330 to 350mm front disc conversion

[blackie]

Evening all, I am currently assembling a mass pile of parts to give the full braking system a complete overhaul including painting and completely rebuilding the calipers etc.

I have found some caliper spacer brackets that allow the fitment of the 350mm disc rather than the stock 330mm versions.

Is anyone running this?

And can anyone tell me if the pad sweep on the disc is sufficient or is there a big area on the disc that the pads won’t touch?

I know the extra 20mm won’t make a massive difference to performance but may as well whilst I’m there!

Cheers

 

[Alex]

MartinRSR did something similar. Here, read this:

996 C2/4 Big brake kit

Hi All, I'm working on a protoype big brake kit for my '98 C2 that will enable the use of a stock Porsche 330mm or 350mm disc in place of the 318mm standard ones. The caliper will remain the same, the point of the bigger disc being improved leverage and heat dissipation. If my prototype is...

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[Alex]

Double post.

 

[blackie]

Thanks for that Alex v useful info