write it up. there are some threads on here as said before. if you can't find something, ask. we can help you through it.

Can you post a starter version? I've been reading pretty much every thread I can find, and they all seem to say "it's in other threads, go read them"; maybe I'm just missing the original threads. '86 seems to be the most popular, but is that only because it is narrow? Why else?