Tom's UVA fugitive, Tom runs a 14s quarter mile :)

If you hadn't already bought the Porsche bits, I'd have said don't bother! Front wheel cylinders in the rear drums will even up the balance in a light car like a Fugitive.
Just thinking aloud here - why not get the wheels redrilled to Porsche pattern rather than the hubs? There should be plenty of material I'd have thought - there certainly was on the slots on my old buggy. Personally, I'd shift the slots on and look for a set of Cookie Cutters in 6" for the front and 7" for the back - they're not that popular in Porsche circles so a set shouldn't cost you much more than £150ish. A pair of skinny slots could cost double that!

You both make very good points, but the whole project is about Tom learning skills, so in some ways the end result is less important that the journey to get there (except if we don't get to the end.... that will possibly snub any spark of interest, and if it's dangerous that's not great either.... so now I think about it, the end result is quite important too )

so the Porsche brakes are good because we learn about manufacturers sharing parts and easy upgrades (and they cost us about 11 bags of scrap, the discs will be another couple each...) The machining can be done by Denis, who's a toolmaker who lives next to my folks..... and has a shed full of machines (and another skill experienced) and if not, if I can get Tom inside a unit and the engineer talks to him then it's worth paying

Weirdly enough, we will be taking the drums apart and having a play with them before getting rid, because it's useful to at least know about them (my daughter has also been told she's got to come and work on various parts of the car, and brakes are one of those parts.... she has no interest in the project but I hate the thought of her being ripped off by a garage somewhere because she is scared of the jargon!)


It may be worth redrilling the wheels, but type 3 hubs are £30 so may be cheaper to go that way..... but worth thinking about

I'm not sure 6s and 7s will give us the look we want..... if we had a coffee table, and my wife let me keep any of my stuff in the house, this would be on that coffee table (but instead they are by my bed)



I don't know if that makes it sound like a money-no-object build, which it isn't, it it does have a revenue stream that means we can invest as we go (I maybe get £1000 of scrap a year, which we can put towards this) so the longer it takes, the more cash we have to spend legitimately :/ And because Tom has to help sort the scrap and bag it up, he is also learning a work ethic too (hopefully)

Also hope that doesn't make it sound like I'm not listening!
I'm open to all suggestions, I think I'm maybe just explain why we may not action them

I got my Citric acid from Amazon, £5.25 for 1kg I use it 250g at a time (cleans 2 calipers and 2 discs).

My experiments with electrolysis were variable, as you experienced connections were an issue if I do it again I'll investigate on some better connections and a better power supply.

Mark

Love what you are doing and why. One thought on the brakes, completely get that with 75% of the weight behind you even with weight transfer you still have a good chunk more rear brakes required than a front engined car. Back in the day I was looking at converting my skoda rapid to rear discs to get rid of the brake fade. What stopped me was handbrake efficiency/ cables. Front wheels locking first is also a lot safer. Are the Porsche discs smaller diameter and smaller calipers than the front discs to keep a forward brake bias ?Would type 3 drums an option ? Just musing on your behalfs !
Keep up the good work and updates.
James

We've been out cleaning up the rear suspension arms and brake parts....



Compared a beetle arm to the cleaned 944 one



And played spot the difference....



Which seems to be the size of the pivot bush!

Started cleaning brake parts with citric acid...



And have had good results, after a couple of hours



And after a couple more



So will have another look in the morning.... must say citric acid seems easier to work with, you can just drop parts in the bucket without having to check nothing is touching etc

And Tom approves of the slots!



So we sorted the scrap out, and I'll weigh that in this week to give us some cash to take to Stonor Park next Sunday... see if we score a few more bits whilst having a look around!

Thanks

24 hours later and the brake parts look nearly like metal.... we had another scrub and dropped back in the tub... but they are so much better!



got to this;



just need to free the pistons now, any suggestions?

or screw grease nipple into inlet pipe fitting, pump full of grease and force pistons out

Managed to get the pistons out, stopped in at a mates, and we squeezes the pistons in a bit and then they twisted out (that won't work with the fronts though!) one piston is lovely, the other has some pitting



Then gave the bits a final scrub (and because the wife was walking the dog, dried them off in the oven!)



We then gave them a coat of primer



And then some brake caliper enamel, in the colour Tom chose!



I thought it would be easier painting it on rather than spraying, but it doesn't give as good a finish.... so once it's dry I may revisit it!





I managed to get some discs, as Euro car parts had a discount code at the weekend



And the type 3 hubs turned up



So I'll need a spacer for behind them (19mm I seem to remember)
And then we need to fit an arm back on the buggy and work out offsets before going too mad...

But we couldn't get the hub nuts off at the weekend, hindered by the fact that they aren't bolted to the car.... so I've bought myself a tool (not from the budget, as it's a tool for me!) it's a torque master, bolts to the hub and then gives a 9 to 1 advantage, will be trying that before the weekend



Off to weigh some scrap in, in the morning, so we have some funds for the weekend

I'd recommend BiggRed (as seen on Wheeler dealers) for brake parts much cheaper than elsewhere and good service.