Why T181 flanges

[jhelgesen]

Zen, those are the early arms, came off a 924s which is the same as the early 944t. This is just too much fun. Sure you don't want to put a 901 tranny in there to muck up the workes even more?

[zen]

LOL. yea i'm sure, thanks though.

i at least have the spring plates on. just have to do something with the rest of it now (within the next 3 weeks).

for the hell of it i put one of my Ronals on. 16x8ET23.3. a perfect fit. i just don't like the looks as much as i thought i would and especially not more than the boxster rims i bought later. pic is attached. the rim is not nutted down so it is at an angle.

[boygenius]

Zen, if you need I have two new type 1 CV's with new red grease boots. You could probably find yourself a set of axles on ebay. Just slap on the type 1's on the inside and the 100mm CV's on the outside and your done.

[zen]

thanks for the offer. my old T1 CVs are fine. i think i am OK on boots too. have to double check that. just need axles and i think i want to go with late arms now. if they truly add 30mm to the early arms and my wheel was just a tad far out with a 1.75" spacer, i should be just right. so have to hunt some down to buy or trade for my early ones (gotta dream). if you see any, let me know.

[boygenius]

I think I saw one or two sets of arms on ebay. They may have been early though.

[Bruce2]

Originally Posted by zen

T181 outputs are NOT an option at this point. so i have to find something workable with T1 output and 951 stub. back to reading.

Why do you discount T181 flanges?

Here are some:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2457448121

[zen]

no issue with them. just because tranny and everything is in the car. i am almost ready to roll with the car. not interested in changing to them at this point. just as easy to find the other axles i think.

[jhelgesen]

You beat me to it, I was going to tell you there are a few 944s being parted on pelican parts.

[zen]

yea. hoping to find some late arms local to save on shipping. don't know many yards here though except PAP and they are never cheap.

[jhelgesen]

Try this guy, Jared Schulz, 417 850 1863. He's in St. Louis, but may be able to get them too you fast and with a good price.

[Bruce2]

Originally Posted by zen

no issue with them. just because tranny and everything is in the car. i am almost ready to roll with the car. not interested in changing to them at this point. just as easy to find the other axles i think.

Since you don't have axles at this time, swapping the flanges is a snap (pun intended). You can easily do it in the car in about 10 minutes. No need to pull the gearbox.

[zen]

wasn't aware of that. thanks for the info. i thought it was more involved. i don't have axles at this point either way (and less cash) so just depends on what i can find when and how much.

[boygenius]

Zen, I have a set of type 181 flanges if you want them. I bought them at bug jam but didn't need them. Let me know.

[Panelfantastic]

Swapping flanges = very easy. Soooo easy in fact, that even I was able to do it . Big thanks to Bruce for the flanges and even more for the tips on how to get it done!

[anticpunk]

ok, so what about changing flanges and stub axles in a type 3 squareback? Bigger CV's probably serve me no purpose anyway, but with a turbo toyota conversion in the future plans, what components would I require to do the swap? will the later 944 alum. arms fit my type 3 irs suspension? are the axle length and cv size requirements the same for me as for the type 1 guys?

Thanks,

Jay