Advice Needed: PCCB replacement!
10-20-2010, 09:52 PM
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TPC Racing will build full floating custom Hats to use with what are essentially cup steel friction rings. They are priced a little cheaper than the Brembo replacement rotors and the friction rings are replaceable at around $480 each. It has been awhile since I spoke to them and don't remember if there is a provision for the parking brake. They apparently will rattle some being true full floats on the street. Probably not a bad deal for a mostly tracked car.
Has anyone tried a big brake kit from Brembo, StopTech, or Performance Friction on their .1 or .2 cars? Is there an advantage to these over the the OEM steel rotors and calipers? Less Pad taper? The full race 6 piston/ 6 pad monoblock calipers from Performance Friction look incredible!
Has anyone tried a big brake kit from Brembo, StopTech, or Performance Friction on their .1 or .2 cars? Is there an advantage to these over the the OEM steel rotors and calipers? Less Pad taper? The full race 6 piston/ 6 pad monoblock calipers from Performance Friction look incredible!
10-20-2010, 10:00 PM
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Actually I understand Porsche decided in their wisdom to make the offset for the caliper and hat different for the PCCBs and the OEM steel brakes so you can't do this. That's what the guys at TPC racing told me. In other words the PCCB caliper has a different centerline that red calipers but the hub bracket is the same.
I have been using the Porsche 997.2 GT3/RS steel rotors on my 997.1 GT3RS as PCCB replacements. ~2 mm shims on the front caliper stand offs solve this issue (all work done by Porsche since this is a CPO'd car). Brakes are exceptional, the only thing I would do differently is use PFC 01 pads instead of the Carbotech XP10. Not enough initial bite for my preferences.
Here is a link to a thread I posted on the subject.
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ferrerid=39159
Since that thread I have had the car back to Mid Ohio 3x, at Nelson Ledges 2x and to VIR. Rotors are in excellent shape and will be transferred to my new 997.2 GT3RS.
10-20-2010, 10:53 PM
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I have been using the Porsche 997.2 GT3/RS steel rotors on my 997.1 GT3RS as PCCB replacements. ~2 mm shims on the front caliper stand offs solve this issue (all work done by Porsche since this is a CPO'd car). Brakes are exceptional, the only thing I would do differently is use PFC 01 pads instead of the Carbotech XP10. Not enough initial bite for my preferences.
Here is a link to a thread I posted on the subject.
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ferrerid=39159
Since that thread I have had the car back to Mid Ohio 3x, at Nelson Ledges 2x and to VIR. Rotors are in excellent shape and will be transferred to my new 997.2 GT3RS.
Here is a link to a thread I posted on the subject.
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ferrerid=39159
Since that thread I have had the car back to Mid Ohio 3x, at Nelson Ledges 2x and to VIR. Rotors are in excellent shape and will be transferred to my new 997.2 GT3RS.
10-21-2010, 04:24 PM
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Actually I understand Porsche decided in their wisdom to make the offset for the caliper and hat different for the PCCBs and the OEM steel brakes so you can't do this. That's what the guys at TPC racing told me. In other words the PCCB caliper has a different centerline that red calipers but the hub bracket is the same.
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