[s-cars] Which Big Brake Kit?

[Taka Mizutani]

Greg-
That's can't be totally correct- ask Igor and a bunch of others who are
running
RS2 brackets with 993tt calipers and Audi rotors.

It's just that RS2 brackets are not easy to procure in the US.

Taka

On 9/24/05, Greg Johnson <gregsj2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To the best of my knowledge, an RS2 bracket does not place a Porsche
> caliper
> over any existing Audi rotor in the correct X & Y axis (e.g. centered over
> the rotor and "out" the rotor so as to gain maxium mechnical advantage).
> Hence, the reason we (BIRA) and others created brackets. While I cannot
> speak for the others, each BIRA bracket is custom designed to correctly
> and
> optimally match specific Audis/VWs, with a specific rotor and a specific
> caliper. I would respectfully suggest that given the importance of one's
> brake system, mixing and matching calipers with rotors that are "more in
> line with the original 993tt rotor" so you can save a few bucks on a
> bracket
> is penny wise and pound foolish. Mis-matched braking components may work
> well enough when they are brand new, but who knows what you end up with
> after 10K miles of wear?
>
> FWIW, I put Sys3 on my '91 200TQA for around $1200. The 996 monoblocs came
> off of a 996 that had less than 8K miles; the rotors were brand new,
> slotted, and cad plated; the pads were a special compound created by
> Weston
> Motorsports. Had a I used stock rotors and pads, I'd have gotten it done
> for
> around a grand.
>
> Greg J
> BIRA.ORG <http://BIRA.ORG> <http://BIRA.ORG>
>
> Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote, in part:
>
> >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
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