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

[Taka Mizutani]

I was 99% sure that the Viper calipers are the same as 993tt, but you really
need to check the dimensions before purchasing. IOW, don't take my word for
it and blame me if something is dimensionally off, but the discussion did
come up some years ago when people were mentioning the sharp increase in
price of the 993tt parts due to the decline of the dollar.

I proposed looking also at CTS-V, XKR, Evo calipers because dimensionally,
they're very close in rotor size, they're all Brembo and they really don't
make all that many calipers.

You also should see what the bolt pattern is- if you can come up with a
dimension for the 993tt calipers' bolt spacing, I can at least provide you
with the dimensions of the V70R Brembo caliper, which uses Porsche 993tt
size rotors (332x32 front, 320x30 rear).

Taka


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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