5 lug conversion planned!, sweetness! Options

[Aaron Cox]

well, my stock front suspension needs to be rebuilt. so i figure what the heck why not. my plan is to accumulate parts in advance. i talked to german auto dismantlers (i think that was them) and asked for a price on an early 911 front suspension. i was quoted 200 for a "rough one". i need to buy Torsion bars and shocks as it is, so why not put that money into a "rough" 911 front. i figure i dont need used struts and stuff, just the brakes and rotors....ill replace t bars, and shox

what i need to know is:
*someone said early 911 struts are interchangeable with 914's? is this so?
if so: ill put new struts in my car now, and carry them over to the 911 front at the time of install/switch
* how much are my 2.o liter fuchs alloys worth? original, no curb rash on most. have 5 of them
*911 fuchs go for about 100-125 apiece
*what size wheels should i look for, on my stock fendered 914. 15x6? 16x6?
*how hard is it to restud stub axles? cost?
*this front setup will give me 911 M calipers w/ vented discs right?
* i need to use 914-6 rear dics right?

the only downside to this conversion other than cost is, my rotors and brakes are all redone as of last year. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[anthony]

The advantage of the 911 set up is there is more sizes in T bars available.

Everybody says this but you can easily get up to 23mm 914 torsion bars which would be massive overkill for any street 914. The advantage of the stock 911 setup, IMO, is the 19mm stock 911 torsion bars you would get with the a-arms. This makes for a nice upgrade on a 914 over the stock 18mm bars. That way you don't have to pay too much extra to increase the spring rate at the front.