Anyone using Brake Cooling Ducts

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by Lil bastard

It's false reasoning to think that more is always more.

With Stock Brakes, you're much more likely to experience improvement in switching pads than adding a larger cooling duct.

Save the $20 and put it toward better pads. Just my $0.02.

Better pads are a given...
The ducts will cool those down too. Which ducts do I want to cool my better pads?

[Lil bastard]

Well, then, max cooling would come from the RS ducts; as long as it didn't delay bringing the temp of the pads up.

You could always try the GT3 ducts and if you felt you needed more go up to the RS ones.

Either way, w/ stock calipers/rotors, you'll delay the onset of fade but not eliminate it entirely - the 'S' Brakes almost do.

[RandallNeighbour]

Houston_C4S put the GT3's on his 987 and said the factory ones were on there so tight he did not think they could be removed... then couldn't get the GT3's on easily either.

So, expect a tug of war when you get to doing the install.

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by Lil bastard

Well, then, max cooling would come from the RS ducts; as long as it didn't delay bringing the temp of the pads up.

You could always try the GT3 ducts and if you felt you needed more go up to the RS ones.

Either way, w/ stock calipers/rotors, you'll delay the onset of fade but not eliminate it entirely - the 'S' Brakes almost do.

Don't these ducts mainly cool the rotors only?

Hmm, since I don't have S brakes, no sense getting the allegedly superior (at least in price) RS ducts. You may have just convinced me to get the cheaper ones.

Does any one know if ducts on a base 996 are the same as the Boxsters?

Randall, from previous posts, it sounds like installation has been easy for most folks.

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by Jeph

Don't these ducts mainly cool the rotors only?

Hmm, since I don't have S brakes, no sense getting the allegedly superior (at least in price) RS ducts. You may have just convinced me to get the cheaper ones.

Does any one know if ducts on a base 996 are the same as the Boxsters?

Randall, from previous posts, it sounds like installation has been easy for most folks.

I can't confirm they are 100% the same but they look the same from my 01' 986 S & my Pops 01' 996 c2.