[s-cars] BBK parts accumulating

[Steve Mills]

16" 6 spoke Avus have more clearance in both directions (axially and radially) than the 5 spoke Fuchs. 

On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've got the BIRA System 3 brakes, which are 996 calipers on euro A8 rotors.  I 
> run them with the stock 16" Fuchs wheels on my UrS4.  I think the 16" Avus 
> wheels have less clearance and need the spacer.
> 
> -Teddy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> To: Martin Kozaczek <mkozaczek at gmail.com>
> Cc: S-car list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 12:47:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] BBK parts accumulating
> 
> What size rotor? 996 calipers are bulky radially, that's why they're not
> good for tight wheel clearances. They were never used with anything smaller
> than a 17" wheel from Porsche.
> 
> Taka
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Martin Kozaczek <mkozaczek at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> I'm doing it right now.  I have 996 C4 calipers with Apikol brackets on 5mm
>> spacers under 16" avus wheels.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>> -Martin
>> 
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