brembos and IRS conversion

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Well I have started now on the IRS conversion with the 944 alum arm



The parts being used for the rear are as followed:

944 alum trailing arm
944t axle assembles cv to cv
996 rear rotors
944 4 pot brembos
thing trans
modified swing axle spring plates


first i started off by cleaning the arm and painting them up



painted arm with new bushing installed


removed all swing axle tranny and cleaned 40+ years of grease and grim


new weld in brackets


I was going to use 944 trailing arm but i have ran into a little problem already my torsion bar are to short. So for now i will use modified vw spring plates till i can get some upgrade torsion bars ordered and shipped. ( I will post pic on the spring plates once I start on them)

With the Irs conversion its going to be a little different from a Bug conversion. 1st. being the typ3 has a removable sub-frame and the bottom of the torsion tube has a extra support welding on.2nd the frame horns top half is smaller then a regular Bug tube. this makes the weld in bracket sit a little higher then the tube and not inside like on a bug.



What i done was cut the metal away from the bracket and just folded it up and out of the way to start with that way once the bracket is tacked in place. And its time for final welding i can trim the metal down and hammer it down snug and weld it to the installed brackets. well thats the plan for now. Being like i said the bracket sits out and above the frame horns..




once i have everything where it need to be. Checked and double checked and then tack welded... I will assemble everything to check fitment and alignment of the arms.Hope to do that in the next day or two. After that I am just going to remove the rear sub frame for the clean up and  welding....

some updates pic's

test fitting arm on modified swing axle spring plate




checking alignment before fully welding everything up





sub frame out
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Matt on Friday, 04 February 2011 23:37

great work mate, keep the pics coming

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great work mate, keep the pics coming

Mick on Monday, 07 February 2011 18:17

Yup great progress. looking cool


I used an IRS rear end on my conversion - made it a little easier, although I has to clearance the brackets as the IRS has some extra strengthening where they sit.


Those look like same brackets that I used on the oval. Don't forget to loktite the bolts in place on final assembly - The standard brackets have a collar pressed in them that is piened into the slots on the bolt to stop them from undoing.

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Yup great progress. looking cool :D

I used an IRS rear end on my conversion - made it a little easier, although I has to clearance the brackets as the IRS has some extra strengthening where they sit.

Those look like same brackets that I used on the oval. Don't forget to loktite the bolts in place on final assembly - The standard brackets have a collar pressed in them that is piened into the slots on the bolt to stop them from undoing.