914-6 Factory Rear Brakes

confused · 01-23-2003, 07:25 PM

Do 914-6 factory rear brakes have vented rotors? Thave 911 style parking brakes right? Don't they use 911 rear rotors? They are the best rear brakes to have on a 914 right?

echocanyons · echocanyons's Garage

nope solid on the normal 6's

914/6 specific rotors

some gts had vented

campbellcj · 01-23-2003, 10:46 PM

IIRC the only difference is a very slight increase in piston size. I can't remember if the pad is any bigger. Either way, from what I have heard, the improvement in braking is very tiny.

Some guys have fabbed nice setups using the 911 vented rotors and parking brake setup in the rear of the 914, but that was not a normal production 914-6 setup.

djpateman · 01-24-2003, 10:02 AM

914/6 rears are similar to 911 rears
38mm pistons, larger pads
can be converted for venting with spacers
details are available

Dave at Pelican Parts · Dave at Pelican Parts's Garage

Uhm... They are a lot more similar to the 914-4 rear calipers than to the 911 ones. The whole odd adjuster bit, the mechanical actuation of the inboard piston, the overall size and shape. About the only difference, really, is the size of the piston.

--DD

mr914 · 01-28-2003, 03:51 PM

Where do you get the spacers?

Phoenix-MN · 01-28-2003, 04:54 PM

Not sure if the original factory spacers are available anymore. This is what I did
http://www.phoenixhobbies.com/html/brakes.html

Dave at Pelican Parts · Dave at Pelican Parts's Garage

You get them from early 911 calipers. Some of the very early 911s with vented rotors used the same calipers as the earlier ones with solid rotors. But a spacer was used in between the caliper halves. This spacer works on 914-4 or 914-6 rear calipers as well. The O-rings are hard to find, though.

--DD

fetus · fetus's Garage

If your looking for 914-6 rear calipers or rebuild kits there the same as a ferarri dino rear brakes. My 914-6 rear calipers were leaking and I got rebuild kits from Ferrari. They also told me they still sell new rear calipers.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Now _THAT_ is a tech Jewel!

James

Barry2 · 03-02-2003, 12:49 AM

Check this thread for additional O-ring info:

Caliper painting

The part # is 901 351 928 10 for a single O-ring.
$1 per O-ring.

Best,
Barry

Barry2 · 10:48 PM

O-ring update. Pelican has these, I just ordered 8 of them today.
$1.08 each.

later,
Barry