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> Brake upgrade, Parking brake
Krank
post Jun 22 2011, 10:40 PM
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I have been thinking about doing the beemer front disk brake upgrade. The only thing that bothers me is the loss of the parking /(cough, cough) emergency brake. I had an idea to look for a motorcycle front disk brake rotor mounted to the axleshaft with a cable operated brake assembly mounted to the tranny (I think there are three useable bolts on the RH side). Anyone play with this idea before?
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Krank   Brake upgrade   Jun 22 2011, 10:40 PM
kg6dxn   You have a parking brake on your front wheels???   Jun 22 2011, 10:46 PM
Krank   This is the mod that you use calipers from a BMW 3...   Jun 22 2011, 10:57 PM
Cap'n Krusty   Just because you CAN do something, doesn't alw...   Jun 22 2011, 11:01 PM
Dave_Darling   Personally, I think it's the tires that are th...   Jun 22 2011, 11:33 PM
Krank   OK, on a scale of 1 to 5 the improvement would be ...   Jun 22 2011, 11:36 PM
ConeDodger   OK, on a scale of 1 to 5 the improvement would be...   Jun 23 2011, 12:29 AM
computers4kids   [quote name='Krank' post='1498635' date='Jun 22 2...   Jun 23 2011, 07:23 AM
Eric_Shea   Can stock brakes lock up the tire?   Jun 22 2011, 11:59 PM
DBCooper   Can stock brakes lock up the tire? Yes. But I ...   Jun 23 2011, 06:12 AM
dion9146   Clean system, good tires, and better pads will do ...   Jun 23 2011, 05:08 AM
Cap'n Krusty   Locked up brakes do you very little good. The Cap...   Jun 23 2011, 07:19 AM
Bleyseng   Going to the 320i front calipers isn't worth i...   Jun 23 2011, 07:24 AM
nsr-jamie   Might as well update or upgrade your whole front e...   Jun 23 2011, 07:53 AM
Michael N   I wasted money on the BMW brakes before going to t...   Jun 23 2011, 09:50 AM
jmill   If I did it over again I'd stick with 911 stru...   Jun 23 2011, 10:18 AM
Cap'n Krusty   I have been thinking about doing the beemer front...   Jun 23 2011, 10:18 AM
eric9144   :agree: I have a set of the BMW calipers on the ...   Jun 23 2011, 10:40 AM
Eric_Shea   If your F100 brakes lock up your wheels... their j...   Jun 23 2011, 10:55 AM
c12croft   If your F100 brakes lock up your wheels... their ...   Jun 23 2011, 12:00 PM
ewdysar   You mean upgrades like this, along with a 19mm M...   Jun 23 2011, 01:30 PM
DBCooper   If your F100 brakes lock up your wheels... their ...   Jun 23 2011, 07:53 PM
PRS914-6   To me, better means "stopping the car faste...   Jun 27 2011, 09:35 AM
914Mike   ... Carrera calipers weigh 9+ frigg'n pounds ...   Jun 27 2011, 10:12 AM
Dave_Darling   There needs to be more weight on the contact patc...   Jun 27 2011, 07:30 PM
eric9144   Wasted, no...had a setup similar to that on my old...   Jun 23 2011, 12:03 PM
Eric_Shea   Totally agree... You can do what you like to you...   Jun 23 2011, 02:49 PM
jmill   Real world examples: How many 914's have A-C...   Jun 23 2011, 05:55 PM
70-914nut   You wont find many people out there that know more...   Jun 23 2011, 06:14 PM
Krank   O.K. lots of opinions...no measured data or real w...   Jun 27 2011, 01:32 AM
Matt Romanowski   IMHO, stock brakes on a stock car, with some good ...   Jun 27 2011, 10:28 AM
jhadler   Until you beef up the power train, don't bothe...   Jun 27 2011, 11:16 AM
kg6dxn   My car came to me with 930 Turbo brakes all around...   Jun 27 2011, 07:54 PM


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