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April 4th 2006, 12:48
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Is there anyone making the 944 NA front bearing spacers?
Lanner isn't making them any longer and I'm trying to build this bug on the cheap. I'm also not afraid of a little track width up front. I'd even take the measurements or some instruction as to what to tell the local machine shop.
By the way, since this is my first post, I should introduce myself. My name is Jim, I live in Colorado, I've owned lots of air/water cooled vws, always dug the German look, now I'm building one. I'm sure some of you will be upset by this, but it will be receiving a Subaru lump. I can't afford to achieve the HP any other way and still put braces on my kids.  Thanks in advance for any help. 
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April 4th 2006, 23:18
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Welcome! We don't discriminate here, there are quite a few conversion builds going on in the GL camps, several of them are scoobys.
If you've got a local machine shop that you deal with, they can figure it out. Draw out the shape of the spindle on paper, use good digital calipers and mark all the dimensions, take the shop the 944 rotor and explain what you need. They should be able to take it from there or at least tell you what else they need. Best case would be to take them the spindle AND the 944 rotor/hub. Jeff-
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April 5th 2006, 03:54
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I've got some spacer drawings on my website, in the speedster brake section.
Keep us updated with the Subaru swap, so many more reasons for the swap over cost, you'll love it! Rich
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April 5th 2006, 10:16
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I'm putting a Subie in my brothers fastback also. We just picked the motor up on Sunday. It's a 2.5 twin cam that had been swapped into a vanagon, but the vanagon was smashed in the front. This project will probably be seeing more action than mine for a while, as I'm still collecting parts. 
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#5
April 6th 2006, 19:42
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Franklins is another good place to get the spacers if you don't have luck locally.
http://franklinsvwwerks.com/home.htm Jeff-
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April 7th 2006, 12:41
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I think I solved the spacer problem, I bought a 72 Super yesterday. Looks like I'll be running the whole spindle and everything with some Kerscher bjs. I also picked up what was left of the 944. Worked out perfect... The car was being parted and this was what was left, everything I need -$75
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