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Will 993 Turbo brakes fit a 993 on 17's ?
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very expensive, you are looking at over £400 per corner, not worth it unless you track the car regularly and run long enough for the standard brakes to go off, and then its usually because you can't drive properly.
Thats what Steve from JZM told me when I asked about up-grading.
I think the best set-up is a combination of turbo and RS brakes
Check out the rennlist.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 23438
Thats what Steve from JZM told me when I asked about up-grading.
I think the best set-up is a combination of turbo and RS brakes
Check out the rennlist.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 23438
cheers...Previous poster said:
considering outing turbo up front and keeping the same rears.... but with special cooling :wink:
ain't really much of a rennlister...so what's this turbo & RS combo...
regards
Migration info. Legacy thread was 23439
You're basically talking about the Big Red. If you use the Turbo set, the front vs rear bias is slightly different on the Turbo. The bias on the RS however is the same as the NA 993. The rear of Turbo and RS are the same. Hence RS front and Turbo rear for us. At least that's how I understand it anywy.
The NA brakes are already very good. (you can only brake as hard as the tyres will let you) The main advantage of Big Red is that they don't overheat as quickly compared to NA brakes. But as Poon already said, unless you track you car a lot, and stay out on the track for a long while at a time, it's really not worth the ££££. And you have to take into account the extra wt the Big Reds gain, esp when they're unsprung wt.
I've thought about this myself for sometime, and come to the conclusion that, as I'm only doing less than 10 track days a yr max, I just come in after 4-5 laps most and let the brakes cool down a little before going out again. I'm normally bl**dy knacked after 4 laps and start to loose concentration anyway. Thats whyI'm now spending the money on improving the handling instead.
If you just like the look of the Big Red, you can always get the black calipers powder coated red. Isn't that what you did Poon?
BTW, back to the question, yes the do fit 17" wheels.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 23440
The NA brakes are already very good. (you can only brake as hard as the tyres will let you) The main advantage of Big Red is that they don't overheat as quickly compared to NA brakes. But as Poon already said, unless you track you car a lot, and stay out on the track for a long while at a time, it's really not worth the ££££. And you have to take into account the extra wt the Big Reds gain, esp when they're unsprung wt.
I've thought about this myself for sometime, and come to the conclusion that, as I'm only doing less than 10 track days a yr max, I just come in after 4-5 laps most and let the brakes cool down a little before going out again. I'm normally bl**dy knacked after 4 laps and start to loose concentration anyway. Thats whyI'm now spending the money on improving the handling instead.
If you just like the look of the Big Red, you can always get the black calipers powder coated red. Isn't that what you did Poon?
BTW, back to the question, yes the do fit 17" wheels.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 23440
Mick has said it all! Yes my calipers were powder coated red, although the fronts has discoloured slightly after bedford when I forgot to do a cool down lap and parked up (hand brake off) and started talking to Noony, looked at the car and see smoke and flames from the front brakes!!!
Hopped in it and drove around the car park.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 23441
Hopped in it and drove around the car park.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 23441
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