Nice find! I paid almost twice that at autozone and one of them snapped less than a month later

Now find some for early cars :D

Hmmm... 86 Vanagon: 95HP @ 4800RPM, 117FtLbs @ 3200RPM

I really hope these work as a bolt in replacement, that are at least as strong as the factory part.

On a separate note, it appears EMPI makes a lot of upgraded racing parts for VW based off road buggies. This includes Chromoly cages, 4340 housings, higher spline counts etc.... These are all features advertised for a certain, $600 a piece, racing axle. I even found a racing set for $400 (complete, both sides) in the 21-1/4 length.

Good find - I need to replace my axels. Any reason to believe these would be of any lessor quality than Pelican?

They will fit.. strength is a whole other issue though. The 951 part number axles are much stronger than the 944 ones, I snapped a bunch before caving and buying the real deal. I can't see any reason why they'd spec a beefier axle for something like the vanagon, they're most likely equal to or weaker than the 944 units.

cant think of a better car to stress test it than a V8

I'm guessing you took my statement of hoping these hold up as being sarcastic. It was actually meant to be sincere.

However..., since you mentioned it, I will say that manufactures do pick parts to align with the finished products capabilities. If a "better" part is available for the same cost, usually, it will be used. (This holds true for a vast majority of products engineered by large companies). The drive trains of our 944s' are a prime example of a manufacture making changes for different hp levels.

Wonder how they compare compared to the LR offerings at a pretty similar price?

http://www.lindseyracing.com/LR/Parts/944CVAXLELR.html

They're not that similarly priced. The Lindsey axles are priced each xschop's are sold as a pair.

Haha, yes, a minor oversight. Didn't think I paid $1200 for the pair but so much stuff just blurrrrss$$$ that you forget. Still, be interesting to see if there are any differences?

for a street car definitely worth a try for that price.

Xshops axles are on my short list. But then so are many of his parts...

XSChop proves he's an asset to this community thread after thread. Nice work on the axles, would you mind disclosing who is running them? Or if you are running them feel free to chime in a on quality, fit, finish, etc. I'll wait to see how these Vanagon units hold up but if it's not up to OEM spec I'll probably be looking for a pair from XS or LR. I repacked and resealed all my stock CVs 18 months ago with the redline CV fluid, flipping the cages and hoping to get a little more wear out of them. This is all back when the car was drivable :)

Got mine today, too cheap not to try. Won't know how it holds up as it is going in the race-day spare box.

Do you have an reference VW Vanagon part number? I try to find a source for Vagon CV joint in EU.

Hate to burst anyone's bubbles here but the VW cv joints are spec for 17º of movement where the porsche ones are 22º. When the cv reaches its end of movement and binds, it's going to push the snap ring off or worse bust the cage inside.
They are an "alternative" for street cars but I wouldn't put a set on the track. IMHO.. not without modification anyway.