Hey guys, I need 2 rear cores and 2 front cores to rebuild for my 914.

Since the 914 is my daily driver, I need cores to rebuild so I dont have to do all four brakes in one night.

Any help would be appreciated....

What year fronts do you need?

I have a 74, but i believe the range that I could use is 73-76?

bought my new fronts from AutoZone for $33 each. Turned out to be real ATE brakes.

Autozone ATE front calipers

You may not feel comfortable with autozone, but if they are real ATE calipers, and you are rebuilding them anyway, it's not a bad deal. They are already cleaned up and look new.

intresting, I'll do that.

What abotu the rear brakes?

no rears available.

I would send those to Shea...he does a nice job.

Rich

Or you could buy a rebuild kit and learn some new curse words

Or you could learn some new drawing techniques...

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Should I attempt to help again? Last time you had me going through the entire process only to... well... uhhhhhhmm, I think I'll be quiet now.

There is a guy locally that has about five 914 parts cars PM me and Ill give you his phone number

Eric,


Quite?

The fronts will be A-OK, the rears i'll defnately need help on.

If I could afford to get the brakes built by a pro and then have them plated in deliciousness, then I would definately do that.

Advance Auto parts has the rears available http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductList.as...archfor=Caliper

Britt,

What's your address...? What year are the cores you'll be sending back?

I can PM you my address, the rears are from a 74.

Hmmmmm ..... didn't know a 2002 Corvette caliper would work on a 914. You guys are good at finding new applications.


Cardone (A1 / Cardone) does do 914 rears. They make them all double bleeders (yeh, they drill out the single bleeders).

Then comense ta Pm'n (that's KY talk for send me a PM)

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We're gonna have fun tomorrow. I have a huge batch at the platers so I'm dead in the water until those are back.

I'm going to rebuild a set of calipers and you all are going to guess how long it takes me from start to finish (that's total disassembly to total reassembly).

Who ever is closest to the exact time wins a $100.00 Gift Certificate from PMB Performance. Britt has to pay me whatever he can afford (a price which will not be disclosed)... thems the rules and I'll live by them.

This will not be a fully plated and polished set, this will be a "Get'er Done" set that will have all new goodies, meaning; polished pistons, bores honed, new seals throughout, They'll work like brand spank'n new. Better than the crap you get from the mass-market rebuilders.

Enter your times in; Hours, Minutes, Seconds. E.G.: 00:00:00

The closest gets a gift certificate worth $100 clams.

Deal?

OK, it's on. Britt and I hashed it out backstage. Now all we need are contestants. Sign up. I'm going to do fronts and rears. How long will it take, start to finish?

Is it actual build time or do we include the Nooner?

4 hrs 22 min 32 sec (without the Nooner)

4 hrs 22 min 42 sec (with the Nooner)

Let me get out my calculator before I reply...

fronts are cake... call it 30 minutes each for a pro like you.
rears... call it an hour and a quarter each.

2 x 30 min = 60 min
2 x 75 min = 150 min.

210 minutes....

I would say 1hr for all four 15 mins each.

Took me 6 hours to do two rears...they were F'd though.

They work

You should come over some time you can check out the 914/6 I just picked up

If you are doing the whole set of 4.

4x General clean-up.
4x Split calipers
8x Remove pistons
8x Polish pistons
8x Hone bores
2x Dis-assemble and clean rear calipers
2x Reassemble rears
8x Install new seals
2x Reassemble fronts


my guess is:

03:29:14

03:40:??

i'm in for 3:15 p.m.

I'm in!! I can always use $17,000 Dinar!
I have faith here and will wildly say......02:49:19 +/- 00:00:01

Is the time used for applying bandaids and wiping up blood not coumted or does that stay in?


Mine are on the way just need your address.

Ian in Iraq...Again
33 days to go

Where are you located? I'm in Hikes Point.


b

How about 3 hours 5 minutes and 6 seconds?

03:27:50

2 hours even

DId I win?

Two hours, forty five minutes and thirty three seconds.

Sounds like you definitely win. I say 2:50.
Britt when is the Bluegrass event?

3:25

2:30:30

02:10:00 x 1.375 (the Gumby factor) = 02.59.15

One hour, Forty five Minutes & a Turtle.



PS, this is my last post for the next week as I am off for a wonderful stay at the Ritz Carlton in St Thomas, Virgin Islands.

1 minute

In case you all over bid.

3 hours: 22 minutes: 37 seconds total

How about a photo session of before and after and not included in the time frame.

2:13.29

02:02:02

185 minutes.

Clayton

Must have been what you looked at last on that site parts for a 02 Corvette but they do sell them for a buckquarter or there abouts

2:42:51

I'll say 1:47:30.

3:09:14

I'll say 2hours 22minutes and 22seconds.

4:20!

I expect Eric would be very thorough (and thouroghly Gumbied).

The subjects have been chosen.

Behind door #1 we have a pair of late model 914-4 ATE dual 43mm piston front calipers. Slightly used but still have fresh fluid in them so I'm hoping that popping out the pistons will be a breeze.
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Behind door #2 we have a pair of late model 914-4 ATE dual 33mm piston rear calipers with the integrated hand brake. They look to be in average shape so again, we're hoping no delays upon disassembly.
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Scalpel please nurse... Everything I could think of has been assembled for the party.
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Keep adding your times... the contest will be open until Sunday February 25th 8:00 PM EST - 5:00PM PST