Hi all,
I'm here in a roundabout way, and am trying to help out a mate of mine who has bought a trike with a Beetle engine/suspension. He wants to upgrade to rear disc brakes, and was considering an empi conversion kit that he had sourced in the UK priced at £350+ postage (I live in Ireland), but I have found the same thing is the US for $199, even given that they have quoted $175 for the postage, with the weak $ that converts to £203 delivered to the door. Could there be a difference in the US spec kit and the UK spec one?
Are there any better options he could consider? I have read some posts on the 944 brakes and understand that there are differences between the early steel suspension as opposed to the later alloy suspension with regard to the track, but this isn't an issue as there will be no bodywork clearance problems with the fenders on the trike, so is it possible to just bolt on the whole set-up (suspension arms/hubs/discs/callipers/driveshaft) from the 944 onto the trike and just change the inner CV to Beetle type, or am I looking at things too simply.
The suspension at the moment is the trailing arm type rather than the IRS ( I think), photo attached.
June 27th 2005, 11:46
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