Power to weight

HotRod · Post by **HotRod** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 11:21 pm

Use the 914 front brakes that you're taking off to replace for the rears. But then you've got vented disks in the front and solid in the rear, if that doesn't bother ya...

Dyno Soar · Post by **Dyno Soar** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 1:51 am

Dave_Darling · Post by **Dave_Darling** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 12:27 pm

Will the car pass MOT without any parking brake/hand brake? Going to 914 front calipers will lose the parking brake.

You can add a small mechanical "spot caliper" (e.g., go-kart caliper) to restore that function.

The stock calipers, of course, have that function built in.

If you go with 911 brakes all around, you can figure out a way to hook up the 911 drum brake parking brake. A search of the Pelican 914 BBS for posts by someone named "wilco" should turn up some info on how he did that.

--DD

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914Racer · Post by **914Racer** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 12:50 pm

I've heard of people using a drag racing "line lock" as an interim parking brake. Rig it up at the joint under the access plate where the rear brake line goes through the firewall. Anyone else heard of doing this? I hear they don't hold pressure for that long.

Dave_Darling · Post by **Dave_Darling** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 2:45 pm

That's right, they don't hold very well or very long. We had one guy on the 914 list that parked his 914 (in the paddock at a race track) and set the line lock. He walked over to his trailer to pick up something, and got to see the spectacle of his 914 rolling across the paddock and coming this close to smashing into a brand-new Boxster.

Plus, line-locks are not sufficient to pass annual inspection in some areas. Dunno about the MOT in the UK though.

--DD

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1974 VW-Porsche 914 2.0 (Type IV powered!)

Pelican Parts' 914 Tech Geek http://www.pelicanparts.com

Dyno Soar · Post by **Dyno Soar** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 6:00 am

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dave_Darling:
<B>Plus, line-locks are not sufficient to pass annual inspection in some areas. Dunno about the MOT in the UK though.

--DD

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Nope wont have any of that for Her Majesty's highways.

need to make sure you have a good handbrake. Or E brake.. whatever you guys call it.

Nalu · Post by **Nalu** » Tue Dec 24, 2002 9:54 pm

Check these brakes out. I would suspect that they might bolt up to the 914 trailing arms.
Nalu

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