4 piston brake calipers ..., what are my options? |
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4 piston brake calipers ..., what are my options? |
SirAndy |
Mar 22 2008, 07:12 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,676 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
i'd like to go to a set of (bigger) 4 piston brake calipers on all 4 corners.
right now, i have '84 carrera hubs, rotors and calipers all around ... what are my options? what's a direct bolt on, what does require adapters? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy |
LarryR |
Mar 22 2008, 11:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 929 Joined: 15-March 07 From: E. Bay Area, N. California Member No.: 7,604 |
That was a fun day we should start thinking about when to do it again.
Unless you go to bigger rotors bigger calipers are not going to buy you a lot in the fade department. 993 calipers are radial mount so you can take them to a machine shop to have the appropriate adapter made... I was bringing up the rear that day but did get heavy on the brakes constently. However, my 930 brakes with pagid pads had zero fade. .... I dont think they work well for a 914 though. I had Jay at german percision build me a set of adaptors before ... not to bad you can have adapters made from billit alluminum for like 150 per pair. If you are going to a 17" rim I would suggest going to a 13" rotors with either 993 calipers, 993 TT calipers (big bucks), or another nice alternative is the 928 S4 calipers that are the same size housing as the 993 TT bug just a little smaller piston set up. I think the only potential problem with any of the set ups mentioned above for the 914 is figuring out how to make the parking brake work. |
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