Making Rotor Hats for 993TT rotors on 928
#21
brendan, i have big red callipers on my 86. the discs i am using are from one version of the 964? turbo 3.8 litre i think, the car before the 993. they are cross drilled but not two piece, i like the idea of rotor hats that we can hang different rotors on. i would consider a set of these at my next brake disc upgrade if they were available, perhaps its a part you could arrange a run of and carl or dr could on sell the surplus? aluminium is the material of choice but you want to ensure it is strong enough, do you have a running 928 on which to conduct road tests or will we become your beta version testers??!
#23
Originally Posted by BrendanC
Would you not reuse the bolts that are already on the 993TT rotor?
#25
The devek hats seem to have indentations comming up from each of the areas that have the hole for the rotor bolts. Those half-circles would indent into the inner diameter of the hat itself.
That makes the machining very much more complex, and i am not sure why its done.
The oem hat on the 993TT rotor does not have these half-circles, and it looks exactly like my design,
But here's the rub. The hat I have to make a copy from (they are used) are taller by quite a bit then the OEM hat on the 993TT.
So how can that 993TT rotor be used on the 928 if the 928 hats I have are a different height?
That makes the machining very much more complex, and i am not sure why its done.
The oem hat on the 993TT rotor does not have these half-circles, and it looks exactly like my design,
But here's the rub. The hat I have to make a copy from (they are used) are taller by quite a bit then the OEM hat on the 993TT.
So how can that 993TT rotor be used on the 928 if the 928 hats I have are a different height?
#29
The answer is: There aren't. You buy the 993tt part and you get only one hat. If an aftermarket company made expensive taller ones, I don't know why ..... but the reason to use 993 rotors and not 928 rotors is to clear the suspension arm.
#30
Maybe Devek's adapters are different than 928 Specialists adapters placing the calipers in a different location. Are the Devek hats for just bolting GTS brakes onto an S4 suspension with no adapter vs 928 Specialists kits which place the caliper in a different place to use more commonly available rotors?