Olli

Thank you everyone for the fun conversation and kind comments

Lincoln, I admit you are the faster one behind the wheel, it's just an observed fact

John, no competition at all...one thing just seems to lead to another always. And yes, I am planning on relocating to Finland although it can't happen immediately due to so many things needing to be taken care of.

schnele

Hey Brad, not much is said about the car other than he did all the work himself save for a few tidbits.

Thanks Olli, even though you admit it with some cajoling.

Olli

I see Kevin has bumped his thread for the Big Yellow brakes on the 996TT Forum. I bought these brakes from him some time back and had them installed. They really stop the car pretty good.
I've had them on long enough now that even the squeaking has stopped. They were a pretty tight fit though and at first the ears on the brake pads had to be ground down a bit since they were touching the rim in some situations.

Here's a few pictures:

Just arrived


Needed to fabricate mounting blocks


Could not use the Rotors Kevin sent for my 17 inch wheel. They were very slightly too big. I believe these ones were used a generation earlier, in the 993GT2/GT3 cars. They worked fine.


Using black Pagids


In place

Olli

While they did the brakes I asked them to fabricate a full bay IC for me as well:

jimculp

Very nice as usual Olli. Who fabbed the I/C?

Olli

Thanks Jim! The I/C was fabricated by the shop (SpeedWerks) that has done all my work about 22 miles from my house in NC.

jimculp

Pretty impressive work- do the welds look as nice up close as they do far away? My TB location is "custom" now- I'm assuming they do custom work?

Olli

While I am no expert on welds they seem nice, neat and tight to me as well, i.e. does not look shoddy. The weld in the middle of the outside edge is for radial strength I was told. The aluminum grade used for the I/C is T5052. They do lots of custom fabrication work. My car has a good share of that but they build race cars from scratch and obviously there's a ton of custom fabrication work going into those cars.

turbobrat930

[QUOTE=Olli;5416769] They really stop the car pretty good.



Needed to fabricate mounting blocks


Could not use the Rotors Kevin sent for my 17 inch wheel. They were very slightly too big. I believe these ones were used a generation earlier, in the 993GT2/GT3 cars. They worked fine.


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They stop the car good???? Understatement of the year!!! Thoose should be able to snap your neck...!!!! AWESOME...