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> 4 piston brake calipers ..., what are my options?
SirAndy
post Mar 22 2008, 07:12 PM
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i'd like to go to a set of (bigger) 4 piston brake calipers on all 4 corners.

right now, i have '84 carrera hubs, rotors and calipers all around ...

what are my options? what's a direct bolt on, what does require adapters?
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SirAndy   4 piston brake calipers ...   Mar 22 2008, 07:12 PM
J P Stein   Forgive me for asking, but why?...just an urge to ...   Mar 22 2008, 08:08 PM
SirAndy   Forgive me for asking, but why?...just an urge to...   Mar 22 2008, 08:41 PM
Krieger914   I just remember that day was chilly too. I was go...   Mar 22 2008, 08:58 PM
sww914   Boxster calipers go right on with adapters. I thin...   Mar 22 2008, 10:00 PM
RJMII   Boxster calipers go right on with adapters. I thi...   Mar 22 2008, 10:07 PM
sww914   The front adapters that I'm familiar with only...   Mar 22 2008, 11:04 PM
RJMII   The front adapters that I'm familiar with onl...   Mar 22 2008, 11:27 PM
LarryR   The front adapters that I'm familiar with on...   Mar 22 2008, 11:32 PM
SirAndy   yupp, i got a complete '84 carrera frontend .....   Mar 22 2008, 11:10 PM
LarryR   That was a fun day we should start thinking about...   Mar 22 2008, 11:14 PM
atsealevel914   my 930 brakes with pagid pads had zero fade. .... ...   Mar 23 2008, 07:57 PM
byndbad914   why? I have to disagree. I have my V8 525HP tub...   Mar 25 2008, 07:23 PM
Chris Hamilton   Andy, are your rotors drilled?   Mar 22 2008, 11:31 PM
SirAndy   Andy, are your rotors drilled? yes, front and r...   Mar 23 2008, 11:32 AM
PRS914-6   Andy, I used 964 RS calipers with Wilwood rotors. ...   Mar 22 2008, 11:41 PM
dug   Pads and fluid first! Definitely don't bo...   Mar 22 2008, 11:56 PM
JPB   YES!!! Big brakes are superior to sma...   Mar 23 2008, 07:23 AM
r_towle   Take a look backwards for what I think...IMHO, is ...   Mar 23 2008, 09:45 AM
Van914   Andy, I have Wilwood Calipers on my 914. They bolt...   Mar 23 2008, 10:04 AM
SirAndy   btw. the brakes had been bled a week prior to the ...   Mar 23 2008, 11:38 AM
davep   Just be careful as to the piston sizes in the cali...   Mar 23 2008, 11:44 AM
dug   So they were bled recently that's good. What k...   Mar 23 2008, 02:03 PM
SirAndy   What kind of pads are you running? porterfields....   Mar 23 2008, 02:50 PM
dug   My spec miata came with Carbotech's and they w...   Mar 23 2008, 02:06 PM
scotty b   Andy what fluid you using? I ask because I had a...   Mar 23 2008, 06:33 PM
craig downs   I saw a thread here where somebody had cut off t...   Mar 23 2008, 09:28 PM
andys   Don't overlook a second fluid flush and pad ch...   Mar 23 2008, 10:10 PM
Phoenix 914-6GT   I am running Pagid oranges with blue race fluid. I...   Mar 23 2008, 10:27 PM
stownsen914   +1 on the Wilwood calipers. I use them on a track-...   Mar 24 2008, 08:03 AM
Racer   When I have brake questions I sometimes go here. D...   Mar 24 2008, 08:39 PM


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