Yippee...problem solved...I've got big brakes :), up front at least for now :) Options

[Mueller]

The pad overhang was not as bad as I had originally thought.....taking the pads to the bench grinder (recommended by a high performance brake pad engineer), I just need to add a chamfer to the edge of the pad to get rid of the overhang......pretty darn easy once I gave it a shot....

the adapter itself will be pretty easy to make and shouldn't cost me much at all for supplies....

I know have to decide what color to paint the calipers (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

[Mueller]

QUOTE (soloracer @ Mar 20 2005, 04:19 PM)

I own a 1987 RX7 Turbo as do several of my friends. The funny thing is we all agree that the braking is the worst thing about the car. We've been looking for a brake upgrade for our cars and Porsche was one of the makes we were researching for parts. Guess we'll have to strike stock "914" brakes off the list... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

this setup is close to the 944 Turbo combo, except I'll have a larger diameter rotor and an aluminum hat to help shed the heat.....for me, I think this will work out fine, it's got to be as good or better than most setups currently being run on 914s... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

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Also, just curious, why worry about the overhang? Isn't the rotor thicker than both of the pads? In other words wouldn't the overhang material from each pad not touch the other pad anyway?

You are correct, with the rotor being so thick, the pads could never touch each other due to the overhang.....I've talked to a few brake engineers...as with everything, they had different views on the overhang...a few didn't like the overhang and felt that the rotor wouldn't cool down properly and a few others felt it was no big deal...

For me, the over hang is very minimal and a quick pass on my bench grinder takes care of it and I still have maximum pad coverage on the rotor...