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.

[BKLA]

Stock brakes are more than adequate for the street, unless you put in a "big six" (greater than 2.7) and plan to drive "more than spirited" on the street. Stock brakes are fine for AX as well. Just upgrade the pads as brant noted.

I have both a six conversion track teener and a '70 four banger street car. The PMB rebuilt stock calipers are more than adequate for twisty bits that I enjoy with the four banger (we've got some great roads nearby - when its dry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ) carb'd 1.8 that we rebuilt.

Frankly, I have just as much fun driving the street car with stock brakes as I do the track car with boxster brembos on the front.
If you like the stock wheels, fresh pads and a complete rebuild (if not done for a while) should be adequate for normal spirited driving. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)