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Originally Posted by Bayley
How much different are the 996 turbo axles?
Just thinking aloud here, but I wonder the effort involved in swapping to a 996 turbo rear hub. I ass-u-me that the bolt pattern to the trans is still 120mm, so all you really need to do is get that axle though the bearing... which typically requires machining out the hub for the larger outer diameter, or just swapping the whole knuckle.
I've never seen a 996 rear hub or knuckle, so I have no idea how far into left field this is is...
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I thought about going down this route, but to be honest the though of acquiring the parts alone turned me off due to cost, it all adds up really quick.
I am talking with another company who has a great reputation, if they come up with a good price then i'll go with them, otherwise I'm going to piece a set together myself using Porsche 930 CV parts. Lots of stuff readily available out there as they use the 930 transmission in a lot of off road and dune buggy applications.
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Originally Posted by Ben006
The knuckle are a lot different due to the achitecture of the 996 rear suspensions.
I'm sure you can find ones for less than what the 1st company quoted you 
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Yup it would require quite a bit of work and added expense which is what I'm trying to avoid! Hopefully this company I'm talking with can come up with a reasonable setup.
How much is reasonable you ask? Well that all depends of course! To build them right with what I would call "the good stuff", I think If I can get them done for $2500 or just under.
It all depends on the parts you use though, I know I can build them for less and probably save $500 or so, but how long will they last?
Nice thing is if I build them then I can rebuild them easily enough and then I could upgrade whatever fails later.
Either way I'm kinda broke right now so we will see, hopefully my ebay stuff starts selling! Anyone need a 3.6 Liter 911 engine?!?!?!
