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Offline ian007miles

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Porsche 996 rears
« on: 05 December 2015, 17:35 »
Hi all been offered a set of Porsche 996 rear callipers with every thing to fit a nk4 golf but my question is are they any good as asked one of my mates and he's said there not so wanting a second opinion cheers Ian
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Re: Porsche 996 rears
« Reply #1 on: 06 December 2015, 10:32 »
I read somewhere that they're not well matched to the mk4 golf master cylinder.
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Re: Porsche 996 rears
« Reply #2 on: 07 December 2015, 18:15 »
It's not the master cylinder that's the problem, it's the size of the pistons in the caliper itself. They are too small and actually exert less pressure than a standard single pot caliper!
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Re: Porsche 996 rears
« Reply #3 on: 07 December 2015, 19:45 »
Quote from: Wazzzer on 07 December 2015, 18:15
It's not the master cylinder that's the problem, it's the size of the pistons in the caliper itself. They are too small and actually exert less pressure than a standard single pot caliper!

I knew it was something like that. Kinda what I said but backwards :-S
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