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Old February 14th 2004, 21:46
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944 N/A brakes to 1303 questions (yet another)

Ok so i have been searching the forums and kinda have an idea of whats need to bolt on early 944 brakes front and rear.

- So i need the calipers, rotors, backing plates, and spindles for the front, and then just the calipers, rotors for the rear?

- the kersher ball joints (19mm?) for the front

- addaption of the hand brakes (from kersher or home brewed) on the rear

Is this ALL thats needed?
How about the M/C? will the stock 74 super unit be good? or will i need to use a 944 M/C?

and they have rebuild kits for these brakes right?
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Old February 14th 2004, 23:35
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I got my caliper rebuild kits from www.autohausaz.com for $45 for all four calipers.

I would use a bigger master cylinder since the caliper fluid volume is much greater than your stock brakes.

I'm going to use a 911 master cylinder.
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Old February 15th 2004, 02:34
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- the kersher ball joints (19mm?) for the front
The Kersche ball joints are 17mm. The VW ball joints are 15mm and Porsche didn't make 944 ball joints to 19mm until the late 952 car.
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Old February 15th 2004, 02:37
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The Kersche ball joints are 17mm. The VW ball joints are 15mm and Porsche didn't make 944 ball joints to 19mm until the late 952 car.

My bad... so is everything i listed correct other than the size of the kerscher ball joints?

And would a 944 M/C work well? (is it is from those brakes) would it "bolt on" or will i need to mount it differently?
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Old February 15th 2004, 18:28
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The Kerscher ball joints are a must have for this conversion. I'd suggest the 944 M/C for the NA brakes. There have already been plenty of posts that describe how to install it.

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Old February 18th 2004, 02:30
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944 M/C with a servo (brake booster)? or without a servo? i was talking to some one about this and he said to use it with a servo, and use the vacume from the intake manifolds to run the servo. he was saying you would get a HARD pedal without the servo... are you guys using servos?

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Old February 18th 2004, 07:52
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I bought a 1987 911 sc master cylinder with servo for my car. I wanted power brakes. I had a real hard time finding room for the servo when the master cylinder alone just bolts on. I had to cut and reweld the pitman arm to clear the m/c. It wasn't worth it for me. The 944 servo might be smaller in diameter so you might have better luck.
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Old February 18th 2004, 20:34
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944 M/C with a servo (brake booster)? or without a servo? i was talking to some one about this and he said to use it with a servo, and use the vacume from the intake manifolds to run the servo. he was saying you would get a HARD pedal without the servo... are you guys using servos?

If you want my servo I'll sell it to you otherwise it goes up for sale on ebay.
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Old February 28th 2004, 01:40
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944 M/C with a servo (brake booster)? or without a servo?
The 944 servo will not fit within the Super's body/pan. I'm not sure about the Standard Bug but I think the 911 servo will fit their cars.
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