996 rear calipers and Brembo handbrake for the coupe

[Henkjan]

I have the Porsche Boxster calipers, the disks and both the brackets. Only need to buy the handbrake calipers.
(btw: which John B thread ?)

[mac2226]

I have the Porsche Boxster calipers, the disks and both the brackets. Only need to buy the handbrake calipers.
(btw: which John B thread ?)

If you go to beginning 1st page the person who wrote this that’s his name Henkjan he’s listed all the part numbers and also tells you where to buy them from regards Michael

[Henkjan]

thanks. I need more coffee

[Rikki Kitto]

[John B]

A bit of a blast from the past.....not been posting here for some time . Anyway this thread came up as a notification, so i thought i would help out

For the handbrake calipers, i bought a few sets from Gardner Douglas http://www.gdcars.com They use them on the Lola T70 replicas

You can also try Lister Bell https://www.listerbell.com/78-news/1...-now-available They use them on the Lancia Stratos replicas

As regards calipers, i chose the ultra-reliable 996 carrera calipers on the S2 - the same as the 996 C4 that i now have

For handbrake caliper brackets, Kev (Bambridge) made mine and he has the drawings but i think i still have them lying around.

For the rear caliper, Will at VRS had some made for his racing Audi 80

HTH

[John B]

In fact, here is the drawing of the handbrake caliper adaptor

[Henkjan]

thanks

[martinjs]

Thanks for the drawing John, how thick is the bracket?
I will make some.

[John B]

Should have said...12mm is the thickness of the bracket that you need

[John B]

After many years, I had a query on this, which basically said "if i buy all the bits will everything bolt on without any major alterations?".

Lots of things have fallen out of my head since I came up with this upgrade but I have now reloaded the memory and my view is that there are no major alterations. The main changes are in post #7 which looks at boring out existing holes in the rear hubs to accept the handbrake adapter, which is best done with the hubs off the car but could be done whilst on the car at a push. The other alteration is to the handbrake cables to trim the longer avant cable to fit.

The rest involves buying the bits and a lot of patience. Hope this helps

[Henkjan]

how did you know that I was just waiting for this confirmation to get started with this mod it's not that I was lazy or getting a masters degree in procrastination