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> Another 911 E-Brake Conversion
thesey914
post Oct 26 2003, 11:07 AM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Oct 26 2003, 07:14 AM)
This will probably be the last post on this subject (I can hear the collective sigh of relief).

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) This is the best thread I have followed in ages....The greater technical content the better.

I reckon this qualifies as classic thread status
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post Oct 26 2003, 11:27 AM
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Very well done and quite inspiring. Yes, a classic thread.
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post Aug 5 2022, 01:01 PM
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Curious: anybody else do the eBrake conversion and whether there’s an alternative
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post Aug 5 2022, 01:14 PM
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Aug 5 2022, 12:01 PM) *

Curious: anybody else do the eBrake conversion and whether there’s an alternative


On my build I used boxster hubs, brakes and e brake hardware. Pics of the trailing arm fab are here in post 50:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...6435&st=40#
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post Aug 5 2022, 03:57 PM
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Aug 6 2022, 07:01 AM) *

Curious: anybody else do the eBrake conversion and whether there’s an alternative

Jim I seem to remember a member on here welded on brackets and ran Wilwood handbrake calipers,these are fairly small units and it looked like a tidy solution.
I liked this as another option and possibly easier than the 911 setup which I have.
I found out to my displeasure and expense the PO had fitted this system without the weld on shoe retainers ,went for a drive to test h/brake and demolished the backplate and both shoe retainers and springs on one side (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) ,used parts for these are hardly cheap but atleast I was able to repair the backing plate but was still fairly pissed off.
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Aug 5 2022, 12:01 PM) *

Curious: anybody else do the eBrake conversion and whether there’s an alternative


Jim - yes, FWIW. Done with a Carrera vented rear set up. I used the Tangerine Racing kit for modifying the arms + handbrake cable routing - worked out nicely and retains the stock cables.

- Tony
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post Aug 5 2022, 05:27 PM
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QUOTE(Retroracer @ Aug 5 2022, 06:43 PM) *

QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Aug 5 2022, 12:01 PM) *

Curious: anybody else do the eBrake conversion and whether there’s an alternative


Jim - yes, FWIW. Done with a Carrera vented rear set up. I used the Tangerine Racing kit for modifying the arms + handbrake cable routing - worked out nicely and retains the stock cables.

- Tony

The tangerine kit is the way to go. Weld on a couple little bits and use your stock cables. It’s already developed so you don’t have to experiment.
That being said, if you have a narrow body four, I would stick with stock rears.
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post Aug 5 2022, 06:07 PM
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Is their a list of parts when going with the Tangerine Racing system ? Rotors, calipers ?
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QUOTE(914GTSTI @ Aug 5 2022, 08:07 PM) *

Is their a list of parts when going with the Tangerine Racing system ? Rotors, calipers ?

You need 911 e-brake parts and whatever rotors fit your calipers of choice.
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Holy mother of thread necromancy!
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Almost 20 years ...
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Is the square bolt pattern on the backing plates the same for all pre-1989 non-turbo 911s?
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I believe so.
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Aug 5 2022, 11:27 PM) *

Holy mother of thread necromancy!
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QUOTE(porschetub @ Aug 5 2022, 04:57 PM) *

QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Aug 6 2022, 07:01 AM) *

Curious: anybody else do the eBrake conversion and whether there’s an alternative

Jim I seem to remember a member on here welded on brackets and ran Wilwood handbrake calipers,these are fairly small units and it looked like a tidy solution.
I liked this as another option and possibly easier than the 911 setup which I have.
I found out to my displeasure and expense the PO had fitted this system without the weld on shoe retainers ,went for a drive to test h/brake and demolished the backplate and both shoe retainers and springs on one side (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) ,used parts for these are hardly cheap but atleast I was able to repair the backing plate but was still fairly pissed off.



The late Wes Hildreth did this for a 914 owner named Mike Floyd ( @old914dog ). It did not work out well. Setting the park brake with the rotors hot resulted in the pads sticking to the rotors, and it took a hammer and some pounding to get the park brake to release.

The 911 style park brake is the way to go.
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post Aug 7 2022, 10:47 AM
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Any info on the Wilwood electric parking brake kit ?
https://www.wilwood.com/Calipers/CaliperLis...Parking%20Brake


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