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> Race Level Track Brake Help - What do You use?, Working on updating 12 year dormant racer!
RickJK
post Dec 20 2007, 01:04 AM
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Ok- I found someone to work on the 914 racer I bought in Chicagoland this fall - not in Chicago but instead out in Phoenix where the car will be located when our house eventually sells. This is the car that had not been run in over 12 years and was stored without starting or any maintenance in that period. The good news is - It's Alive. We were able to get it running without doing much of anything to it and the compression is reasonable, so probably no rebuild. We are getting PMOs rather than rebuilding the Webers and then I will put the Webers on ebay to recoup some of the cost.

The bad news, the brakes are a bit wonky. They are a collection of obsolete parts that are strangely mated. It has jfz? calipers on the front that were shimmed down inside the caliper from calipers meant to work with 1.25" thick rotors to work instead with .810 X 12.250 rotors on coleman hats. The rears are front S calipers working on smaller rotors. The front calipers are totally obsolete and not rebuildable, while the rears would need new or replated pistins. As long as things are rusty and odd in the brake department, we are looking to upsize to 1.25 thick rotors about the same 12.250 diameter on the front and rear with new calipersfront and rear. We were thinking wilwood forged billet superlight calipers front and rear as they are reasonably priced, but we are having a hard time finding appropriate hats and rotors to fit, or rotors to fit the original coleman hats which have an unusual bolt pattern.

Can anyone recommend a source for hats and rotors, or an alternative setup that will not break the bank like buying Brembos would? I would like to get away spending 2 - 3K for the whole shooting match, and a full brembo setup would run at least 5K from what I can find. I would like to stay with a lightweight hat / seperate rotor setup if possible to avoid adding more weight. Anyone have a ready to go source for AP - Wilwood or similar that they know will work?

Any help would be appreciated - Thanks in advance, Rick
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RickJK   Race Level Track Brake Help - What do You use?   Dec 20 2007, 01:04 AM
SirAndy   how much does the car weight and how much HP does ...   Dec 20 2007, 01:33 AM
RickJK   Andy - car should end up 1600 - 1800 I believe. T...   Dec 20 2007, 01:58 AM
Eric_Shea   I have a matched set of 944T (Brembo) Calipers tha...   Dec 20 2007, 03:17 AM
andys   Rick, Why are you apprehensive with the JFZ calip...   Dec 20 2007, 12:54 PM
396   Rick, Why are you apprehensive with the JFZ cali...   Dec 20 2007, 06:30 PM
Brett W   The brakes are easy to do. They are built like Wi...   Dec 20 2007, 09:05 PM
RickJK   Ok thanks for the replys so far! Eric - I wan...   Dec 21 2007, 02:33 AM
396   Ok thanks for the replys so far! Eric - I wa...   Dec 21 2007, 07:29 PM
Brett W   Wilwood has you covered on the rotors. I can get ...   Dec 21 2007, 09:48 AM
RickJK   Brett W - Thanks for the help - I bumped the origi...   Dec 21 2007, 04:15 PM
Brett W   The car is only legal for GT2 or SPO in its curren...   Dec 21 2007, 06:26 PM
RickJK   Brett - thanks for the offer, but I have someone h...   Dec 21 2007, 11:27 PM
396   Brett - thanks for the offer, but I have someone ...   Dec 22 2007, 08:19 AM
race914   RickJK, Here's another source for even more b...   Dec 22 2007, 10:05 AM
stownsen914   RickJK, Here's another source for even more ...   Dec 23 2007, 07:06 AM
gregrobbins   Who in Phoenix is working on the car? Beck and Pat...   Dec 22 2007, 06:01 PM
RickJK   Gregrobbins - Drew Salter is doing the mechanical ...   Dec 25 2007, 01:08 AM


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