Six Conversion Braking, Braking safely on a budget Options

[thomasotten]

What is the largest engine hp that would be considered "right" for my braking system? I have
911 "M" Calipers and front struts, and 5 lug 6X15 fuchs. Other than that I am stock. I was thinking the 2.4 engine would be the best I could do. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[ArtechnikA]

you're running the package the factory shipped with the stock cars.
when they went racing with the 914.6GT, (~200 HP) they used 908 brakes up front and uprated the backs to vented disks.

the biggest problem people have with brakes is that they use them too lightly and for too long - while the net energy rejection is the same, when your foot is on the pedal, the brakes are not cooling.

what do you want to do with the car, and how much power are you expecting from that 2,4 ?

what kind of tires will you be using - that has a tremendous factor on braking, because that's the part that actually contacts the road. (i.e. - if you can lock the wheels at the end of the straight - and do it all day, you have enough brake. if you can't, you don't...)

if you've added the avaiilable brake-cooling ducting products and you are still overheating the brakes into fade, you may need more brake. harder pads to deal with the heat, more area to give back the friction you lost due to harder pads...

Porsche used the aluminum 'S' caliper on 3,0 Turbo Carreras and they were pretty heavy cars.

if you have the brakes now, try 'em and see. usually people size the brakes to the engine, not the other way around ...

---just my 0,02 pf...