944 NA 4 piston brake upgrade kit??? $650!!!!
06-04-2005, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt O.
1. Changing out front NA brakes with 951 brakes is a PITA. You need calipers, rotors, brakes, and front spindles. With the Rennbay kit you pull off one caliper and install the other. You get new calipers with the same braking area then the turbos, without all this hassle.
06-04-2005, 06:48 PM
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Joe, if you need such large brakes (or ability) why would you still want the 15" wheels? FWIW, if you have an early car no you dont, the 15" PDs will clear the the stock Turbo calipers.
I think it is great what Travis has done but you will have a hell of a hard time convincing me there are more than about 5 people here who have any need for it.
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I think it is great what Travis has done but you will have a hell of a hard time convincing me there are more than about 5 people here who have any need for it.
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06-04-2005, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by josephsc
And don't you need 16" rims for the 951 brakes as well?
06-04-2005, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt H
Joe, if you need such large brakes (or ability) why would you still want the 15" wheels? FWIW, if you have an early car no you dont, the 15" PDs will clear the the stock Turbo calipers.
I think it is great what Travis has done but you will have a hell of a hard time convincing me there are more than about 5 people here who have any need for it.
I think it is great what Travis has done but you will have a hell of a hard time convincing me there are more than about 5 people here who have any need for it.
You do want to run the smallest wheel your rotors and calipers will allow. The only reason to increase wheel size (and also unsprung weight) would be to accommodate larger brakes. If you could run 15" wheels on an 86 turbo, I would have 15x8 fuchs on all 4 corners of mine.
Matt, it seems as if you have some personal issues with upgrading the NA brakes. You might want to go see a psychologist about that. It looks like it could turn into a pretty serious condition if it persists. Do you even own an NA?
06-04-2005, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt H
Joe, if you need such large brakes (or ability) why would you still want the 15" wheels? FWIW, if you have an early car no you dont, the 15" PDs will clear the the stock Turbo calipers.
I think it is great what Travis has done but you will have a hell of a hard time convincing me there are more than about 5 people here who have any need for it.
I think it is great what Travis has done but you will have a hell of a hard time convincing me there are more than about 5 people here who have any need for it.
First of all as you know I think there is a market for good performance parts for the NA. Second, what does a rebuilt caliper and a set of pads cost for a NA 944 (I don't know)? Could turn out to be a great deal.
06-04-2005, 10:46 PM
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Do these use an OEM/Stock Prosche brake pad? If they use the NA pads there's no advantage. Maybe I missed it somewhere but I didn't see a brake pad size.
06-04-2005, 11:39 PM
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These use special Polymatrix pads. These pads are much larger than the stock NA pads and have around 18 square inches of pad / rotor contact area per caliper.
If you look on the brakes page, on the right, you will see the discounted pad sets that you can purchase at the same time as the kit. The other two links below go directly to the pad sale pages so you can learn a little more about each compound that we offer.
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Class E Pads
If you look on the brakes page, on the right, you will see the discounted pad sets that you can purchase at the same time as the kit. The other two links below go directly to the pad sale pages so you can learn a little more about each compound that we offer.
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Class E Pads
06-05-2005, 12:01 AM
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I was just making a point. If I were to put down nearly a grand on brakes, I certainly wouldn't keep the stock wheels.
Come on dude, its not that bad. Remove caliper, remove hub/rotor, unbolt the control arm and the 2 bolts to the strut.
Come on dude, its not that bad. Remove caliper, remove hub/rotor, unbolt the control arm and the 2 bolts to the strut.
06-05-2005, 12:22 AM
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Travis,
Congratulations on the new website, i must say, i was shocked when the page loaded (a good shock ). Now, how about some brake upgrades for the 951?? same price maybe 
(i am pushing it, am i? ).
Congratulations on the new website, i must say, i was shocked when the page loaded (a good shock
). Now, how about some brake upgrades for the 951?? same price maybe (i am pushing it, am i? ).
06-05-2005, 12:34 AM
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Oh, decisions, decisions..... I'm imagining my late-year 944 as an auto-X/street (city street) car and it seems to make sense to keep smaller diameter wheels for that purpose, though that's another point of debate.
Just as a data point, I recently had a set of TurboS calipers rebuilt by someone -- it costed me $200 for the pair. And add to that the cost of new pads.
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Second, what does a rebuilt caliper and a set of pads cost for a NA 944 (I don't know)? Could turn out to be a great deal.
Second, what does a rebuilt caliper and a set of pads cost for a NA 944 (I don't know)? Could turn out to be a great deal.