The past couple of weeks I have been busy at work but have still managed to make some progress on the Ghia. I have ordered a few more parts - namely a 911 fan + alternator. I ordered this from Sharpbuilt here in Australia. Sharpbuilt manufacture 911 kits for both Type 4 and Type 1 engines. Unfortunately the Sharpbuilt shroud is no good for my engine as it uses a bolt on stand for the fan ring, my case has been flycut for the fan ring - this means that the fan sits a lot lower on my engine than with the Sharpbuilt kit. I will have to source a shroud from Jim at Stateside instead.
Other notable finds are the 944 master cylinder that I found at a local wreckers yard. This cost me $200 - they even stripped it from the car for me. In my book this is still a lot for a second hand part but it is at least half of what most of the Porsche specialists were quoting me. The master cylinder has a 23mm front circuit and a 19mm rear circuit - this should be enough to drive the 4 pot brembo calipers that I have front and rear.
The mounting flang on the cylinder is exactly the same as the VW pattern, so it will fit straight up to my Ghia without modification. I am fitting it without the servo unit as there is not enough room to fit the servo in. I have heard of people using remotely mounted servo units instead - maybe I'll look into this is the future. Currently I want to fit it up direct as it is supposed to improve the feel of the brakes - but obviously they will be a lot harder.
I had some bearing adaptors made up at work, along with some caliper adaptors - these have allowed me to fit the Porsche 944 turbo front hubs, discs and calipers to my Type 3 spindles.
This is done by pressing the bearing adaptors into the Porsche hubs. You can then use the standard VW bearings to mount the hubs to the VW spindles (A different size seal also needs to be fitted). After the hubs and discs are fitted up, to complete the installation a caliper adaptor allows the fitment of the Porsche / Brembo caliper to the Stock VW spindles.
This modification increases the track of the front end by somewhere around 15mm (I will check this figure out and measure it properly as I know a lot of people will be interested in it).
I have added a Tech article on the 944 brake conversion, it assumes that you have some basic knowledge of the front suspension and brakes and that you know how to change hubs / discs etc. I have also included all relevent drawings so that you can either make the necessary parts, or get someone else to make them for you. The drawings can also be downloaded in 3D format from the downloads section.
If you have any questions about this modification, please feel free to post a message in the forum.
