Rear hub with 928 bearing and increased offset, 928 Hybrid trailing arm, 944 brakes, extended hub offset, parking brak Options

[Wilhelm]

Few pics of a project I'm working on to break up the misery or paint, bondo and rust removal on my V-8 SBC conversion. I'm going to do the sheridan body work on my car and found these wheels which I liked.




The problem is the wheels are 10 inches wide with an offset of 2 inches. In searching the web site it seems that most people with this combo have gone with 3" spacers. This seemed like it would put a lot of force on the bearing and I still would not have many other rear brake options. So.... I found some rear 928 hubs on ebay. the bearings are much larger: 85mm diameter and 47mm wide (versus stock 75mm diameter x 37mm long) and this would provide me with other 5 lug rear brake options. So off to the barn.



First, put a piece of 5 inch 1.25 inch wall DOM(Drawn Over Mandrel steel tubing) in the lathe.

[charliew]

Oh yeah I forget about the weather everywhere but here. It was 37 with 30 mph winds sat and I tried to find a doe I liked but the only good ones were by the gate as I drove out and my rifle was in it's case unloaded in the back seat of my sub. It's 30 this morn. and no wind, perfect except that sun is my wifes only day off and we go to ihop and my son just got back from san fran. and we will eat with him and his girlfriend and visit.

Do 914 guys ever use shorter shocks to limit droop? I don't know how much motion you need but it doesn't seem like more than 4 inches at the wheel, I don't know these little cars that well. Also would it not be cheaper to just open the inside of the control arm up the required amount? I would like to run my axles angled to the front some and that will agrivate the problem even more. That also means I will need swayaways probably. Unless I find the longest 911/944's I can get and just go with that. I still need to study up on computing the proper axle length to fit in the cv's to keep them centered for whatever I decide on. It seems the 944 may be the longest stock one available. Course I guess I could shop for some used custom ones.

I use a motor oil and juniper wood stove in my shop some but I also have my old 3 ton house electric heater but it really runs the bill up. We are just now getting into our cold season.

My wifes been patiently waiting on me to redo the kitchen cabinets for 6 months.