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Good morning.
I managed to track down a couple pair of 3 inch caliper spacing Brembos. I started to do some initial fitment validation and realized that one pair fits perfectly on a vented front disk 3 inch caliper spacing whereas the other fits the same 3 inch caliper spacing perfectly but has too narrow of an opening where the disc goes so it’ll only work on unvented brake rotors. Any tips or coaching here on with the narrower pair will fit – is it simply a matter of needing an earlier non-vented from brake set up? In other words, one pair works fine with a 911 SC brake set up and I’m assuming the other pair should be fine with a non-vented 914 rotor? Thanks. |
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914 Guru ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,541 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() ![]() |
Maybe Eric Shea will chime in. Spacers may have been removed to make it into a solid rotor application on narrow set. Pads are quite large and thick for these calipers.
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,641 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the response. They actually have removed all the references to these calipers from their site, or at least anything that ties them back to being from an Alfa anyway.
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 18,393 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
I’m pretty sure they work with solid 5 lug rotors like a 69 - 912 or 914-6.
Eric Shea is still the authority on what works. |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 889 Joined: 8-January 04 From: meridian, id Member No.: 1,533 Region Association: None ![]() |
I have stock early 911 solid rotors on my 5 lug conversion.
The 3" M calipers are the same left and right with a skinny spacer for solid rotors and a thicker spacer for vented rotors. get another thin or fat spacer depending on which rotor you want. |
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Get that VIN ? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,882 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California ![]() ![]() |
Where do you the caliper spacers ?
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,641 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the discussion.
I wasn’t as clear as I needed to be - the vented rotor is too wide for the opening on the caliper. Think the non-vented will be OK, will see if it clears a 914 rotor (as a proxy) and report back. Thanks! |
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Thanks for the discussion. I wasn’t as clear as I needed to be - the vented rotor is too wide for the opening on the caliper. Think the non-vented will be OK, will see if it clears a 914 rotor (as a proxy) and report back. Thanks! Either you have 2 different calipers or 2 different thickness rotors. Brembo calipers have never used spacers (like Ate calipers do). Start measuring and see what's wrong |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,641 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the discussion. I wasn’t as clear as I needed to be - the vented rotor is too wide for the opening on the caliper. Think the non-vented will be OK, will see if it clears a 914 rotor (as a proxy) and report back. Thanks! Either you have 2 different calipers or 2 different thickness rotors. Brembo calipers have never used spacers (like Ate calipers do). Start measuring and see what's wrong Good morning - I do have two different pair, one pair that works fine with vented rotors and one pair where the caliper is too narrow for vented rotors. Both have 3 inch bolt spacing. |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,556 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the discussion. I wasn’t as clear as I needed to be - the vented rotor is too wide for the opening on the caliper. Think the non-vented will be OK, will see if it clears a 914 rotor (as a proxy) and report back. Thanks! Either you have 2 different calipers or 2 different thickness rotors. Brembo calipers have never used spacers (like Ate calipers do). Start measuring and see what's wrong (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I bought three pair of used Alfa/Brembo calipers that fit 911 struts. They all had spacers. |
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 18,393 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the discussion. I wasn’t as clear as I needed to be - the vented rotor is too wide for the opening on the caliper. Think the non-vented will be OK, will see if it clears a 914 rotor (as a proxy) and report back. Thanks! Either you have 2 different calipers or 2 different thickness rotors. Brembo calipers have never used spacers (like Ate calipers do). Start measuring and see what's wrong Really? Are you sure about that? Attached thumbnail(s) ![]() ![]() |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,641 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
OK - took a while but am back with the program thanks to @mepstein pictures.
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,641 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the discussion gentlemen.
Any tips on where to track down spacers? |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,556 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Maybe PMB has an extra set. They did buy a stash of Brembos from an Alpha guy years ago.
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 18,393 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the discussion gentlemen. Any tips on where to track down spacers? The bolts might be an issue as well. Check availability. You can’t use big box store hardware. If it’s anything like ATE calipers, spacers are easy to make, hardware might be a challenge. |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 4,556 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the discussion gentlemen. Any tips on where to track down spacers? The bolts might be an issue as well. Check availability. You can’t use big box store hardware. If it’s anything like ATE calipers, spacers are easy to make, hardware might be a challenge. I replaced the original harware on on mine. They are just bolts. The caliper casting is threaded. Grade 10.9 or 12. I don't remember, but not hard to find |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,123 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 7,222 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
As a first step, contact the person you got the non-spacer pair from… ask him if he may have removed the spacers at some point and if he still has them and the bolts stashed away somewhere.
Btw, if I’m not mistaken, the non-spacer pair would only work with the early stock /4 struts and not the later ones.. someone correct me if that’s wrong. . |
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914-6 GT in waiting ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 18,393 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
As a first step, contact the person you got the non-spacer pair from… ask him if he may have removed the spacers at some point and if he still has them and the bolts stashed away somewhere. Btw, if I’m not mistaken, the non-spacer pair would only work with the early stock /4 struts and not the later ones.. someone correct me if that’s wrong. . Maybe for a 3” solid rotor like a 912 |
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,076 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California ![]() |
I have 3 pair of the Alfa Brembo calipers and they all have spacers that measure approx 9mm thick.
If you are going 5 lug suspension you could run solid rotors from early 911/912 or you could run them on 914 solid rotors. 914 solid rotors are 10mm thick, 911/912 solid rotors are 12mm thick. I previously ran 912 calipers on my 71 914-4 solid rotors and they worked good but I could over heat them. Jim |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,123 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 7,222 Region Association: Southwest Region ![]() |
.. In other words, one pair works fine with a 911 SC brake set up and I’m assuming the other pair should be fine with a non-vented 914 rotor? Thanks. .. Btw, if I’m not mistaken, the non-spacer pair would only work with the early stock /4 struts and not the later ones.. someone correct me if that’s wrong. . Maybe for a 3” solid rotor like a 912 I was referring to Tdskip's remark about it fitting a non-vented 914 rotor - I'm saying, not necessarily so if using later struts/rotors. . |
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