Porsche front brakes on an earlybay,is it possible?

[dubbedup67]

Hi guys,right I'm in need of some advice.

I'm converting my 68 bay to run on a king and link beam with dropped spindles,the norm.

But I'm also considering upgrading to discs up front.
I knew a few people with splits that have put Porsche 944 Discs up front and just wondered if it's possible to do on my bay.
If it is,what does it entail? What needs to be modified? Does it require any fabrication etc?
Also can you get adapters so I can still run my wide 5 steels?
Thanks
Matt

 

[StuF]

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[radish]

You will be able to fit then quite easy. You need an adapter kit, there is a guy Peter Bieseman in Belgium that did a kit for £150 along with that you need 944 non turbo hubs, discs, calipers and splitscreen flexi brake hose. The bearings are the same as 944.
You can use brembo discs but you will need to find a kit that has the bigger caliper mounting.
This will only work if you have 64-67 spindles as far as i know.
Contact Butty for 130 to 205 adaptors, but you you may be better off buying a csp kit in 205 pattern which will cost a bit more.

 

[dubbedup67]

You will be able to fit then quite easy. You need an adapter kit, there is a guy Peter Bieseman in Belgium that did a kit for £150 along with that you need 944 non turbo hubs, discs, calipers and splitscreen flexi brake hose. The bearings are the same as 944.
You can use brembo discs but you will need to find a kit that has the bigger caliper mounting.
This will only work if you have 64-67 spindles as far as i know.
Contact Butty for 130 to 205 adaptors, but you you may be better off buying a csp kit in 205 pattern which will cost a bit more.

I am going to be running 64-67 wagenswwest flipped spindles.
So I basically would need the adapters,discs,caliber sand to change my flicks to splitty ones?
How does this all go together then?
Are the wheel bearings just a straight swap out type job?
I can't afford the cusp kit unfortunately,otherwise I would be.
I've found a guy selling a complete kit for £400.
This is what his kit contains would this be any good?

Front set of pre 86 non turbo Porsche 944 front brakes, with recon calipers and hubs, adaptor plates & spacers for late split screens. New pins brake pipes, pistons and seals all ready to bolt on bar extending the hub caps! Or buying some ready done ones, disks in good condition all clean and good, will chuck in new rear wide 5 to Porsche adaptor too.

 

[radish]

Buy it then, it all just bolts on. There are 2 spacers for the bearings thick one and thin one, they go either side of the rear bearing. Rebuild kits are cheap if they aren't as described but bleeds nipples cost a fortune something like £10-20 each, I can't remember.