Ben
Its certainly cheaper, the whole point of the NQSBBK was the 75% rule..... which was to give 75% of the performance of the normal BBK's but saving 75% of the £2k kits, the process of mounting the brembo "raw" casting in the lathe to remove the 7mm to min thickness and then remove to a vertical miller to drill or J hookand then powder coat takes quite a bit of time, with the investment I've got now its easier to do things 15 at a time than what I used to do which was 3 or 4 at a time.
So..... £225-£250 for the proper job 312's sounds expensive even to me and Im selling them! That said you'd pay £160 for some OEM R32 discs
Not withstanding that if you've got 6 or 7 track days planned for the year plus a ring trip and you're the kind of chap that gets up at 5am on a summer sunday to go for a blat around your favourite roads in your stage 2/2+ eddie then I wouldnt be without them - seriously
Our drilling CNC Program ensures no hot spots which helps to prevent premature cracking in the drilled discs and the J Hooking isnt invasive...
Somebody was asking after the 2 piece 315mm option, its going to be a non starter down to rotor cost so heres the plan......
There is a single piece billet machined caliper in development, its going to be backward compatible with the Cayman caliper but will take the larger deeper pad from the 996 Carrera 2/4 this eliminates the requirement for disc area removal as the pad and disc now match in height.
The piston height will come down allowing a slimmer caliper that will work on all OEM wheels without any spacer at all, its also going to be very tighly cowled around the pistons to weight save and might have some aero on the back for cooling purposes in true touring car styleeee....
Best bit is being able to specify my own piston sizes to really ensure we get as much out of the Master Cylinder as possible, there is a MC upgrade available for the Mk5 but it aint cheap so its nice to be specific
The Cayman Caliper tops out on disc diameter at about 320mm the new caliper will go to 330mm and maybe 28mm wide enabling an affordable AP Racing 2 piece option on the discs.
Apart from all the tech stuff it will have brembo style dust seals and be able to use the Porsche Pad dampeners for good road manners
Lots of design work to do, found myself a Draughty, worst bit will be destroying a pair of calipers for measuring purposes