I found a 911 front suspension, now what? newbee question Options

[Thierry]

Hi,

I recently bought a nice '76 2.0 that I would like to give some extra goodies. One of the projects I'm looking at is doing a 4-5 lug conversion. I read most of the articles describing the process of doing so and I think the route with a 911 front suspension is the way to go.

So I found these parts of a (supposedly) 3.2 911 online but then the questions start popping up. The missing parts are break callipers and master cylinder. As I understand 3.2 breaks also use a break booster. Is that also needed or would a 19mm master cylinder also work fine? What breaks should I search for? What will work and is doable for a newbee 914 fan?

Anyway, thanks in advance for helping my with my shopping list.

Thierry

[BillJ]

Yep when i did boxster calipers on my conversion did not need a booster. Rears you can do standard Carrera (if i remember right) without brake bias adjuster as well. Boxster brakes will let you handle almost anything power-wise you throw at it. I had a 2.5 ltr 6 and that was way more brake than i needed (but that is almost never a bad thing).

[ClayPerrine]

Boxster brakes will let you handle almost anything power-wise you throw at it.

The key word here is "Almost". I am in process of putting 991 C4S Calipers on the front of the 4.0L car. The Boxster brakes are not quite enough with the available HP in that engine.

Going to send the Boxster fronts to PMB to be rebuilt and painted to match the Red C4S calipers. They will go on the rear of the 4.0L car.

[BillJ]

Boxster brakes will let you handle almost anything power-wise you throw at it.

The key word here is "Almost". I am in process of putting 991 C4S Calipers on the front of the 4.0L car. The Boxster brakes are not quite enough with the available HP in that engine.

Going to send the Boxster fronts to PMB to be rebuilt and painted to match the Red C4S calipers. They will go on the rear of the 4.0L car.

There are definitely some outliers that is for sure! Not getting the sense that the OP is going high HP. Thierry what are the powerplant plans?

[Thierry]

Boxster brakes will let you handle almost anything power-wise you throw at it.

The key word here is "Almost". I am in process of putting 991 C4S Calipers on the front of the 4.0L car. The Boxster brakes are not quite enough with the available HP in that engine.

Going to send the Boxster fronts to PMB to be rebuilt and painted to match the Red C4S calipers. They will go on the rear of the 4.0L car.

There are definitely some outliers that is for sure! Not getting the sense that the OP is going high HP. Thierry what are the powerplant plans?

The 'power plan' at this point is stay with standard FI 2.0L. But hey, you never know...