Turbo front brakes

[Dan944t]

Unexpectedly had to stomp on my brakes going a lot faster than 100 once. Don't remember if the Textar pads were fitted then, but the brake fade was very unsettling [].

i remember before i had JMG refurb mine along with slide plates when it was in for a AFM tune up ,… i told him i was not impressed with the brakes as i had the same issue with brake fade going a silly speed …. they felt like they were just not bitting and it was very scary …. after the refurb ,.. and new disc and pads i remember having to email to say how amazed i was ,… it just didn’t feel like the same brakes to me ,.. it was night and day

 

[dlknight]

There is a Czech fella over on the Facebook groups who posted a picture of a 944 with Ferrari 458 Challenge centre-lock wheels and 488 Challenge carbon-ceramic brakes fitted to custom hubs a couple of days ago. Apparently, it is one of his customer's cars and has a 968 engine.

I agree with you folks though the big brakes on the 250 Turbo are awesome.

 

[blade7]

I'm sure the 928 S4 brakes were awesome 30+ years ago, but brake tech has moved on. I'm fairly confident my 4 year old Leon Cupra estate, would out brake my 944 turbo now.

 

[944Turbo]

The 944 brakes certainly need pushing harder than many over servoed modern cars, they should work fairly well though. My coupe has Big blacks and EBC yellow stuff - they squealed comically until I got some proper heat into them (black flagged at Donnington and sat there with them smoking for 2 minutes while they came over and told me I was being too noisy - exhaust was popping as I changed gear under the noise sensor). Yellows wear slower than Red / produce less dust and work better and are fine on the road after cooking. I have some yellows to try in the Yaris at some point not because the standard ones are lacking but because I won them (that has 356mm disks from the factory though which is pretty big for a fairly light car).

Tony

 

[blade7]

The 944 brakes certainly need pushing harder than many over servoed modern cars, they should work fairly well though. My coupe has Big blacks and EBC yellow stuff - they squealed comically until I got some proper heat into them (black flagged at Donnington and sat there with them smoking for 2 minutes while they came over and told me I was being too noisy - exhaust was popping as I changed gear under the noise sensor). Yellows wear slower than Red / produce less dust and work better and are fine on the road after cooking. I have some yellows to try in the Yaris at some point not because the standard ones are lacking but because I won them (that has 356mm disks from the factory though which is pretty big for a fairly light car).

Tony

Big blacks are the same as Big reds, 928 GTS and 993 turbo brakes aren't they, so you have uprated brakes? I've never braked hard repeatedly in my Cupra R estate with 370mm discs, but the brakes are in a different league to anything else I've driven. And I'd love that braking performance in my Turbo.

 

[944Turbo]

Standard in the Cab, which is the only one I have driven recently! Coupe is uprated and with additional cooling, but was also running with c350BHP and often with sticky tyres when on track.

Tony

 

[blade7]

I have the cooling ducts fitted into the arch liners, and also the 968 scoops. What size discs are you using with the Big black calipers?