[BIRA] [s-cars] could dodge viper 4 piston front calipers be mountable to our cars

[Coleman, David]

FWIW, be careful what year/model Viper the calipers come from.  Having driven hard both a '95 RT/10 and an '00 GTS, I can tell you the '95 brakes are the pits, and are adequate at best on the '00.

I heard the more serious Viper guys are looking to fit Porsche calipers, though I am too far removed from that scene to give it any credibility.

-DaveC.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Forgie [mailto:forgied at direct.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 1:21 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com; birabrakes at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BIRA] [s-cars] could dodge viper 4 piston front calipers be
> mountable to our cars
> 
> 
> Forrest:  I saw your  same post on AudiWorld about Viper Calipers
> fitting UrS cars.  I googled on Viper Brakes and found some pictures.
> The "tiny" single piston rear calipers appear to be made by 
> Brembo (one
> photo I found had Brembo in the casting). As a result, from 
> the pictures
> I saw, I am lead to conclude (guess) that the big front four piston
> monoblocks are also made by Brembo.  If this is true then your answer
> would be "yes, maybe".  I would further guess that the Brembo Viper
> brakes are similar to a Porsche Brembo brake and therefore it is
> possible that BIRA already has a bracket that might work.  The real
> question is why not just go to a Porsche Brembo caliper?
> 
>  I am cross-posting to the BIRA list (of which I am a member) so we
> should get an answer one way or the other.
> 
> Dave F.
> 
> 
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