[s-cars] I need a guinea pig

[JShadzi at aol.com]

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Adam, this is  a grossly over-exaggerated and irresposible statement - the
Big Red is hardly "inferior" to the Stoptech caliper. I"ve held both in my
hand side by side, the only difference is the "bridge" as you say, and I have
my doubts about how well a 1/4" piece of aluminum secured by 2 - 2"+ long 6mm
bolts can make a Big Red caliper inferior all of a sudden.

I like Stoptech, they have great kits and amazing support, but I doubt you'll
notice any real world driving difference between a Stoptech kit and a well
developed Big Red kit assuming 2-piece "Coleman" type rotors for each.

Javad

> Second, the calipers:  I count 5 out of the 7 kits you list below using the
> 993tt "Big Red" caliper.  The Big Red as it stands from Porsche is inferior
> to the Stoptech version in  many ways.  The hardware Stoptech uses to join
> the two halves together is much beefier (beefier than even the Mov'it
> stuff)
> and they use a metal bridge through bolted to the caliper in place of the
> spring pad retainer.  Both these modifications add significant structural
> rigidity which should, in theory, increase clamping force and improve pedal
> feel.  The through bolt method adds a degree of safety as well.  The head
> of
> the bolt interferes with the travel of the caliper-to-bracket nut.  If it
> were to come loose it could