will porsche 993 brakes fit a fd?

[SCOOMER]

Will they fit a fd without much modification?

Could do with reply a bit quickly!

Cheers Scott

[Fish]

You would just need bells and brackets made up to fit.

Fish

[SCOOMER]

fish, will they be much more difference or benefit over the stock capilers/disks?

Scott

[20B_boy]

I think its 993 calipers/discs that Max has on his FD? Max??

[SCOOMER]

Apparently i need 18" wheels to accommodate these calipers and disks!

Does this sound right?

Scott

[Fish]

Wheel size requirement depends on the size of the disc. You can get 355x32mm discs and AP 6 pots under 17\'s.

Get the size of the discs and this will give you an idea of what size wheel you need.

As for will thy be an improvement over stock, I wold say YES.

It also comes back to how much they want for them!

Fish

[20B_boy]

Sorry Scott, dont know - can confirm Max has 18" Volks\' tho...

[SCOOMER]

Think ill give it a miss, by the time a get brackets and bell housings and maybe new pads i mite as well save up and get new!

When i first seen them they were at £340, the\'ve jump £100 now!



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2489978757

Scott

[Fish]

That price is still a hell of a lot cheaper than buying a Brembo GT kit...

The bells would cost somewhere around 150 for the pair, mounting brackets would cost up to 100 quid, then brake lines say 50 quid.

The only problem being getting somewhere good to do the work.

Fish

[g11ary]

Yes, Max is def on 18\'s
Huge discs on front will probably throw the balance out with the rears needing attention then.

[maximtaylor]

Here\'s my setup:

Porsche 993 Turbo calipers(Brembo) and disks.
Movit adaptor kit to fit to FD.

Brake balance and pedal feel remain very close to stock.

You might be able to squeeze them under a set of 17 inch rims - just!

Max

[Fish]

Gary, you are going to upset the person trying to follow you with brake setups like these, as you would be able to slow down/stop in time, but thy wouldnt.

Max, what size discs are they?

Fish

[maximtaylor]

322mm Fish

[g11ary]

Not an expert on brakes, so.........
In straight line can understand big brakes stop quick,
but.........
Been reading a little (dangerous thing)
When braking into a corner if its all front doing the work you are going to be transfering more wieght to front of car, therefore lightening the rear, loss of grip.
Someone enlighten me please..........

[J4P RX]

Yeah but you dont generally brake into a corner.  Sometimes on track I will, but 90% of the time ill sort out all my braking in a straight line.

Just changing the front could give a bad balance though.