kerscher disks, 944 calipers - am i right?

[mabbo]

hey,

did you ever measure the two up laner? no worries if not.

thanks,
mabbo

[jrinlv]

Sorry to jump in here, so you can not use 944 na on any drop spindle? Thanks JR

[flat]

I did measure up the Kercher disk/ 944NA caliper combo. Not good. The 944 pad is too large for the rotor. The 944 pad is about 51mm tall, while the barking surface on the kercher rotor is only 45mm. The 944 pad would overhang the rotor. it's not a good combination to put together.

As for the 944NA setup on a dropped spindle..it works with a LP spindle, but the BJ spindle requires alot of clearancing to make the caliper fit in the conventional position (under the steering arm). I'm going to retry the setup, and see if I can get the caliper to fit above the steering arm without too much spindle clearancing. I'll keep you guys posted. One side effect of the 'top' position will be a significant offset chance, but combined with modern offset Porsche wheels this may be a good thing. Also, in the 'top' position, you may have to remove the caliper from the mount in order to bleed correctly.....


Lanner

[mabbo]

hey
cheers for the reply lanner.
thats a bugger, i was hoping that would work, as i really want vented disks with a good caliper and keeping stock vw 4 stud to use my 15" wheels.
i notice on the "Which Porsche brake upgrade should I do ? Hmmm" how to, it says a 944 turbo 4 piston caliper can be used with the kerscher style disk. i guess i would need to run 16" wheels to fit this caliper?
hmm... bugger! any other calipers i might be able to use with this disk?
thanks
mabbo