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To ease brake service I made a few changes.
1) Replaced the caliper bolts with studs.
2) Replaced the hard line/flex line with a single flex line.
Caliper studs are same as for the 996 not much to say about them.
I opted to use adapters to convert the car to standard an-3, that way I can use off the shelf lines rather than custom ones since they will need to be replaced every couple of years..
The bulkhead adapter is: female 10mmx1 concave bubble flare (Pegusus part#3265-18)
Caliper is: male 10mmx1 male convex bubble flare (Pegusus part#3265-18)
Line is standard -3, 10in long, 90deg at the bulkhead and 45deg at the caliper.
Three problems I am trying to solve.
1) I stripped the threads in the upright from constantly removing the bolts to change rotors. After repairing the upright, I decided to go to studs to prevent that from happening again. I should have done it long ago, I change rotors at least twice a year.
2) The new (to me anyway) Motons, didn’t have a mounting tab for the hardline. Leaving the hardline/flexline junction unsupported didn’t seem like a good idea. And with studs, I needed to get rid of the hardline anyway.
3) I wasn’t comfortable having to flex the hardline to move the caliper every time I changed rotors.
The studs are torqued just enough to seat them (5-6ft/lbs). Any more than that and you are just stressing the shoulder. The nuts are what pretension the stud. They should come up to (or maybe a little less) as the bolts (50-60ftlb).
Steven is spot on on the paint. I’m looking to change pads, and the first thing to know is what temp range I need.
MSI Racing makes/sells the wheel studs. And interestingly make the caliper studs for some well known retailers. http://www.msiracingproducts.com
Perfect... If you have a pic of a wheel on, with those studs it would be greatly appreciated...
Now that I have the Stoptech's on my car I do like the stud and nut vs the old bolts.....
Ill get a pic tonight.
What nose do you have on your car? If I remember correctly it was just the lower half that was replaced (top half was stock)? This seems like the perfect solution... Looking at aerodynamics, I need to widen the lower half (to shroud the tires better), and flatten/smooth the bottom (for a splitter). Yours seems to do exactly that.
Its the GT2 Evo1, Mounts under the stock bumper (with some moding of the stock one.) There was a thread recently saying most of the guys that make them don't have a feasible mould anymore..
The car does feel nice and balanced with the RSCS wing. My current track however is not a high speed track so it is hard to determine the improvement to lap times etc.
I am looking for the details on the 996 caliper studs and all I am seeing are the same mounting bolts as what we have on our 993's. Any further details you could provide?
03-03-2015, 11:14 PM
another brake project
Just trying to finalize my plans 
