sticking to 4 bolts with a 6 conversion? Options

[bradtho]

call me crazy, but I like the 4 bolt fuchs wheels. they were exclusive to our little cars and I'd be happy to stick with them. However, sooner or later I'm going to give in to the 6 conversion.

I'm about to sort my suspension, and don't want to do throwaway work, so if a 5 bolt conversion is inevitable, I'd rather get it over with. Talking with my local garage, he says I could stick with my 4 bolt setup and increase the brakes by swapping to the bmw calipers and we can upgrade the CV's on the existing axles.

do you guys see problems with this strategy? Ignoring the wheel options, will I regret not taking this opportunity to upgrade the front suspension?

I'll be keeping it a narrow body, so the 5 lug swap doesn't really allow me to put more tire on. I also intend to keep the 901 gearbox, so I'm assuming that gives me a hp cap of 175-200.

[type47]

I would say stick with your 4-lug until you do the conversion. My reason for this is to 1) save money (for other things on the car); 2) stock brakes are fine for -4 when in proper working order; 3) when you do a 5 lug conversion, you need to decide on how you're going to handle the emergency brake, in my opinion. A good route, I think, is to drill the rears for 5 lug that way you keep the emergency brake otherwise you shop for the $$$ -6 stub axles, rotors and calipers. A factory 914-6, after all, had a non vented rear rotor not much bigger than the -4 rotor. The front can use many 911 front suspension as a bolt up which is an easy part of the conversion. Just my end-'o-the-world thoughts.