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dpetteng Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:25 am Post subject: Modern Porsche Brakes |
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Has anyone fitted modern Porsche brakes to a 356? I know that beetle and 356 are pretty close and loads of people have done 944 and 964 brakes on beetles so wondered if anyone had done it on my new car!! |
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
Joined: May 29, 2012 Posts: 2033 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:42 am Post subject: Modern Porsche Brakes |
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Just curious, why would you want to do that? Stock 356 brakes, if they're properly set up, are pretty nice as they are, even the drums. |
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dpetteng Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:38 am Post subject: |
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Mainly because my car will have 240BHP and you cant legally drive that in the UK with drum brakes, fair point though, the brakes are fine with the original engine |
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Jon Schmid Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:54 am Post subject: Modern Porsche Brakes |
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OK, more curiosity. Do tell, what the hell are you stuffing into this car? A Subaru engine? There's the well known 356 that had a 930 engine stuffed into it--apparently went like stink in a straight line. Corners, not so stink. I agree, 3X the original HP will most likely overwhelm the standard brakes. |
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dpetteng Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Sure, keeping the orginal engine stored and putting a vw type 1 2276 FI, Turbo motor in it with Porsche cooling. |
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EverettB Administrator
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:47 am Post subject: |
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dpetteng wrote: |
Mainly because my car will have 240BHP and you cant legally drive that in the UK with drum brakes, fair point though, the brakes are fine with the original engine |
A little off the topic but why is that?
What is their reasoning?
I always wonder why people (usually VW people here) think because their car has more horsepower now they need disc brakes. Unless you have a much faster top speed and are using it or the car is heavier now, it doesn't matter, right?
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dpetteng Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:49 am Post subject: |
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don't know their reasoning but I am pretty sure I will be driving the car faster with the bigger engine, hence the disc brakes |
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Sebastian Gaeta Samba Member
Joined: December 25, 2003 Posts: 282 Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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I am more of a purist but can appreciate what others do with their cars, so let's try to answer his question.
I know of two reasons for bigger brakes with his engine conversion: 1) he said it was not legal to drive his car that way with drums in the UK and 2) with an engine like that he would want shorter stopping distances than perhaps even C discs can give him.
That said, I do not have a solution for him (perhaps someone out there does) but I have a suggestion. Contact an SCCA racer that drives an E or F production 356 and ask what they do for brakes. Those cars are every bit as quick and fast as what you will have.
I hope this helps. _________________ Sebastian Gaeta
'63 Beetle Turkis
‘64 Karmann Ghia Coupe Manilagelb/Black Roof
'64 356C cabriolet Signalrot
'65 356C coupe Rubinrot
'66 Single Cab Velvet Green
'67 Karmann Ghia convertible Heliosblau |
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dpetteng Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, great advice. Any idea where I would find vintage racers of 356's? |
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Sebastian Gaeta Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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Glad to help. Go to www.porsche356registry.org and browse around, you'll find out who the racers are pretty quickly. _________________ Sebastian Gaeta
'63 Beetle Turkis
‘64 Karmann Ghia Coupe Manilagelb/Black Roof
'64 356C cabriolet Signalrot
'65 356C coupe Rubinrot
'66 Single Cab Velvet Green
'67 Karmann Ghia convertible Heliosblau |
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badsix Samba Member
Joined: November 22, 2007 Posts: 228 Location: coos bay or.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:03 pm Post subject: brakes |
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unless your loaded with the green stuff I would stay away from anything Porsche. have you looked at aftermarket vw disc brakes they should be a near bolt on. try AIRKEWLD give them a call, get there catalog. i'm sure they can set you up with something nice people there
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PS CAN I HAVE YOUR OLD DRUM BRAKES
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cseay1 Samba Member
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Tvättbjörn Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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there are a few companies in Germany which have really nice TUV certified brake system for air-cooled VW / early Porsche. Aftermarket or modified Porsche brakes. Not cheap, but good stuff just cost big money. |
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