Good brake upgrade for a turbo?

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Old Nov 19, 2013 | 08:31 AM
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Good brake upgrade for a turbo?

I think the pccb is more of a overpriced gimmick than a good mod to do. What's a nice upgrade in rotors and maybe calipers for a 996 turbo? Want to stick with steel rotors, but would like 2 piece
 
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I have been using the SEBRO slotted rotors (single piece) with the stock calipers.


No weight savings, but the pads lasted twice as long.
 
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I have been using the SEBRO slotted rotors (single piece) with the stock calipers. No weight savings, but the pads lasted twice as long.
Same rotors here and along with PFC01 pads front and back it has been bullet proof. I did also add the GT2RS cooling ducts to shove more fresh air at them. I've ran 5x race days at it so far and still have plenty of life on the pads. My old cool carbon pads were only good for 1-5 days.
 
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I ran the stock rotors and calipers but upgraded the brake ducts and ran the Hawk DTC-60 pads all around. Worked like a ***** and did well on the street as well. For the price of 2 RS29s you can have a set of 4 Hawks.

I did RRR and VIR with these and never had any brake issues.
 
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GyroDisc slotted 2-piece. They last forever. Awesome on track and perfectly fine for street. I have them on my Grand Am car and had some on my dual purpose 997.1 S for 3 years and they were still going strong...when I augured the car in.
 
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