Porsche Brakes - A few questions

**Saaamon** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 19:00

My question are:

What parts are needed?
How easy are the brackets to get hold of and where from?
Will they fit under standard 850r wheels?
Are there any Porsche breakers that sell the cailpers?

Cheers..

Saaamon

**Enigma666** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 19:08

Required:

Porsche 993TT Calipers
Genuine Pegs (ideally 18's for ease or 17's with 3mm spacers)
S60R front discs
Porsche OEM pads
Brackets

Brackets from CJ on SwedeSpeed or IPD

Nope they wont

Yeah, Douglas Valley Breakers is one

Linky

**-CHRIS-** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 19:29

just having a look at the cars at that breakers... are there seriously any parts worth saving on this!

http://www.douglasvalley.co.uk/item....&spg=68&pgid=2

and check out the tvr's too!! how many with engine/dash fires? thats just scary!

**aeroresh** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 19:49

apparently you need 20mm spacers for the big reds to fit behind a set of Volans!!

**RT MECHANICS** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 19:53

Originally Posted by Saaamon

My question are:

What parts are needed?
How easy are the brackets to get hold of and where from?
Will they fit under standard 850r wheels?
Are there any Porsche breakers that sell the cailpers?

Cheers..

Saaamon

Hi Saaamon

Save your money up and buy AP's they are the best choice

Russ

**walter leever** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 21:23

Originally Posted by RT MECHANICS

Hi Saaamon

Save your money up and buy AP's they are the best choice

Russ

true,but very expensive to replace discs etc,but one of the best systems around.(there's also MOVE-IT,and genuine volvo bbk,but the last one is sold out.)

Myself i'm also going for the S60R discs&porsche callipers.

**Saaamon** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 21:24

Originally Posted by RT MECHANICS

Hi Saaamon

Save your money up and buy AP's they are the best choice

Russ

I would really like a set of AP's just because of the quality etc but with the prices quoted on parts for volvo at £1400ish :0 i've got a lot of saving haha...

Saaamon

**walter leever** · Thursday 29th January 2009, 21:37

Saaamon,ET do 3 different bbk kits:

1-330mm brembo's,textar brake pads,braided hose lines and a 4-piston

Porsche calliper and adaptors,1495euros(this is the set i'm getting)

2-Ctf set 2 piece brake discs(aluminum center,lower weight)330 mm,Mevius

racing brake pads,rest as above,1998euros.

3-and their own (European Tuning)2 piece brake discs(aluminum center),

6-piston brake callipers,rest as above,1750euros.

these are the reasonable priced options.

walter

**RT MECHANICS** · Friday 30th January 2009, 05:59

Originally Posted by walter leever

true,but very expensive to replace discs etc,but one of the best systems around.(there's also MOVE-IT,and genuine volvo bbk,but the last one is sold out.)

Myself i'm also going for the S60R discs&porsche callipers.

Hi Walter

The best usually are expensive

you could try stoptech as well have you tried a car with the porsche set up ? and a car with AP's ?

Russ

**Alan M** · Friday 30th January 2009, 08:04

Hi Spec will make a caliper/disc setup if asked. Has anyone tried them for a price.

**walter leever** · Friday 30th January 2009, 09:50

Originally Posted by RT MECHANICS

Hi Walter

The best usually are expensive

you could try stoptech as well have you tried a car with the porsche set up ? and a car with AP's ?

Russ

i know russ,but i'm not a miilionaire.

as for the porsche set-up ask me again in a few months.

as for the AP set-up there are a few on the dutch volvo forum with those

aswell as the other brands,probably millionares.

**dooby** · Friday 30th January 2009, 16:40

Hiya,

in my experience it would need to be at least 16mm spacers to fit 993TT calipers under Volans. I had 15mm ones and they wouldn't quite clear.

For my 17" Pegasus I'm running 3mm spacers. I have heard there are two manufacturing plants for the wheels, Germany and Poland. My genuine Pegasus were Polish made, and shaved a sliver of paint off the caliper. There is a theory that this is a tolerance/quality issue and the German wheels don't touch. I haven't tried a German Pegasus so I don't know.

That's not the only reason I went to a 3mm spacer though - the other reason you should consider it (for 17" OR 18") is to put the scrub radius back to the value it would have been with stock (for an 850R) Volan wheels on a 43mm offset. This can affect handling and I swear I felt more tramlining and torque steer effects going from a 43mm offset 7J Volan to 46mm offset 8J Pegasus until I put the 3mm spacer on.

HTH, Pete

**RT MECHANICS** · Friday 30th January 2009, 19:33

Originally Posted by walter leever

i know russ,but i'm not a miilionaire.

as for the porsche set-up ask me again in a few months.

as for the AP set-up there are a few on the dutch volvo forum with those

aswell as the other brands,probably millionares.

Hi Walter

I am no millionaire either

Russ

**volvolised** · Friday 30th January 2009, 22:34

O.k ...I think the 993 tt's are excellent, am running them with ds2500's and work great but squeal like ££££.....have been in tims car on a white knuckle ride and believe me those ap's are brilliant and fill you with confidence....the 993tt's aren't quite as good but when set up correctly with brake fluid and decent rear pads and discs are well worth a good £1K saving....I'm running mine with 18" kahn rs-s which are 8j and 35 offset so no spacers ....the car is Very well planted on this set up ...the porkers look the biz too..