[s-cars] Big Reds + RS2 caliper carriers...

[Mike Fitton]

Mmm, hadn't thought of that.  My only concern is whether the ECS bracket 
puts the caliper further out or closer in.  I'm tight on wheel clearance 
and can't go much further out.

-Cheers!
Mike

Cody Forbes wrote:
> Mike Fitton wrote:> Question on the hats.  I, too, have RS2 brackets 
> and 928GTS calipers.
>> After reading someone's comment about the A8L rotors squealing and the
>> 993tt rotors not squealing I decided to figure out how to get me
>> sumadat without losing the steel brackets (btw, totally awesome not
>> worrying about those fracturing).  Does anyone know the exact
>> difference in offset?  I say we figure out how to make our own damn
>> hats out of whatever material we please.  Just need some dimensions.
>> I'm running Ferodo DS2500 with no anti-squeal and A8L rotors.  Maybe
>> it's partly the pads, but it's probably just a matter of time before
>> I get pulled over for noise violation.  In Virginia these days,
>> that's probably like a $6k ticket now.
>
> Easy peasy. Get one of the guys with cracked ECS brackets to go 
> through with the exchage (whether he/she uses RS2's or not), then they 
> can take the new brackets  to thier local machinist and say "I want 
> this in 'X' grade steel", X being of course whatever the masses here 
> decide would be best (I bet the machinist would have good insight 
> too). I know a really good machinist that could likely make a run of 
> them, no clue on price, but I could find out. A group buy would be a 
> possibility.
>
> -Cody Forbes
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