Rear brakes and e-brake... Options

[edhall]

Hi guys, just joined as I've just got a 914. Need a little help with parts compatibility and wondered if anyone could help?

Car is a 74 914 with a 3.2 Carrera engine, 901 trans, and it stops with 911 SC vented rotors and calipers all round. Thing is, it doesn't have an emergency brake. The car was built in California but here in the uk it cannot be road legal without one.

Do I go 911 style drum in disc or 914 style ebrake on a calipers?

Thanks in advance

[Eric_Shea]

I have the whole SC front suspension with spindles, so I think that should work - eh?

So similar characteristics in terms of braking, but the SC would be a PITA in terms of fiddling and also heavy. You are tempting me. I pour aluminum in the driveway as an amusement, but have bought more safety equipment since my son got burned with a little tiny piece. Thanks Eric!

Lets see if we can get this quote thing right... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

The SC front would work. If it's for street and occasional autocross, i would just use the struts and not the A-Arms and crossmember. Keep in mind, the A-Caliper associated with that is the heaviest caliper ever used on a Porsche.

The rears are essentially the same. Same piston same pad and parts of the calipers even come out of the same mold.

Yes, the rear handbrake mechanism is more trouble than it's worth. I would get about 1/2 way through grinding one arm before I decided to go 914-6 calipers in the rear but that's just me. Then you have to fit the parking brake, have the holes elongated etc. A 70-73 handbrake assembly would bolt on with more grinding and more welding and custom cables etc. Again, I would opt for a 914-6 caliper that bolts on vs. all of that.