TurboS Geek

Pretty sure I know the answer, but has anyone built aftermarket replacements for these yet? I just can't stand the idea of paying $200-300 for a leftover piece, and the fingers on the one in the Turbo S are worn down pretty far.

Thanks,

Kelsyn

Van

I don't know of an aftermarket one... But, you're right, there's a need for it!

Techno Duck

Paragon has refurbished turbo clutch forks available..

http://www.paragon-products.com/Clut...16.085.00r.htm

zerMATT951

Zims has reman forks too - more material and hardened. Price is $150-ish (+core), but not advertised on their website.

Chris White also - I'm sure his is probably the best, but he requires your core to do the work IIRC, and probably costs a bit more.

xsboost90

wow prices are much lower- we bought a new one from paragon a couple years ago and it lasted a year and broke in half....

nelsonkevinj

Paragon is out of these things. My car has been sitting in the local European Motors garage for over a month in need of a fork. Any other ideas out there.

333pg333

How much is a new oem one? I think the only ones that broke were due to that bad batch of KEP ii pp's?

PorscheDoc

It is amazing how fast they get a wear spot in them. I put a new one in my turbo and put about 15k miles on it before pulling it out for the v8 swap, and it has a noticeable groove in it already.

333pg333

A shame that there isn't a really good aftermarket version. I remember a thread about this in the past some time ago and it got quite technical. Right into the Metallurgy of it. Seemed that there was quite a bit of disagreement about what metal is best. Briefly...stronger=more brittle...weaker = more flexible from what I remember. I will ask the clutch guy I'm using to make up something for the incoming bigger motor. He has been around the block several times and will have a strongly based opinion from what I've gathered so far. (Some interesting clutch and flywheel discussions have occurred already.)

zerMATT951

Nelsonkevinj, have you called Zims?they are typically a stock item.

Grandpa#3

A competent Welder can repair cracked fork arms and add to the worn contact points. My son has done this and it has worked out A-OK on a race car. This will strengthen the built-in weak points. I believe that Blaszak in Canada used to do the repair. They also do a box weld on the early steel control arms so they could be used on the 86 951 race cars. They are much cheaper to replace the ball joints.

Cheers,
Larry

lart951

can the na fork be used, if it's properly grind it seems to be much stronger than the one for the 951, see the picture 944 na is on the left, turbo on the right.

DFASTEST951

Cyrogenics will help immensely.

333pg333

I'm sure I"ve seen a 3rd version too. Maybe it was a 968 one, what do they look like? I'd also wonder if the n/a one is cast and the 951 is forged going off those pics?

mtnman82

Blaszak also replaced the bearings with bronze sleeves. Silky smoothness and no more of those crappy needle bearings.