Re: Big brakes

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In a message dated 96-04-13 11:02:52 EDT, you write:

>the twin piston Girling 60 calipers use up before really kicking in...?  I
>will
>get to the bottom of this pedal feel thing one way or another, but in the
>meantime man do I have some REAL monster brakes.  This
>set up by far is the single most improvement to my Ur-q coupe.
>
>Ur-q's all go like stink, but stopping them is another story. Compairing
>the Ur-q's
>brakes to my experience racing and autocrossing my old 72 911RS replica,
>dads 76 Carrera 3.0, and an his 'ol 69 911E Porsche, the Ur-q's biggest
>dissapointment is the brakes.  This set up puts the Ur-q right up there with
>the powerfull brakes of a 911.  Just short of the pedal feel and getting the
>proportioning of front to rear just right will take some time, and
>experimenting
>with different parts, but again does it STOP.
>
>If anyone else has done this setup and has additional information, please
>comment
>on how your pedal feels, performance, etc...  Keith Anderson say's, "when
>I'm at Brainerd
>Raceway I can go WAY past the last braking point BEFORE getting on
>the brakes,  I'm still up on the cam, full throttle when your supposed to
>be normally
>braking for the turns..."   Yoweee...!!! can't wait till I take it on the
>track.
>
>

This might help you decide that it is the MC:


Part no.  v              Year    v               mm      v

431 611 019 K      '78-'81 5000..................22.2mm

437 611 019 A      '80-'81 5000 turbo.........23.81mm.

437 611 019 B      '82-'83 5000 turbo.........22.2mm.

813 611 019        8/ '80-'84 4000 (coupe 81-84)..........20.64mm.

443 611 021       quattro 8/82-85; 5k '84-'88; 5kq '87-'88; 5kt '84-'88;
                          5ktq 86-88....................23.81mm.


HTH

Scott