[s-cars] Big Red Knockoffs on Ebay - Junk?

[Andrew Beckert]

Stoptech's caliper castings are made in Taiwan, so I wouldn't be so quick to
dismiss.  Really depends on the facility where they are manufactured.

Andrew

On 10/25/07, matt ludwig. <urs6avant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> are the Viper and/or CTS-V calipers a direct bolt-on to the RS2 (or
> machined AL equivalents) carriers?? Has this been brought up prior
> and I am just not aware of it??
>
> Thanks as always.
>
>
> matt.
>
> 1995.5 S6 Avant
> South Portland, Maine
>
>
> On Oct 25, 2007, at 8:13 AM, Taka Mizutani wrote:
>
> > No way in hell would I ever put knockoff brakes on any car that I
> > drive.
> > That's suicidal.
> >
> > If 993tt calipers are too expensive, check the price of Dodge Viper
> > and
> > Cadillac CTS-V calipers-
> > I'm 99% sure that the Viper calipers are the same and the CTS-V
> > calipers as
> > well as Jag XKR calipers
> > may be the same as well.
> >
> > When 993tt calipers were in the $350 range, Viper calipers were in
> > the $200
> > range, so it might be worth checking out.
> >
> > I'd also check to see if you can find Mitsubishi Evo calipers as
> > take-offs-
> > they might work as well and lots of these guys
> > end up switching to really crazy brake setups- Brembo 6 and 8 piston,
> > Endless 6-piston, Project Mu 6-piston, etc.
> >
> > Taka
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