Wishbone suspension bolt on kit

[darren]

I should add it was a '95 year box and the porsche forums i looked up suggested avoiding these early year boxes.....

[Panelfantastic]

Darren, sweet looking panel in your avatar.

LLB, be careful about getting too new of a box. Make sure you can get it adapted over. "I think" the watercooled 911s have a completely different bellhousing. They are not gonna be any stronger than the older boxes but might create unessecary costs that you could use elsewhere.


Jeff-

[lazylongboarder]

Originally Posted by Panelfantastic

Darren, sweet looking panel in your avatar.

LLB, be careful about getting too new of a box. Make sure you can get it adapted over. "I think" the watercooled 911s have a completely different bellhousing. They are not gonna be any stronger than the older boxes but might create unessecary costs that you could use elsewhere.


Jeff-

Good thing for me, the water-cooled 911's didn't start till the 996 in 99', so consiquently all of the tranny's from 95' to 98' are all identical apart from the c4 boxes, they have a 9.31 rp, which handles 800 lb ft of torque in a 3100 lb car.

Russell

[Panelfantastic]

Wasn't sure when the waterpumpers started, don't they all have basically the same bolt pattern until then??


Jeff-

[volkdent]

Not to break up the tranny chat or anything but I did get the front end completely finished today, just alignment and shock/spring changes to be done. The steering shaft went just fine last night, that is until I got the U-joints installed.

I had a wump, wump, wump as I turned the wheel. I was pissed, because none of the angles are adjustable, they are all built in. My bug lives over at one of my rental houses, and the guy that lives there use to restore Mustangs. He's out there with me as the 3rd arm, and when this happens he suggests the U-joints have to be offset, that is, the center section can't look like a flat H, it one of the ends has to be turned 90 degrees to the other.

It was getting late and I was frustrated, so I left it till today. He lent me his 3rd arm again, and I dismantled it and re-assembled it 90 degrees to the other U-joint.

PRESTO FIXO! Its works like a champ! I'll get some pics tomorrow, I left my camera home today.

Jason

PS. I started this thread a while ago for obvious reasons:

LazyLongboarder's Rear End

[Panelfantastic]

Sorry we got off track .


I completely missed the obvious reason for the Porsche rearend topic?? other than to get Russell beat up in a parking lot !


Jeff-

[volkdent]

I promised pics, and here they are:







It's pretty hard to see, but there is a black machined bushing between the U joint and the steering column. A friend of mine, Mike Humphreys, did the machining of this part, as well as the internal pushing that keeps the steering shaft centered in the steering column.



This will be the last I post on this topic for awhile, the next will be tuning it with the correct springs and shock adjustment, and the addition of a sway bar, but I'll get the whole thing running before I do that, so it may be awhile.

Jason-whew!