Brake upgrade?
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Discussed hundreds of times here at RL. For street and light DE, oem fluid is more than you need. For hard DE (read, Cups & Saucers where you are on 30 off 30 for 2 days straight) you might want an upgrade to Motul or SRF. Don't waste your time with ATE Blue, Gold, 200, etc. - if changing from OEM, go all the way with SRF. Again, for any street use, oem is more than enough.
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+1 with what RonCt has mentioned. For the street and light DW use and beginner DE or just autocrossing the stock brakes are more than enough. I am DE'ing heavier now and use Motul brake fluid and just swap out the brake pads to Performance Friction PF97's for the track and put the stock back in for the street. Keep in mind though that the performance of the brake has a lot to do with the tires. My Toyo R-Comps really help stop the car.
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Big Ron is correct!
Hell, I have PCCB's and see no reason to switch to SRF.
I'm up for my two year service and will have the system flushed and changed with whatever Porsche puts in the damn thing.
If anything, just have the fluid changed every two years. If you get more involved with DE seek out the advise from the PCA region specialist as they can give you better and more qualified answeres.
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Deanski
Hell, I have PCCB's and see no reason to switch to SRF.
I'm up for my two year service and will have the system flushed and changed with whatever Porsche puts in the damn thing.
If anything, just have the fluid changed every two years. If you get more involved with DE seek out the advise from the PCA region specialist as they can give you better and more qualified answeres.
Regards,
Deanski
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brembo?
off topic a bit but are all the 977 brakes made by Brembo from the base 997 to the pccb's?
Discussed hundreds of times here at RL. For street and light DE, oem fluid is more than you need. For hard DE (read, Cups & Saucers where you are on 30 off 30 for 2 days straight) you might want an upgrade to Motul or SRF. Don't waste your time with ATE Blue, Gold, 200, etc. - if changing from OEM, go all the way with SRF. Again, for any street use, oem is more than enough.
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What everyone else have said...
Our 997S have the Big Reds that were designed for the heavier 996 Turbo. With good fresh fluid and any decent track pads (I prefer Pagid Blacks), these brakes are invincible in our cars.
I've tracked my car almost everywhere in the Norht East (including some Pocono configurations that require 140 -50 brake zones) and I've never had an issue with my brakes other than the regular wear and cracking in the rotors (22Kmi, 4th set of fronts).
Our 997S have the Big Reds that were designed for the heavier 996 Turbo. With good fresh fluid and any decent track pads (I prefer Pagid Blacks), these brakes are invincible in our cars.
I've tracked my car almost everywhere in the Norht East (including some Pocono configurations that require 140 -50 brake zones) and I've never had an issue with my brakes other than the regular wear and cracking in the rotors (22Kmi, 4th set of fronts).
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New Brakes 997?
Brake UPGRADE? I just love the number of new Porsche owners who feel some compelling reason to "upgrade" their cars and uptimately make them worse. You will be hard pressed to improve upon what you already have. Of course, all the aftermarket guys will tell you about how great THEIR systems are...
