riderosa

Out of curiosity....Has anyone looked at using Wildwood or other brake manufacturers for improved braking of a 911SC. The cost of converting to 930 or other porsches brakes is expensive.

Coyote99

Check out the ProBraking products at Pelican. I have these on my '89 Carrera and they are fantastic and inexpensive (relatively). I believe the ProBraking caliper is wildwood. See photo below for a shot of mine when installed.

BTW they fit under 16" Fuchs!

MUSSBERGER

Coyote's look pretty nice. I put Boxster brakes on my 81SC and that was under 16" Fuchs.

theiceman

I have stock Brakes on my SC, i must say they do a fantastic job stopping me and i would not even thing of changing them . Of course i don't track the car either, that may make a difference...

Coyote99

I only changed mine because I tried every trick in the book to get them to work at the track. I ended up with these and I don;t have any issues at all anymore.

I also have a turbo motor and this particular track I frequent is brutal on brakes if you have a quick car.

If I never tracked mine, I'd leave them stock.

BTW...I have a '77 S coupe I tracked a few times and the stock brakes held up fine with good fluid and heat shields on the backs of the pads.

BlackPearl

I track my 83SC and the OEM brakes work fine. I use slotted rotors, no splash-guards (for heat-dissapation), braided SS DOT lines, and Carbon-Cevlar pads with great effect.

The only reason I'd consider changing calipers would be to reduce unsprung weight, but in the class I'm running (stock), not an issue.

So, unless you're looking for less unsprung weight, or having problems with the current system, I'd save your money if I were you. AND, if you're having problems with your current system, consider optimizing the system before changing out calipers (rebuild calipers, better rotors and pads, remove splash-guards, use racing fluid instead of DOT-4, etc.). There are plenty of things you can do to optimize your current system that are easy and cheap vs new calipers, IMHO.

Just my 2-cents.

riderosa

Sounds good. I am glad I asked. Does anyone who responded utilize any type of ducting for cooling the standard brakes? Is it worth it?

84_Carrera

If the caliper is a Billet Superlite (BSL) -based Wilwood caliper, and anyone's interested in aluminum pad spacers, let me know. I have (4) sitting on the shelf, new, from my old track car. Not too many people are still using the BSL though, but I can't bring myself to toss them.

Coyote99

I am not using any cooling help for these brakes. I have not needed it even on very hot days and very hard on the brakes. The rotor for these are thicker than the stock Carrera rotor, these are 32mm and vaned. I believe the stock rotors are 19.1mm so these are 50% thicker. Anticipating rotor wear, I bought an extra set when I purchased the package.

When I changed my first set of pads, I measured the rotor wear and my micrometer showed absolutely none when compared to new. I've moved to a more aggressive pad since.

Fred....the pads I run are Wildwood/Polymatrix 7320's and the calipers are described as "solid billit aluminum and hard anodized w/o dust seals". Can you tell if your pad spacers will fit these?

Edward

Mine is an 82SC, and I track it ...Time Trial, not Race. She gets a good flogging, and I have yet to encounter lack of brakes. BUT, my circumstances are not yours. A few key points to consider:

- Reduce your weight as much as you possibly can ...I am at about 2525.
- Run a dedicated track pad. I use PFC97 and love them.
- Be certain your rotors are not at minmum thickness. I've used OEM, Ate ellipticals, and OE Brembos, all have been great.
- Be certain to bleed with fresh, high-temp fluid. I use Ate SuperBlue and will bleed/replace for every event if hot weather; maybe will go to 2nd or 3rd event if ambient temps are not really high.
- Street rubber on my SC just will not tax the brakes enough to yield any fade, even on short/fast tracks w/o much straightaway for cooling. But R-Compounds, of course, will: how much, and whether it's enough to merit re-assessing my brakes is a diff story. Will have to answer that when/if that occurs.
- Revisit your braking technique. You just may be overcooking them.

Give the aforementioned some thought before sinking $$ into braking mods that you just may not need. IMHO, anyway

Edward