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what did you do to your 944 today

Edd item 14 below.
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They channel air from the nose cone to the bake discs for cooling.
 
ORIGINAL: Copperman05
ORIGINAL: Frenchy What ya up to Ed ?
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Rear calipers have serious plate lift and as I want (rather than need) to upgrade the front calipers to m030 I decided to buy front and rear calipers new from Exeter, also have new discs front and rear, just waiting to be fitted now. I think this will have to be the last upgrade of the year for me..[:)] Edd
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Id be interested to know how much that cost Edd, if you dont mind? Im in two minds about my own front calipers, and curious about the rears as I had terrible lift on the offside. The Early Turbo style cooling ducts can be fitted to your S2, and therell almost certainly be a cutout outline in the wheel arch liner which when opened up allows the hoses to pass through. I think that you may need to secure the hose to your struts, which can be accomplished using hoseclips as you wont have the small bracket. Turbo Cup style replace the combined driving and fog lamps with a body colour duct. Theyre overt and they are probably more efficient too, but you lose the lamps and alter the appearance of the car substantially. Im not sure where you can buy the parts from now either - I have the part numbers somewhere but theyve long since become redundant. Simon
 
ORIGINAL: 944 man Edd Id be interested to know how much that cost Edd, if you dont mind? Im in two minds about my own front calipers, and curious about the rears as I had terrible lift on the offside. Simon
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I too would be interested to know about the price of the calipers. I sourced a set off a '91 turbo that I have to rebuild but always figured that new calipers wouldn't be a bad idea considering the price for rebuild parts. If I'm not mistaken the ducts Rob mentions were standard fitment to all turbos until 1990.
 
Calipers with discount and inc vat were about £400 each, surprisingly the rears only being about £15 cheaper than the m030 front. I probably could have gotten away with getting the rears refurbished but I'm not sure how much of a difference there would be once I've paid labour to remove, repair, replace refurb and refit. Although if doing the work yourself it would seem the sensible option. At least with buying new I know there will be good for several years and will probably last longer and outperform a refurbed unit.
 
Nice one Ed, both my turbos have brake cooloing ducts, from factory, easy fit really, you will need MO30 hubs for calipers and discs, i have been at Mikes gaarge today rebuilding the Turbo S after Turbo strip down due to snapped studs [:mad:] So have changed oil, stripped, cleaned, and adjusted handbrake, topped up diff, sorted underbody protection, turbo now fitted along with all exhaust system pipes, there are a few on the turbo, new bolts washers and nuts makes life easier ! New Antifreeze and will probably change the cambelt whilst i am in there, should the front pulley give up without a fight, new bolts and tinware to tidy up the engine bay ! Mike has been diagnosed with whooping cough after his spell in A & E in Bourk after LM.......................Say hello to your dad from me.
 
Put a battery in her today.First time for 3 yrs. OMG lights working heater fan not working ,wiper motor running all the time,sunroof opened and wont close again. Alot of work to do tomorrow to fix the problems.
 
ORIGINAL: Frenchy Nice one Ed, both my turbos have brake cooloing ducts, from factory, easy fit really, you will need MO30 hubs for calipers and discs, i have been at Mikes gaarge today rebuilding the Turbo S after Turbo strip down due to snapped studs [:mad:] So have changed oil, stripped, cleaned, and adjusted handbrake, topped up diff, sorted underbody protection, turbo now fitted along with all exhaust system pipes, there are a few on the turbo, new bolts washers and nuts makes life easier ! New Antifreeze and will probably change the cambelt whilst i am in there, should the front pulley give up without a fight, new bolts and tinware to tidy up the engine bay ! Mike has been diagnosed with whooping cough after his spell in A & E in Bourk after LM.......................Say hello to your dad from me.
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Give Mike my best wishes again, I hope he is better now. No hubs required as adapters can be used with existing setup. A Turbo with turbo related issues? No I dont believe it! I'm sure it will be better than ever once back together mate. Edd
 
ORIGINAL: Copperman05 Calipers with discount and inc vat were about £400 each, surprisingly the rears only being about £15 cheaper than the m030 front. I probably could have gotten away with getting the rears refurbished but I'm not sure how much of a difference there would be once I've paid labour to remove, repair, replace refurb and refit. Although if doing the work yourself it would seem the sensible option. At least with buying new I know there will be good for several years and will probably last longer and outperform a refurbed unit.
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£400 per set? I think that's around what I paid for a new set of big blacks several years ago - I made my own brake ducts...
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Ducts look good, although I think I would miss the fog and driving lights. GTS calipers tend to be cheaper for some reason, probably made in greater numbers, won't fit under my 16" wheels though.
 
Me and Paz drove back from Oulton races last night him in his Audi me in my red turbo he said he saw a few flashes of flames out the back[8D][:D]
 
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