will these calipers work on my 914? Options

[rfuerst911sc]

I have 1972 911 Boge struts on the front of my 914 and I am still trying to figure out what brakes I will use front and rear. I know many people think the 1974 and later 3.5 inch struts are better but I have these and I'm gonna use them. My question is can you run rear Carrera ( 1984-1989 ) calipers on the front? If I understand this correctly this would give me a 24mm front rotor with caliper pistons that would work well with M calipers in the rear with a adjustable proportioning valve, anyone running this setup? I am going to install a 19mm master cylinder. This will be a street/autocross machine with occasional DE's thrown in. Oh yea I'll be throwing in a 911 engine too!! Any thoughts on this brake setup?

[Eric_Shea]

I would not recommend hydraulic:

Line locks are usually applied with the system is hot (after you've been driving the car). When the system cools you car will roll down the hill and into the neighbors house. Your neighbor will not be amused as well as your insurance agent. Your wife will then probably get mad at you, question your overall intelligence and she'll eventually want a divorce. You will then view this as a failure in your life and your work ethic will begin to sprial. Your boss will begin to notice that you're spending too much time on 914World looking for a new car to replace the one that went careaning through your neighbors living room and you'll eventually be fired. You won't be able to make the mortage payment and your house will go into foreclosure and soon you will be looking for comfortable overpasses to sleep under.

I do not recommend the hydraulic brakes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Ferrari 308 and Dino calipers will do the trick. 914 calipers will do the trick. Just look at Daves' caliper progression. That's my MO when I build a "system" for a car. Every component needs to be looked at as to how it relates to the system.