944 Turbo rear brakes

[vwdave]

Hi guys,
Has anyone used the early (83-85) 944 N/A rear backing plates/ hub/ stub axle/ handbrake assembly with an '86 Turbo rear disc. I have some brembos from a 944 S2 and want to mount them on the rear with as small a track increase as possible. Do the '86 Turbo aluminium arms increase track (+26mm per side) the same amount as the early 944 N/A setup??

Any help and advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Dave :)

[Jim Andritsakos]

Hello Dave!

Well, the 944 steel rear arms will not increase the width.The alloy rear arms increase it by 26mm (1986) and by 60mm (all other years)...

Rgds,

[MattKab]

Hi Dave, yes the Brembos and corresponding disc will fit the hub and handbrake and the caliper will need 1.5mm spacing. That's what I'm running. Everything fits.

The steel and Aluminium bearing cap/caliper mounts are dimensionally the same.

[Alex]

Actually I think Sandeep measured his setup with a Boxster disk and the aluminum backing plates.....and it does increase the track by 26mm too. I believe the increase is in the disk.....regardless of which arm you use.

Sandeep,

please confirm this or tell me if I am wrong.

Alex

[Andy White]

Whether you the fit 944 standard discs or the turbo discs, the track increase is the same, 26mm. The only difference is the diameter of the disc surface. If you are using 4-pot brembos I'd stick with turbo discs as the pads utilise the whole surface area. I had to space the caliper out by 2mm for some reason or another.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Andy.

[vwdave]

Thanks heaps for all the info. Saves me having to buy the stuff and then find out it doesn't fit.

Keep on Germanlooking guys

Regards

Dave:) :)

[Sandeep]

Here's the post with the info I measured.

http://www.germanlook.com/Forums/showthread.php?threadid=303

Sandeep

[marc1302]

Hy,

-the 924 2.0 turbo, the 924 carrera gt, the 924 2.5 s and 944 2.5 : the steel rear arms increase track : + 26 per side

-the 944 2.5 S 86-87, the 944 2.7 B and the 944 2.5 TURBO 85-86: the aluminium arms increase track : + 43 mm per side

-the 944 2.5 S 87-88, the 944 2.5 TURBO 86-91 and the 944 3.0 S2 : the aluminium arms increase track : + 73 mm per side


Enought informations????

:silly:

Marc