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Brake upgrade, Wide 5 or early NA 944 brake conversion?

S shuie
Which did you use and why?

I know the rear NA 944s are a bolt on affair. The fronts are not so easy, but there is a guy on thesamba that has a bolt on kit for ~$600-$700. I'm a big fan of Porsche brakes, but is there any benefit to having this much braking ability on 15" 165 tires? Is the early NA 944 setup overkill on a streetable Speedster replica?

The non vented rotors on the wide 5 kits I've looked at don't really look anywhere near as robust as the vented 944 rotors. That's okay as long as it's enough for the car. When you go to the Wide 5 setup, do you even use a disk conversion kit, or do you just go with the old 356 drums?

This obviously has an impact on the wheels I can use. I really want the look of the Mangel (sp?) type wheels, like on an early Carrera, or on some of the outlaw type builds. Is this even doable with the Porsche brakes?

TIA
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S shuie
Which did you use and why?

I know the rear NA 944s are a bolt on affair. The fronts are not so easy, but there is a guy on thesamba that has a bolt on kit for ~$600-$700. I'm a big fan of Porsche brakes, but is there any benefit to having this much braking ability on 15" 165 tires? Is the early NA 944 setup overkill on a streetable Speedster replica?

The non vented rotors on the wide 5 kits I've looked at don't really look anywhere near as robust as the vented 944 rotors. That's okay as long as it's enough for the car. When you go to the Wide 5 setup, do you even use a disk conversion kit, or do you just go with the old 356 drums?

This obviously has an impact on the wheels I can use. I really want the look of the Mangel (sp?) type wheels, like on an early Carrera, or on some of the outlaw type builds. Is this even doable with the Porsche brakes?

TIA
O OttoBevis
Do you have a standard body with IRS suspension? This is what I purchased. Gear-one front and rear alloy, vented, 4-piston 5-wide brakes (about $1600). Rear narrowed control arms (about $450). Standard mangel 5 1/2" wheels front (185 width tires seem to work best). 7" mangel wheels for rear (225 tires will fit, widening cost $250). I havent fitted it yet but I quite sure it will fit.
FM Former Member
I'd be surprised if you can fit 7" rim under a standard body without custom axles.

I have narrowed my own trailing arms as much as i could and used custom axles. it resulted in ~1.1" per side. i have 185's on a 5.5" rim. depending on the offset - you'd likely need to modify the body to squeeze the 7" in there. I only have ~ 1/2" clearance on my tires / fenders and i already had to trim some stuff on the other side to make sure there was no wheel rub.
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