what is in volved in putting 944 brakes on a 1303

madpballer · Post by **madpballer** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:23 pm

what all in invoved? is it a direct drop in on a 1303 or not. could i use the struts and rear trailing arms. any step by step conversions out there where somewone else has done it? is it worth it?

any other info would be great

thanx carson

iswinkels · Post by **iswinkels** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:28 pm

Well the rears are a direct bolt on. You'll need:

'85-86 944 S rear hubs
86 944 turbo backing plates and e-brake shoes
'85-86 944 S disc rotors
944 S or 944 Turbo calipers

You will also need an adapter made up to link th vw hand brake cable to the porsche e-brake cable.

I don't know about the fronts.... I'm sure its been done. Check out www.germanlook.com and see what they do.

As for if it's worth it, well you won't get better braking performance from any other system around. Porsche brakes are a must in my opinion for any car that has 150+ rwhp.

Cheers,

madpballer · Post by **madpballer** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:33 pm

i have a turbo type 4 1.7 turbo. mostly stock except for the turbo of course. im putting 17x 8 inch wheels which i know will also affect braking. would you say this is necessary?

thanc arson

iswinkels · Post by **iswinkels** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:37 pm

Well for the back you'll need what I mentioned above plus some wheel spacers.

They will need to be at least 25mm. Maybe as large as 35mm. Basically you'll install the brakes and then use some washers to work out how thick your spacers will need to be, then buy the correct thickness spacers.

8" wheels will not fit under stock guards, so your rear guards will need to be 1.5" to 2" wider than stock.

I have no idea about mcpherson strut front ends though...

The weight of the type4 will be fine. You'll use a stock vw master cylinder for starters, and later on option up to a 944 mc and a bias adjuster for the rear end. All this has been done on german look before.

madpballer · Post by **madpballer** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:17 pm

thanx for the info. ya i have 1.5 inch wider plus a flare

BOB JOHNS · Post by **BOB JOHNS** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:13 pm

i am running 944 brakes at all 4 corners you need to talk to lanner at http://www.vdubcustoms.com/ he does great work and really reansonable prices to.....

madpballer · Post by **madpballer** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:57 pm

do you have it on a 1303 if so what all was invovled

BOB JOHNS · Post by **BOB JOHNS** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:25 am

BOB JOHNS wrote:you need to talk to lanner at http://www.vdubcustoms.com/ he does great work and really reansonable prices to.....

Post by **Marc** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:06 pm

iswinkels wrote:Well the rears are a direct bolt on. You'll need: ...

...also eight longer bolts to attach the thicker backing plates.