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General => The garage => Topic started by: vaughn on 31 January 2005, 21:11

Title: porsche brake conversion
Post by: vaughn on 31 January 2005, 21:11

check out what i was doing at the weekend,
http://www.volkstorque.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1612
dont you just love them porsche calipers and discs, fitted them to my bro`s s3 yesterday took 2 1/2 hours start to finish, amd wanted ?300 rrriiiippppp ooofffffff :angry:

Title: Re: porsche brake conversion
Post by: Gambit on 31 January 2005, 22:07

where they a straight swap or was there a little bit more to it?

Title: Re: porsche brake conversion
Post by: Dizzie on 31 January 2005, 23:55

awesome!

I think it's just a case of getting a carrier to hold the caliper out futher and over the bigger disc. then bolt on the new 4/6 pots over your 323mm discs and away you go.  you might need to change the master cylinder to a larger G60/mk3 item though to avoid exesive pedal travel.

Title: Re: porsche brake conversion
Post by: Ryan_s3 on 03 February 2005, 21:03

Porsche 993 turbo "big red" calipers,oe porsche 993 turbo discs and oe porsche pads.Need custom made brackets and bells for calipers and discs.Master cylinder is up too the job on a s3.