[s-cars] Rear brake saga - The Questions have Ended!

[Eric Phillips]

On 2/24/06, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Eric Phillips <gcmschemist at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > look for a small hole on the inboard side of the caliper near the bottom.
> > > it takes a 1/8 NPT male fitting.  that's where the brake hose attaches.
> > > there may be a plug (plastic or metal) in there right now to keep the
> > > dirt out.
> >
> > Ahhh, OK.  And in typical German fashion, it may just look like any
> > other structural fastener.  OK, I'll look when I get to work tomorrow.
>
> if it's helpful, i can take a picture of a 996 caliper that i have lying
> around, and point out the fitting for the brake hose.  it should be similar
> to the 993tt caliper.

Got the caliper right here in my hand.  Hey, I like fondling it,
anyway.  Is that weird?  ;)

Anyway, I see a cap with a 5mm allen - I'm guessing that if I put an
allen wrench to it, it'll show as a NPT female fitting.

> as you've probably figured out, the porsche calipers don't use banjo
> fittings with crush washers.

Roger that.

> > I noticed that ECS sells a pair of plain OEM A8 323x30 rotors for
> > $180.  I haven't called yet about cad plating/slotting, but I'm
> > planning on it.  I can't imagine that it's going to cost much for
> > those add-ons.  Considering I spent $160 on plated/slotted rears from
> > them, I don't suppose that's too bad a deal.  Pads, pad dampeners,
> > lines, then I'm set.  If I'm lucky, I'll get away on all this for a
> > shade over $1k.  Not too bad, I'm thinkin'.  Next up - chip and WG
> > spring.  ;)
>
> i wouldn't bother spending money on cadmium plating or slotting.

Well, normally I wouldn't either, but this car has had a couple of
incidents of "no brakes after puddle run-through", and the way I
solved that in one previous Audi was slotted rotors.  The cad plating
usually comes along with the slotting, and it'll also make the rotors
on both ends of the car look the same.  Not that it matters that much,
but it's just another few bux, so, what the heck.  The plating is
sorta bling, but the slots are functional.  I'll take the decreased
pad life in trade, any day.

Eric