997.1 GT3 RS Front discs

[Steven2mum]

Hi,

Looking to upgrade my steel front discs to either 350mm PF or 362 Alcons, does anyone have any experience of either and any recommendation would be appreciated.

Also, any help with stockists?

Cheers

[Cunno]

Here you go

https://uber9s.com

Speak to Nick he will be able to help. You can go up to 380mm at the front with a slight mod to calliper

Jon

[Porsche911R]

Brembo make a nice set up £1300 a set of fronts.

[Jim1556]

£1300 for a pair of discs?

[noneedtolift]

PF very good for track but very noisey (even the later ones). Can't comment on the others.

[Steve Rance]

Jim1556 said:

£1300 for a pair of discs?

The bells are re-usable. Nothing cheap when it comes to stopping a big GT car on track

[Jim1556]

I get that Steve, but Design911 do OEM or equivalents for £400-700 for a pair... Can't see Brembos being that much better!

[Slippydiff]

Jim1556 said:

I get that Steve, but Design911 do OEM or equivalents for £400-700 for a pair... Can't see Brembos being that much better!

That would depend on useage, for road use the Brembos would be overkill, for frequent track use, you'll be killing OEM drilled discs with frustrating regularity.

[Steven2mum]

Slippydiff said:

That would depend on useage, for road use the Brembos would be overkill, for frequent track use, you'll be killing OEM drilled discs with frustrating regularity.

I normally do about 10 track days a year including 2/3 at the Ring and a couple at Spa. Also now looking at upgrading to 380mm with spacers for the calliper. Thoughts? Any more advice would be appreciated

Cheers

Steve

[Steve Rance]

I get 3-4 days out of a set of OEM fronts with pagoda yellows and about 15 out of a set of brembo floating discs.

From a track perspective they are cost effective. Probably not on road only use

[Jim1556]

So what kills OEM discs? Poor heat dissipation?

[Slippydiff]

Jim1556 said:

So what kills OEM discs? Poor heat dissipation?

Cracks emanating from the drilled holes in the faces.

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/506799-slott...

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c5-general/28...

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/654567-rotor...

Edit to add thread links with images (and Porsche guidelines for replacement due to cracking of drilled discs)

Edited by Slippydiff on Monday 26th June 23:00

[Slippydiff]

Steven2mum said:

I normally do about 10 track days a year including 2/3 at the Ring and a couple at Spa. Also now looking at upgrading to 380mm with spacers for the calliper. Thoughts? Any more advice would be appreciated

Cheers

Steve

What car ? But irrespective of the car, I'd go Alcons with RS29's (though I'm hearing very good things about the PFC 08 and 11 pads) the Alcons will last waaaay longer than the standard items.

Brembo and PFC no doubt do similar 380mm disc pakages, but the Alcons are well proven. For Alcons speak to Matty at Fearnsport /Nick at Uber9's.

[Steve Rance]

I've driven most combinations and would agree that in my experience the Alcon option is the best

[Porsche911R]

Steve Rance said:

I've driven most combinations and would agree that in my experience the Alcon option is the best

I think Alcon VS Brembo come down to support and best deal, cannot see one being better than the other both are proven as are Gyro.

Pads mind you seems another story, the things I read about the magic of Endless pads sounds amazing lol

again you need deep pockets but the base pad mx72 plus sounds like the best road pad ever which can take 700 oc and do track days !
Little dust, quite and can take the heat !

what is this magic pad ! lol

[Steve Rance]

My experience with Brembo is with the original toggled hat/disc combo. Maybe the gyro effect is better on the new set up

[Steven2mum]

Steve Rance said:

My experience with Brembo is with the original toggled hat/disc combo. Maybe the gyro effect is better on the new set up

Hi Steve, have you had issues with the Bembo's then? What is the implications of the "gyro effect"?

[Steven2mum]

Slippydiff said:

Steven2mum said:

I normally do about 10 track days a year including 2/3 at the Ring and a couple at Spa. Also now looking at upgrading to 380mm with spacers for the calliper. Thoughts? Any more advice would be appreciated

Cheers

Steve

What car ? But irrespective of the car, I'd go Alcons with RS29's (though I'm hearing very good things about the PFC 08 and 11 pads) the Alcons will last waaaay longer than the standard items.

Brembo and PFC no doubt do similar 380mm disc pakages, but the Alcons are well proven. For Alcons speak to Matty at Fearnsport /Nick at Uber9's.

2007 997 GT3rs

[mm450exc]

Alcon with PFC08 is the best setup.

[Steven2mum]

mm450exc said:

Alcon with PFC08 is the best setup.

What size are you using?