I love my GT2 but I have to admit that the brakes really suck compared to other cars I drive. My pedal is firm, however, the pads don't grab really well or one side grabs better leading to the car turning a bit during hard braking.

Anyhow, I don't want to recreate a PCCB bashing session, instead, I would love to hear some suggestions regarding what can be bought to replace them.

Ideally, I would like to change the rotors and the pads but keep the calipers. Is that possible? Which part do I need and where can I get them. Thanks for any info on the subject.

Arnaud

 

Wow that is interesting indeed? The car at the shoot out with them (I forgot which one) actually did really well with those...

 

Basically, they were kind of OK until I tracked the car for 2h at Laguna including a 1h non stop session. Since then, they suck.

The situation has been described at lenght on Rennlist. As I said, I don't really want to complain again. I would really like to learn what would be a good replacement.

Arnaud

 

Someone in Europe from another board has replaced them with steel versions same size, I believe these are the brakes CJV has.

 

It depends on how much you want to spend but you can go all over the place right up to what we have on the IA car here... Come take a look at mine since you're local. I might some point swap for something lesser.... I'm nowhere near good enough to take advantage of them!

 

WOW!!!

 

I'm in the process of ugrading my brakes - GT2 calipers and steel rotors. Gert at Carnewal has 'um.

 

Robert just leave your car alone.. HEHE

 

acw this may seem a little obvious to me but I will point it out anyways as no one else has.

Have you looked at what Brembo has to offer in their aftermarket department? I'm sure many other companies will be listed but this may get you started in the right direction. I believe they have some 15" rotors that will clear most 19" rims and some 18" rims.


I actually have a set of stock 996 turbo rotors laying around, the owner upgraded to the PCCB rotors and calipers (GT2?) brakes. I'm not sure how much you track your car but just getting stock equipement may also be a route to choose.

 

I'm in the middle of a lengthy investigation into this same subject having had my 2nd set of PCCB rotors fitted recently to my GT2. Options are:

1. Upgrade to the big Brembo 380mm system, which are great but very expensive and may require 19" wheels.

2. The easiest route is to leave the rear PCCBs on and fit the steel 350mm GT3 front rotors. Whilst this sounds odd, it's the cheapest and is what my Dealer recomended as the rears never wear out the rotors.

3. Try and get some Porsche Motorsport front and rear steel discs that fit the existing calipers. My contact in Germany is working on this.

4. Get some other brand of steel rotor that fits the existing calipers. I have a firm here in England that supplies a 370mm Performance Friction floating slotted rotor for the front that uses the existing 6pot caliper with a spacer plate. They are looking into providing a similar rear setup also.

I'm basically trying to get someone to put together a complete PCCB to steel conversion package as I'm sure it will be in demand in the future when other GT3 drivers realise the problems with PCCB.

Guy

 

From what I understand the iron GT3 rotors are a straight swap and you can use the same calipers front and rear. You would also have to swap the pads. If this is the case than it may be worthwhile to proactively swap the PCCB rotors for iron rotors till PAG gets the pad issue sorted out... especialy if you want to track.

 

arnaud,

please take the trouble to search; this was discussed at length. try under Oak's name.

 

Iron GT3 rotors are a stright swap for the front, but not for the rear, as GT2 rears are 350mm vs 330mm for GT3.

Also the stock iron rotors are much heavier than two piece rotors available in aftermarket, hence the investigations.

 

But the iron GT3 rotors would be a straight swap for the PCCB rotors on a GT3, correct?

 

No - all PCCB rotors (GT2 and GT3) are 350mm front and rear (CGT has 380mm PCCB).

GT3 steel are 350/330 f/r, Turbo are 330/330 f/r.