[s-cars] BBK parts accumulating

Douglas Landaeta dlandaeta at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 13:45:35 PDT 2010


Yes, ECS stage II, which I think is, 996tt over Audi rotors with ECS brackets. No problems in 30k miles. I should check though. I think 314mm rotors which fit fine under Fuchs 16" with 5mm spacer, but I use 10mm.
I like stock p-car pads (textar) for DD and swap to Mintex for occasional track.

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On Sep 27, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> This is the setup that I have.  The Boxster S calipers are the 996 calipers.  No 
> clearance issues with my stock 16" Fuchs wheels.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: JAM <jscarstuff at charter.net>
> To: S-car list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 1:11:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] BBK parts accumulating
> 
> Yeah Taka,
> The Boxster s brakes I saw used the 314x30 euro A8 rotors (Bira system 3).  
> "System 3
> 
> Uses the Porsche 996 Carrera 4-piston monobloc caliper over the European A8 
> 314x30mm rotor. Fits the '92-97 S4/S6, 2C(1), '92-'94 V8(1). Fits under 16" 
> wheels."
> 
> I didn't realize there was a 320mm rotor option to use.  
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Taka Mizutani 
>  To: JAM 
>  Cc: S-car list 
>  Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 3:41 PM
>  Subject: Re: [s-cars] BBK parts accumulating
> 
> 
>  Are you sure you can use 996 front calipers on a 16" Avus wheel? When I had 
> 996 calipers over 320x30mm rotors, I did not have enough radial clearance to fit 
> over 16" wheels- I tried 3 or 4 different ones, there was no way I was putting 
> 16" wheels on the car. Maybe with smaller 314mm rotors.
> 
>  Taka
> 
> 
> 
>  On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:42 PM, JAM <jscarstuff at charter.net> wrote:
> 
>    I've seen Boxster S brakes used without a spacer with Avus.  From what I
>    recall, they weren't all that close.  The thing I like about the standard
>    Boxster brakes I have is the availability of stardard US A8 rotors which are
>    used with this kit.
>    Jason
>    '95.5 S6 avant
>    '83 urq
> 
> 
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: "Martin Kozaczek" <mkozaczek at gmail.com>
>    To: "Andrew B" <andrew.sb at gmail.com>
>    Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>    Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:53 PM
>    Subject: Re: [s-cars] BBK parts accumulating
> 
> 
>> You can use boxster S calipers with standard 16" avus wheels with a 5mm
>> spacer.
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Andrew B <andrew.sb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Are you sure you want Boxster Ss?  They require a special adapter (not
>>> as common as the standard boxster) and from what I understand, you
>>> cannot use 16" wheels.  With the standard boxsters you can use both.
>>> 
>>> Otherwise, I found some good deals on ebay, the national "used-parts
>>> search engines" and occasionally reman's from thepartsbin and other
>>> garbage sites when looking for standard boxster calipers.
>>> 
>>> -Andrew
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