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mr 32 Grand Master

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i have been offered a set of porsche brakes off a boxter s i think. there supposed to be the same as carrera brakes. i have also been told that they are a direct replacement for an evo 8. are they able to fitted to my gtr or dont bother with them.

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Roy Grand Master

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you should be able to fit them..

Chris's I WIN GTR has porshe 8 pot brakes fitted

What Porsche has 8pot brakes???

Also if they lug type calipers they could be a lot harder to fit then radial mount type. Also keep in mind that Boxters dont use very large rotors, so depending on the rotor you want to run it may impossiblel to fit them...just do your homework !

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Ive heard that once a set of porsche brakes have been 'heat cycled' they start having issues with uneven clamping pressure as the caliper start to warp and buckle. Apparently when someone is selling off second hand porsche brakes it can mean they are rooted.

Thats what the gt3 guys say around the track.

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Roy Grand Master

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Carrera GT

Ok, so they look to use the generic 8 pot Brembo that sees use on the Audis, AMGs, Lambos etc. In which case they are radial mount and pretty universal to bolt on to other cars

The boster calipers i have seen are all lug type, so would depend ont he rotor sze you plan to run whether a bracket could be made for them.

...woudl need research, sould work well, but lookign at what the calipers are and the rotor they use, i think the more common pgrades could be more suitable

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Most calipers can be mounted to any vehicle with the right radius rotor and brackets ,we do this alot .The other thing to remember is alot of porsche calipers for sale are off race cars and if they need to be reconditioned and have pads they become very expensive this is why these guys just buy new ones.Some 6pot calipers the pads are over $600 dollars to replace and the repair kits are the same especially if you need new pistons.

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Ive heard that once a set of porsche brakes have been 'heat cycled' they start having issues with uneven clamping pressure as the caliper start to warp and buckle. Apparently when someone is selling off second hand porsche brakes it can mean they are rooted.

Thats what the gt3 guys say around the track.

exactly, the porsche 6 spot monoblock calipers warp pretty easily on the track, and they are cheap to replace about 800 a side.

Im sure the boxter brakes are a different story

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exactly, the porsche 6 spot monoblock calipers warp pretty easily on the track, and they are cheap to replace about 800 a side.

Im sure the boxter brakes are a different story

Correct. We recently did the brakes on our 996 cup cars. Kits, including the pistons, were $500 per side. Makes sense to just throw the whole caliper on.

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