All these brakes

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Reading with interest the whole brake upgrade thread (not without conflict of
interest either, I might add :).  A couple of thoughts come to mind:
*  Any upgrade will cost you dollars, DIY costs less, assuming you don't pay
yourself anything for design and "not quite right's"
*  993tt calipers are off the shelf production street calipers.  Wilwoods,
Brembos, AP's etc aren't.  Big deal?  Naw, only that if you need to restock
your pads or rebuild your rotors, the Porsche dealer network is pretty handy,
and will be for many years to come.  Stock MC use is a good thing too.  Racing
calipers are just those, you may want to get the recommended rebuild
procedures on them before you go there.  I'd say, if you have not done an
upgrade by now, rebuilding the upgrade might not be your idea of "upgrading".
All exceptions so noted.  I live where they salt the roads...
*  17in wheels a must are a bummer, but for a bunch of design considerations,
hardly worth considering smaller applications for that caliper, btdt.  The
least of which is custom cutting the stock pad to reduce swept area.
*   Profit dollars is not in brake upgrades, btdt

That all said, let me also direct you to anyone that has btdt on a "Big Red"
conversion.  Cybertyping the pros and cons, is a laugher to me.  Take a ride
in one, Frank did, and so posted.  All wheel, tire, brake prices goes to the
back of the mind, as your face gets closer to kissing windshield.  That's
selling.   

Plenty of conversions out there.  Get one based on your needs and wants.  Audi
brakes woefully suck (save maybe Dave E's RS2), always have.  Not sure the
braking distance is all the number either.  I'd try timing a lap or your
favorite "closed circuit" road.  

Hp is only half of the turning equation.  I think it's at least a step in the
right direction, that more are talking about them.  Accepting the braking
compromises as you add horsepower, gets exponentially more significant.

Scott Justusson