widebody2

Ok There is a guy selling these brakes on the partstrader. I was wondering if any of you guys have these brakes and what the deal is. I know they are about 500 just for 1 caliper from porsche and the guy is selling them for 1100 negotiable. Anyone know what the deal with fitment is. What you need to make them work.
I've seen pics of these brakes on fds before but I wnated to know how hard it is to do the conversion.

JoeD

i think rotaryextreme has these. im not sure. i do remember seeing a black FD with a kit with these brakes. not sure if it was him though.

racedriver

I looked into it and its too much work in my opinion.

The main problem with that caliper is on the porsche it mounts in front and therefore the bleed nipple will be at the bottom of the caliper when you move the caliper to the back of the wheel.
then the hassle to make a caliper mount, custom alum. hat, and a rotor.

wouter

JoeD

yeah, but those brakes look beautiful! not to mention, they stop a 3300 lb. Porsche 911 from 60 is about 105 feet, imagine what they can do to a car 600 lbs. lighter!

Poindexter10thae

iTrader: (2)

Forget the porsche brakes, just get a set of 6 piston Baer or Brembo calipers

Aristo

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Just curious, anybody know if there a Movit kit for the FD?

JoeD

the Movit kit is the Porsche 911 Turbo brakes....i think.

maxcooper

There was a Movit kit, but I don't know if it is still available.

Porsche takes Brembo calipers and improves them with bigger bolts and perhaps other items.

Weight is also a consideration considering the brakes are unsprung. I think the Porsche caliper kits are great, but they tend to be heavier than AP. That was one reason I went with an AP kit with light rotors. And in my opinion you only need bigger brakes for road racing, or if you just want something pretty behind the wheels.

-Max

JoeD

hey Max, have you raced with the stock FD brakes?? how do they hold up in race conditions??

but you gotta admit...huge *** rotors and shiny red calipers do look good behind some nice wheels.

Mr. Stock

The Movit kit is the Porsche brake kit.

Whe I purchased mine, I paid over $2500 for it several years ago.

Available from The Ultimate Garage

wentpearshaped

I have the Movit kit. It's heavy and expensive compared to the alternatives.

By the looks of it, it's easy to fix the brake bridge lines to convert the calipers to ahead-of-axle for the FD. The only thing you really need are the rotor hats and caliper mounting adapters. I don't know if Movit would sell those separately.

maxcooper

I have been doing track events with the stock brake calipers and rotors for a few years. They hold up okay, especially for your first few events or on tracks that aren't hard on the brakes. But I am tired of them fading or providing inconsistent performance, and I seem to kill rotors fairly often (heavy grooving & lots of little cracks). So, I have taken the plunge and ordered an AP 4-piston kit with 13" rotors from N-Tech. I think this is likely to be the best kit available for my needs in terms of weight, price, and performance. I am sure that the AP 6-piston kits and Mark V.'s 8-piston Brembo setup are nicer, but also much more costly.

There is no doubt that big brakes look cool. I understand the desire to get them even if their dynamic performance is not the main motivation for their purchase. But that's not why I ordered mine -- I want something to stop the car well! They probably look cool, but I view that as a nice side effect. The looks of one kit versus another was not a factor in my purchase decision.

-Max