And you thought "Big Reds" were big

[lazylongboarder]

Hey just letting you in on the first pics of my project. I had to mount these as soon as I got them. This is a huge step for my bug.

I can't really put this into perspective on how huge these things are and i know every one is differant but humor me. Hold up you right arm horizontally with your hand in a fist, look at your knuckles then your elbow... and that's how big the caliper is. Really. I have to use 18's to clear em'.

These are off the front of a 2005 Porsche Cayenne turbo. The setup on that suv are the 6 pots up front with a 14" rotor, and 4 pots out back with a 12.5" rotor, and all reviews say that they are to say the least, "grabby". I'm going a little over kill and doing the 6 pots front and rear (who needs an e-brake? :haveadrin ). Engineers at Porsche explained that the mono-block style brakes are designed to stop the 6500 pound suv from 165 mph, yep 165, with out a hint of fade. And also stop a 7800 pound trailered load (with out helper brakes) from 90 mph without a problem. I think these won't have any troubles stopping my 1800 pound beetle .

All i can say is lanner is the man. He let me know whats going on every step of the way. The craftsmanship is second to none. The machined billet aluminum hubs that he made are incredible. Its a shame I have to hide it behind the rotor. Contact him now and maybe you'll be the first to put 8 pot's on a beetle (brembo makes em'). Put some brakes made by lanner to match the power of your T4, you won't regret it (944 sliders to Cayenne 6 pots, they all make a huge differance in performance and lanner does them the best). Vdubcustoms.com or 905.302.3087 Call him, he's the nicest guy to work with.

These are going to be complimenting the front and the rear of my std. 74' Type 1.

The plans for the car are;

550 hp.

6 speed G-50.

1.0 lateral g in handleing (GT2,Enzo,CGT...the elite).

Run a mid 10 second quarter mile.

160 mph and be at least some-what stable.

You get the idea.

I don't know how to post the pictures on the thread but here are the attachments.

Thanks for looking,
Russ

Any comments/advise without killing my hopes of 160 mph, is appreciated.