brakes, 944 Options

[Nohair]

Hello everyone! I think I have read somewhere a way to install 944/944T brakes(rear) on a teener and was wondering if anyone here has any knowledge of this or have I been dreaming again? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)
Am I under the wrong assumption that a 911 front suspension will " bolt in" a 914? I am very much a newbie and in a hurry to learn!!! sorry if these questions are a much talked about already
thanks for your time everyone
nohair

[ClayPerrine]

I have the 944 turbo brakes on the front and rear of my 914. To instlal them is a pain in the ass....

the fronts are fairly easy, we just machined out the holes in the calipers to fit the 3.5 inch spacing on the 911 struts, and installed the 24mm carrera rotors. The holes on the caliper have to be moved in and upward.

To get the rears to work I had to remove the brake caliper mounting tabs and fabricate new ones to attach the 944 calipers. It takes a bunch of math and a homemade jig to get the calipers in the correct location.

With that on the car, then you ahve to figure out how to make a park brake that works. I put a 911 drum brake on the rear with custom made cables.


It can be, and has been done before me. But it is by no means easy.

If you want that kind of brakes on your 914, I would suggest Boxster monoblocks. You can buy premade mounting blocks for them, and unlike welding on a new tab , it is reversable. I am going to remove the 944 calipers on my car and replace them with Boxster monoblocks in the future. Also, the pad area on the monoblocks is bigger than the 944 turbo calipers.





Hope that helps.