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My 330mm brake conversion - all on!

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jimk04:
Thanks for that Dave, means a lot coming from the brake daddy!

I am a little concerned about the spacer that I will need to clear them, especially as I have some TT arms to go on which as we all know push the lot out even further..... :confused:  We will see!

jimk04:
Quick update

Bagged these off ebay for £33! Should be fine for me.



Also been measuring up for adaptor brackets - disc here is in the zinc primer stage!



And one finished disc after a coat of VHT aluminium and a bake in the oven at 200deg C!



I have ordered the pad wear sensors - interestingly, the earlier type of sensor has the correct plug to fit straight onto the mk5 loom, but the later pin type that I need have a different plug, which will need chopping off and a new one soldering on.

Also been looking into the flexi hoses. To save some money I may use some off the shelf rubber ones, as the R32 and some Touerag have the requisite M10 banjo fitting and seem to be a suitable overall length.

Hopefully the calipers will show early this week!

PDT:
Hi Jim,

Great to see someone doing a DIY brake kit, kind of thing I spend hours thinking up/building. Can I ask what you do for a job? Guess you are in automotive / engineering trade?

jimk04:
Errr.....I'm a gardener/estate keeper! :grin:

I have always been into serious DIY car stuff tho and did engineering HNC at college many moons ago!

DaveB@Vagbremtechnic:
Jim before you make them look too pretty, drill yourself a M6 countersunk hole at 36 degrees if you know what I mean, you also need to countersink it.

also just check the bolt holes and make sure they M14 I think when I looked at it they were M12 and needed drilling out.

Got some used HEL lines here off an PX kit you can have they just need a clean up

Regarding the carriers, don't forget you'll be mounting these from the back I guess that's to say the bolt might well be pointing towards the engine as opposed to the other way. Of course you have S3 hubs so there's another 16mm to find so it's going to be a fairly large bracket. Might be worthwhile having your machine shop have a carve at a lump of aluminium first for mocking up purposes refining the measurements and then beefing it up in aluminium you end up making three carriers but Ali is cheap and 60% ofthe time to machine

if you bought cayenne rear pads then you'll be able to find a suitable wear sensor from a tourag, the rear pads from a 4x4 might not perform as well as dedicated Porsche fronts....the weights on top of the pad make me think they're cayenne rears, 996 fronts don't have the weights and use pad dampeners which are the same as cayman s ones which are cheaper.

All looking good though.....missed your last Pm, hoses are FOC, get in touch you've got me mobi

Edit you need M10x1 swivel fitting NOT banjo for 996 fronts

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