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Patrick,

There are a number of custom CV axle shops that should be able to do this for you at a reasonable price. You want the LOBRO 108mm CV joints (930 or 934 Porsche) and then it's just a case of working out what length of axle shaft and allowing enough for suspension travel (axle slide in the CV joint).

The CV stub axles for the ZF side are readily available, but I don't know of anyone producing the wheel side axle flange in a CV pattern. Maybe Lloyd at RBT or Dennis at PPC would know.

Ken Green worked with SACO Performance (an off road buggy guy) to produce aluminum uprights, brake kits and CV axles for Panteras. Those use conversion blocks to retain the existing stub axles both ZF and wheel side and are a bolt in upgrade.

You can see them here at the bottom of the page and the kit is not much more expensive than replacement half shafts.

http://www.sacoperformance.com/products.php?cat=14

If I was getting those I would insist on a tapered 'aero' boot as the concertina style boots fail easily.

There are others on the forum that have done their own CV conversion and can probably offer information too.

Hope this helps,
Julian