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Hi Matt, sounds like a better option to me (the later 911SC brakes would also be good). The reason for my comments are that Porsche brakes are designed as complete systems and upgrading my 911 brakes to big reds would require a larger master cylinder & a few other mods regarding balance. I think the only issue with 17 inch wheels is looks as bigger discs fill the wheels better. Best Regards Jonathan Melbourne 72 Fastback 90 Porsche Carrera 4 Original Message ----- From: "Matt Sanderson" <MRSanderson@telus.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [T3] porsche break on a notch > Hi Jonathan > I see that you own a Porsche, so if you don't recommend using the big > reds, do you think using the same braking system that is in the '77 > 911, same year as my dads 911, would be a good option? i Want to run > 17-7 Carrera cup wheels all around, if that makes any difference. > Thanks > > Matt Sanderson > 65 notch > > > > On 27-Mar-05, at 3:17 PM, Jonathan O'Donnell-Young wrote: > > > Hi Matt, (and hello to the list), > > I would not recommend big reds (the brakes from the 993 twin turbo) - > > if you > > do install then make sure you install the full 993 braking system (as > > they > > require a huge master cylinder, masses of assistance (servo or > > hydralic) and > > lots of brake fluid capacity. Also be prepared to stand your car on > > it's > > nose every time you apply the brakes as they are the best road brakes > > ever > > made. > > Smaller porsche calipers painted red would be my suggestion and would > > be a > > lot cheaper. Have a look at this article > > http://www.rennsportsystems.com/~porsche/2c.html which tells you > > everything > > you need to know about Porsche brakes. > > Best Regards > > Jonathan O'Donnell-Young > > Melbourne > > 72 Fastback > > 90 Porsche Carrera 4 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >