[s-cars] Sticky Big Red

[Mark Turczyn]

Abe-

Way back when I owned a turbo with big reds --- the stock pads were 
so hard I had to almost stand on the stop pedal to slow down when 
they were not warmed up.  I have no idea of the new TEXTAR  turbo 
pads are more non track friendly but I would ask around.

  I use Mintex Red Box and they have been great.



At 1:20 PM -0400 6/9/10, Abe Berman wrote:
>Thanks for the help, my research let me to look for 96-98 911 Turbo as the
>OEM application for these pads.
>
>I purchased these this morning from FAP99 and Tim said they will arrive to
>me by Friday.
>
>   Vehicle:1997, PORSCHE, , 911 TURBO / H6_3.6L_ 1 Front Brake Pad Set
>front;;packing Size:piece; TEXTAR POR030651 $134.22
>
>Can I get away without replacing the rotors or having them turned?  They are
>in good shape.  I have heard that cleaning them with a scotchbrite pad on a
>drill removes enough glaze to aid in bedding the new pads.
>
>Abe
>
>On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>  Not too fast, Abe.  Remember you want pads for the 993tt calipers so pick
>>  from the '96 993tt Porsche applications .  You have Pelican pages so you
>>  know about them as a source for parts.
>>
>>  If you are trying to get some closer to home to get back on the road, call
>>  these guys:
>>
>>  http://www.germanautoparts.com/Porsche/1996/993T/B6/5540/2494718
>>
>>  They probably have more brands in stock than the web page lists and can
>>  perhaps get you going for the weekend.
>>
>>  Or, the ECS offerings for replacements for their bib brake kits will work
>>  also and they have pretty good prices for the Mintex and Textar pads:
>>
>>  http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-C4_S6-Quattro-20v_T/Braking/ECS_Stage_3/
>>
>>
>>   Tom '95 S6
>>           '95.5 S6 avant
>>  Knoxville, TN
>>
>>   On Jun 8, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Abe Berman wrote:
>>
>>   Tom,
>>
>>  Thanks for the information and the pic.  My pads are definitely more than
>>  50% worn.  The reason I couldn't slide the pads out was that the anti-squeal
>>  shims were glued to the back of the pads and the spiders were in the
>>  pistons.  I ended up removing the caliper and then separating the shim from
>>  the pads with a paint scraper (carefully).  I then had to lightly hammer the
>>  inner pad out.  It was frozen into place with corrosion, which is a very bad
>>  sign of course.  I love the Northeast...  This is why I couldn't get inner
>>  pistons to retract with pads in place.
>>
>>  The outer pad came out relatively easily.  Once pads were out, it was easy
>>  to get the pistons to retract with a padded c-clamp and metal shim so that
>>  the pistons went in at the same rate.
>>
>>  This link shows pics which illustrate the issue a bit:
>>
>>
>> 
>>http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-964-993-technical-forum/517198-best-daily-brake-pads-993tt.html
>>
>>  Spent 30 minutes or so cleaning up the caliper and getting all the gunk out
>  > of it.  Now need to buy some new pads.  Thanks for the tip on the 
>Mintex Red
>  > Box.  The pads on there were Textars.  Anybody know the correct textar part
>>  number or applicable model/year Porsche to search the usual vendors under?
>>
>>  ECS had these:
>>
>>
>> 
>>http://www.ecstuning.com/Audi-C4_S6-Quattro-20v_T/Braking/ECS_Stage_2/Accessories/ES517877/
>>
>>  Seemed like a good buy.  I would like to order tomorrow so I can get back
>>  on the road this weekend.
>>
>>  Thanks again for all the help fellas,
>>
>>  Abe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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