Porsche 944: Actually there is a substitute

[sparkydog]

After doing the mockups with the Ford IRS diff and looking at the tradeoffs I would have to make I've decided this is not the way to go. As we've all noticed the CL of the driveline wants to run right where the 944 Tbar housing sits. It is possible to do a "Tbar delete" (as the Porsche guys call it) and run coil overs but there are other mods that accompany it. Even then I would be running custom shortened axles so when the CV joints wear out I'm faced with expensive replacements. Since my goal is to try and have a car that is affordable to maintain and repair I think my best option is to ditch the 944 rear suspension and graft in the Mustang setup.

So I pulled out the Mustang junk, disassembled the axle from the floor, cleaned up the floor and then studied where to do some trimming in order to get it down to the essential structure that needs to go into the Porsche.

I ended up with this plan and set about doing the trimming.

[sparkydog]

My basic plan with this 1st trim was to use nothing off the Mustang aft of the shock upper mounting points so that there was as much 944 as possible rear of the axle - mainly so that the 944 spare tire stowage would be left. The Mustang front trailing arm attachment points end up just behind where the 944 torsion bar housing currently sits (that is if I measured correctly). I will trim more out of the Mustang but this was close enough for now.

Next up is to remove the 944 Tbar assembly and trailing arms, slide the Mustang metal under the car and stare at it for several hours.

[sparkydog]

P stuff is out. Different F stuff ready to try and go in.