[s-cars] oem silver 993tt calipers?

[Lewis, Gary M]

I did it, works fine.  Only caveot is the A8L rotor is a slightly different size, and the caliper is *slightly* offset the rotor, like 1mm.  I ignored it, and the brakes work perfectly.  Most folks who do this do ignore it.  If you want the placement perfect, machine like 1mm off the bracket where it attaches to the strut housing.

Also, super important, get the bolts when you buy the brackets.  If you don't (like me), you'll need to cut the factory bracket to strut housing bolts (trivial if you have the tools), and buy Porsche 993TT caliper to bracket bolts (77mm, a bit too long, but they work fine).  There was a listing for 72mm bolts, but I couldn't get/find them.  The thread pitch on these bolts is funny, 12 x 1.25 or there abouts, and they are hard to find.

Good Luck
Gary Lewis

1995.5 S6 Avant, Green/Ecru, RS2 MAF, RS2 Exhaust Manifold, RS2 Injectors, Custom Turbo (K26 Turbine, Factory K26 Cold side (Audi Works '999' P/N) with 50mm intake and custom Innovative Turbo compressor wheel), TurboXS Type 25 Bypass Valve, Bilsteins, Eibachs, Big Reds, Spec II Clutch.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: auditude at cox.net [mailto:auditude at cox.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 2:19 PM
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> Subject: [s-cars] oem silver 993tt calipers?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just discovered the bolt-on option of using 993tt 
> calipers/RS2 brackets/A8L rotors on the 
> G60 cars.  I vaguely recalled there was a factory combination 
> like that, but didn't know 
> which.  Since I have the brackets already, I think I'm going 
> to go this route.  
> 
> I saw that ECS has 993tt calipers available in silver.  Does 
> anyone know if this was a 
> Porsche factory color?  If so, which cars had these calipers? 
>  I understand Big Blacks were 
> from 928 GTS' for example.  I would want original paint and 
> not a repaint and the silver looks 
> kinda nice.
> 
> Also, what was that (previous) listers website that dealt 
> with Porsche brakes?  I can't 
> remember what the site was, but he sold caliper decals and 
> rebuilt parts or services.  His 
> name was something like Michael Waccholz or something like 
> that.  He would participate in 
> various opinionated threads about brakes. =)  Ring a bell?  I 
> believe he's the one that 
> brought up the information that killed Bira System 4 way back when.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ken
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