[s-cars] Which Big Brake kit

[Taka Mizutani]

Yes, the smaller piston "hits" the rotor first in the rotation. That's why
you have to swap
calipers on some applications.
 Taka

 On 9/23/05, hoog23 at aol.com <hoog23 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Sorry for the confusion.
>  About the leading/trailing, doesn't the disc have to pass over the
> smaller piston first and then the larger piston? (Someone else here (you,
> Larry?) mentioned that to me before).
>  Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> To: hoog23 at aol.com <hoog23 at aol.com>
> Cc: tony.curran at sympatico.ca; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:24:44 -0400
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Which Big Brake kit
>
>  I can't remember if the UrS does a leading or trailing brake setup. IIRC,
> you will have to swap the crossover pipes from the left to right calipers
> and run the "Porsche left" caliper on the "Audi right" side and vice versa.
>  IIRC, you don't want S8 rotors for RS2 brackets- you want '00+ D2 chassis
> A8L rotors. S8 rotors are 345x30mm and A8L rotors are 323x30mm- the A8L are
> more in line with the original 993tt rotor- 322x32.
>  Taka
>
>  On 9/23/05, hoog23 at aol.com <hoog23 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've been going through the same dilemma for the past year... What a
> > headache.
> >
> > I originally tried contacting bira but after a couple of emails I never
> > heard anything back from them. It sounded like I would have had to wait
> > until they had enough people interested to make a run of brackets.
> >
> > So I ended up buying euro a8 rotors at ECS and having billzcat1 make me
> > a set of brackets (and SS lines) for 996 (ala sys 3). Once the brackets
> > arrived (a few mos later) I then found a pair of used black 996 calipers
> > (for $500!). A few weeks later I then found a set of new calipers (boxster S
> > = red) for $650 from brandywine porsche and bought those and was able to
> > sell the used set for $500. Textar pads cost me about $120.
> >
> > So everything is sitting in my basement and now that fall is here I'm
> > thinking of letting them sit until next spring. From my research I know that
> > I need to swap the vent lines but I'm still not sure if I need to swap the
> > left and right calipers when I do the install.
> >
> > Total spent was about $1150. You may save some money if you can find a
> > used set of calipers.
> >
> > As someone mentioned, your best bet may be the rs2 bracket (alex at
> > europrice) and 993 tt calipers with s8 rotors. Also, as someone mentioned,
> > the price of the 993tt calipers (used to be able to get them for about $300
> > each new) have gone up considerably. Crescent City porsche (if they still
> > exist) used to run specials. They have them listed on their site for $299
> > still but the page is very very old. The last dealer that I spoke to who had
> > a special on them was Brumos Porsche - although I don't see the special
> > listed on their site any more. May not hurt to call Brandywine either.
> >
> > If it wasn't for my wife seeing the $1500 charge on mastercard I kind of
> > wish I just went the ecs kit route - although I believe that I may have a
> > little more clearance flexibility with the 996 calipers.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> > To: S-Car-List at Audifans.Com < s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:46:53 -0400
> > Subject: [s-cars] Which Big Brake kit
> >
> >
> > So I'm planning a big brake upgrade. Must fit under stock 16" wheels. So
> > far
> > only found one vendoe, that being ECStuning Stage 2 at $1500 for the big
> > black kit.
> >
> > E-mailed Richard of Billzcat1 2 weeks ago but haven't received a reply.
> >
> > Looked around at others but they can't match ECS for price. Are there
> > any
> > others comparable to what ECS are offering?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tony
> > 96 S6
> >
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