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4SPEED November 8th 2004 11:02

6 pistons
 
Hi,

I seek a supplier of calipers porsche GT3RS (6 pistons red)

thanks in advance

Alex

justdubbin November 8th 2004 17:39

Here are two sets that I found on ebay, check them out

First one

and the second

Good luck.

What wheels are you planning on using ?

Rob.

4SPEED November 9th 2004 03:09

What wheels are you planning on using ?


wheels "RH in 18' "

thanks for your reply

Sandeep November 24th 2004 09:43

Looks BAD A$$ :agree: Well done :clap:

I hope you are using a fairly wide front tire to complement those brakes.

Sandeep

bigwindow November 24th 2004 12:19

Looks damn good!!

What size do you have on the discs?

What kind of spindles are you running?

Racelook November 24th 2004 12:37

Looks nice... :D

Supa Ninja November 24th 2004 13:33

Ghia discs= good brakes
944 sliders= outstanding brakes
4 pot Brembos= overkill
6 pot Brembos= Ludicrus?...me likes :eek:

zen November 24th 2004 21:23

:eek: :eek: WOW!!!!!

those look awesome. hope you have good seatbelts or like the taste of glass.

permission to add pics to the gallery?

Mikey November 24th 2004 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supa Ninja
Ghia discs= good brakes
944 sliders= outstanding brakes
4 pot Brembos= overkill
6 pot Brembos= Ludicrus?...me likes :eek:

I agree! :laugh:

boygenius November 24th 2004 23:44

Holy... sweet mother of.... :D Nice brakes...

SilverBullet November 25th 2004 00:13

Holy yellow banana of all brakes! :eek: :eek:

Typ Vier November 25th 2004 05:13

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Hi,
I`m using disc brake spindles of a 72 ball joint axle, took 2 CSP discs (SEBRO) with Porsche 5 stud pattern and machined them down to the inside diameter
of the GT3 discs and use them as hubs. Then machined the back of the discs(hubs) to fit Porsche press in wheel studs. It is pretty much a bolt on kit, the discs (GT3) have plenty of clearance. After that was just measuring up for the caliper brackets and getting them made. On the rear is the same stuff as most of you are already using, 944 hubs and backing plates, modified handbrake adjusters (thanks for the tip Sandeep) and new BMW brake shoes. My goal was to fit this brake with 17 in wheels even though they fit 19`s to the Porsches. It is very tight and there are only 2 mm clearance between the caliper and the rim, had to take the balance weights away there.
The wheels were another problem as I already had a set of Boxter style 996 wheels (twisties) which did not spin as the caliper was sticking out of the hole. Would have needed a 30 mm spacer to clear it. The ones on it clear it nicely with a 10 mm spacer and don`t look to bad, so they stay.
Discs are 330 mm on the rear and 350 up front, gonna try 944 master cylinder and brake proportioning valve for the rear. There will be a lot of testing. The tyres are 205/40 in the front to keep the original look, so testing different components to ensure driveability is necessary.

Typ Vier November 25th 2004 05:17

No worries, if you want to add the pics to the gallery go ahead Zen.

Cheers

Supa Ninja November 25th 2004 11:12

WARNING the following your about to read is a bad joke, disregard:
Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you caliper to see me? :rolleyes:

boygenius November 25th 2004 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supa Ninja
WARNING the following your about to read is a bad joke, disregard:
Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you caliper to see me? :rolleyes:


Oh that is bad... :laugh:

Typ Vier November 26th 2004 03:37

Bummer, should have fitted red ones :D

volkdent November 26th 2004 15:19

Just wanted to inject a sad possibility here. Keep in mind if you were to hit an object at high speed, say a rock or a piece of lumber, or even a pothole, and the rim bent, it has to bend less than 2mm or your looking at harps or heat. Not to be the bearer of bad news, but I've seen those wheels bent more than 2mm, I'd just hate to have anyone injured or killed in the name of looking cool. Might I suggest stepping up to the next size wheel? That should introduce enough safety for this problem at least. It does make me drool though.

Jason

Typ Vier November 26th 2004 20:07

Don`t think that I`ll ever drive my toy on a road with potholes ;)

Brakes have been checked by a LVV Certifier and approved after machining the 2nd caliper brackets with 3 mounting holes . The Certifier builds race cars himself (super sevens) and reckons that it is plenty of room. These wheels carry the weight of a 996 convertible which is considerably heavier than a 54 Beetle.
I saw the brakes of a Peugeot 205 World rally car from 1984 and found that these had only 1 mm clearance between wheel and caliper. I checked them during the rally Targa New Zealand and no problems on this French thingy.
If I hit a pothole or rock so hard that it bends the rim, I should be worried about other things too !
But thanks for your concern :)

Superman November 27th 2004 17:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supa Ninja
Ghia discs= good brakes
944 sliders= outstanding brakes
4 pot Brembos= overkill
6 pot Brembos= Ludicrus?...me likes :eek:

Well said :D :agree:

Superman November 27th 2004 17:58

[QUOTE=Typ Vier]Hi,
It is very tight and there are only 2 mm clearance between the caliper and the rim, had to take the balance weights away there.[QUOTE]

I got half way through this sentence and my brain was already fixed on the sticky weight clearance. Although these wheels should be static balanced, did you have them 2 plane balanced? What was the end result of the balance issue?

BTW, great work you've done there!

Typ Vier November 27th 2004 22:58

The wheels have not been balanced since the clearance problem occured, have to talk to the guys at Frank Allen tyres here on what to do. They`ve got the latest equipment for tyre fitting and balancing and hope fully come up with a solution. The wheel design does`nt really give you many options with the spokes sitting so far outside. Could move the weights more to the outside from the original location but then I would need 10 mm wide balance weights to have 5 mm clearance from the outer edge to the caliper. Most weights are around 20 mm wide.
Later

oasis November 28th 2004 05:33

Impressive looking project. Must've taken a lot of planning. Looks fantastic. (I guess you won't be making the 12-hour flight with it to drive the streets of Baltimore city, though.)

Typ Vier November 29th 2004 03:32

A trip to Baltimore......tempting :rolleyes:
Just jump in a plane in about 1 year and we go for a drive along the Tasman sea :laugh:

bigwindow November 30th 2004 06:39

Once again, your brakes are awesome!

But do you have a picture of the backside of the disc and the hub mounted on the spindle?

Care to join your meashurements on the caliper-bracket? :)

BigPhattyVW March 18th 2005 17:48

Ha Ha, I laughed


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