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rear discs on a irs rear can you use ones for a type 1

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:48 pm
by damo99
i am looking at some discs for my early notch (with irs)
for a type 1 (empi brand)
1- are they any good (do they stop better than drums)
2- do they fit
3- handbrake cables, how much to short and can they be lengthend (or remaid)
any help would be apprectiated

Re: rear discs on a irs rear can you use ones for a type 1

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:14 pm
by Tom Notch
No knowledge of that brand but I have "T1" discs on the back of my IRS notch. The cables need a longer outer sheaf but I'll have the go look at what I made for the length. T3 rear drums are pretty dang good except for a "more serious" application.

Re: rear discs on a irs rear can you use ones for a type 1

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:42 pm
by Chris V
Type III stuff is pretty comparable to Porsche 944 discs in my experience...just without the added benefits of style and no more brake adjustments. BTW, Porsche stuff is a bolt-on affair, but it increases the trackwidth substanially and the "E-brake" is pathetic, I'd only consider it a parking brake.