944 disc brakes on 1969 Karmann ghia front?

[espenq]

Originally Posted by wrenchnride247

www.vdubengineering.com

Thanks.

I have looked there, but I couldn't find the answer. I also have written to mr. Lanner, but I haven't got any answer yet.

[wrenchnride247]

He might be out, and not checking email yet, give him time, he will answer. He did my '87 944T brake set-up. Very nice machine work.

[Syncronaut]

Hi Espen,

shoot me an e-mail and I can send you a scan from a web-site nla. Please send to guttorm(at)gmx.net

An old source for this info is the German book Bodengruppentherapie by Helmut Horn:

http://www.tuning.de/html/index.php?...8ff2a1374c6d5d

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Gorm

[Mikey]

The better route to take would to machine a spacer to use stock vw bearings and races in the Porsche front hubs. There will be a gain in offset. Along with the rear. Lanner already has the spacers figured out, although I believe he would have to machine your hubs for the grease seal. And shorten them just so they'll fit on vw spindles. After that he might be able to mount a caliper braket on your stock spindles. You'll have to ask. I asked about 944 NA fronts a while back, and that is about everything I remember from his emails. They were clear and easy to understand. I hope it helps.

His site is a good referance too.

Offset is a something you should keep in mind, the rear 944 NA brakes add track (move the rear wheels away from the suspension) to the rear wheels. The front will also add track. I bring it up because I'm building a Ghia.

Good luck.

[DORIGTT]

Don't they make a translator that can sit on your shoulder and read german from that book to us...like a bed-time story...

[ricola]

I have drawings of the spacers and mods required for this swap on my website, in the speedster section

Rich

[bt1211]

Sorry about the highjack

Mikey, How is your car coming along? I am the guy that was talking to you at the mid-america show.
Bryan