Design 911 are now stockiest and distributors for Performance Friction Brakes

The absolute best brakes on the market Performance Friction brakes are the standard of excellence in high-performance vehicles, and street vehicles.

Track days and street upgrades for nearly every make and model are manufactured to meet or exceed OE specifications. Whether you’re driving a brand new Porsche or a vintage collectible, we’ve got the brakes to fit your needs. Design 911 offer a wide range of Performance Friction brake pads for all Porsche models from 1970 – 2010, also in the program are a range of Two-piece floating street upgrade disc and replacement steel disc for cars with Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB)

2010 Production Performance Friction Race Compounds listed in the order of highest bite

and torque.

07 Compound (Similar to Pagid RS15)

07 PFC’s latest high bite and torque compound has been designed for the GT and rally market and has gained immediate favour with factory teams due to its unsurpassed performance. 07 has higher initial bite and higher average torque than any other PFC compound. 07 will have some friction rise with temperature and handle the most severe applications. The release and modulation characteristics are excellent as this compound is favoured for both tarmac and gravel surfaces. 07 gives very low disc wear despite its considerable performance and is still capable of similar wear to 01.

05 Compound (Similar to Pagid  RS15)

05 compound has higher initial bite with higher average torque than 01 compound and virtually no friction rise with temperature. 05 has excellent release and modulation characteristics and recommended for high grip, high downforce and severe duty applications. This compound demands the most from the vehicle setup and is suitable for tarmac applications.

01 Compound (Similar to Pagid RS14)

01 has high initial bite and torque with very little torque rise with temperature. It has less torque scatter at the end of the stop for improved modulation. 01 Compound has good disc conditioning properties with low wear. 01 Compound is one of PFC’s most popular race compounds, and wins more World and National Championships annually than any other brake pad on the market. Recommended for a wide range of competition applications, both tarmac and gravel surfaces.

06 compound (Similar to Pagid Yellow RS29)

06 has been designed as an endurance / sprint compound and is very similar to PFC 01 for both bite and torque, with excellent release and control with very low wear and very easy on brake discs. 06 pads are an excellent alternative to other brands of endurance compounds but give a much higher performance. This compound works well in both motorsport and OE type calipers even when ABS systems are retained.

08 Compound (Similar to Pagid Yellow RS19)

08 compound is one of PFC’s newest and has gained immediate favour in extended Endurance Sportscar, and GT racing due to its performance in applications where smooth initial bite is a must. 08 has a slight friction rise with temperature, excellent release and modulation characteristics. Very low disc wear, similar to 01. Despite its considerable performance, 08 has the lowest wear rate of all PFC compounds and can easily match the wear characteristics of the other competitor’s materials but with much higher bite.

97 Compound (Similar to Pagid RS42/RS44)

97 Compound has less initial bite and average torque than 08. It has great modulation, a very flat torque curve, and enhanced release characteristics. 97 is recommended as a general-purpose pad for Club Racing and Track Day events. This compound also works well in the rear when a higher torque front pad is chosen but a very stable consistent low torque rear pad is required.

Z-Rated .11 compound (Similar to Pagid Sport RS)

This compound has been designed for fast road / trackday applications. It gives more stopping power and increased fade resistance over the OE materials but retains the good qualities or the road pad i.e., low dusting and noise along with low wear rate.

- High performance compound, gained through competition pad developments

- Compound designed for low dusting qualities

- Several built in noise suppression technologies

- Excellent disc conditioning, giving even transfer layer on disc to reduce uneven pad deposits.

Pagid and Performance Friction quick convertion…

Pagid = RS Range

Performance Friction = Z Rated

Low dust, good bite, Good torque curve

Pagid = RS42/RS44

Performance Friction = 97

Good initial bite, linear torque curve, RS42/44 have rising torque curve with temperature

Pagid = RS14

Performance Friction = 01

High initial bite, easier to bed in, linear torque curve, consistent

Pagid = RS15

Performance Friction = 05

Higher friction level, easy to bed in

Pagid = RS29

Performance Friction = 06

Better pedal feel, higher friction level, less compressible material, kinder on discs, long life

Pagid = RS15

Performance Friction = 07

Easier to bed in, progressive torque curve, rising rate of friction with temperature

Pagid = RS19

Performance Friction = 08

Better pedal feel, higher friction level, less compressible material, kinder on discs, long life

1) Corporate Mentality…

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Some car companies have sadly got it the wrong way round and put profits before people – to the point where you have to question whether they actually realise cars are driven by people. It’s about cutting corners, sacrificing quality to milk those margins within an inch of its life. It’s about pleasing the shareholders.

The maths is all wrong. // Please the people and the rest (of the profits) will follow. It’s a simple formula, but one that some can’t seem to get their money obsessed, Scrooge-like heads around. Until then, and not a moment sooner, decent American cars will continue to be the exception rather than the rule.

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2) It’s The Road, Man. It’s The Road…

Some argue that American cars are made for American roads. Long, straight roads. Low on curves. For functionality. Practicality. Not as a luxury item. Or a treat. Something to enjoy.

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A car gets you from A to B and that’s it, it’s served its purpose. There’s therefore no need for the extra jazz. It doesn’t need to be decent; it just needs to know how to handle lengthy straight highways.

3) Because they make subpar car alarms….

Case in point. Jeremy Clarkson, yes, ye Clarkson of Top Gear fame, bought a Ford GT.  While cruising in it, the alarm apparently went off, to which he received a call telling him his car had been stolen. Yes, while he was driving it.

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Jeremy Clarkson stole Jeremy Clarkson’s car. That’s a first. I mean, it’s always good to know when your car’s been stolen, even if it’s by you.  Especially if it’s by you. Crime of the century, that is. Truly. Even Phil Mitchell couldn’t get away with that.

Clarkson, you stand accused.

4) If it breaks down more often, you buy more often…

If a car isn’t built with quality in mind, then you might as well assume it’s not built with longevity in mind. Poor longevity equals paying to either replace certain parts or just buying a new car altogether. Whose pockets does all that cash go into?

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As long as poorly manufactured cars are made, and some people (for whatever reason) continue to buy them, then it’s more or less a long-term cash cow for the manufacturers.

5) The unions…

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Some believe the unions had a significant impact on the automobile industry, going for the jugular demanding excessive wages for employees and leaving less wiggle room for profits. Manufacturers, in turn, tightened their purse strings: bargain-bucket builds – inexpensive paints and steels, lots of plastic where possible and other parts that wouldn’t know long-term if they were propped next to an age-old tree.

6) Not Enough Motivation to Change…

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The unions might have had a field day, but manufacturers are obviously not being hit hard enough in the balls to change. If you can build a crap car and still attract a significant amount of buyers, then there’s really little motivation to change. Now, if a major number of American consumers dug their heels in (or should it be wheels?), said “that’s it, no more (s)crap metal, please” and voted with their wallets (only bought imports), you’d be sure as hell those car manufacturers would sit up on their tootsies and pay attention.

7) Because a fortune teller once told three wise men that no matter how much they’d mess up, they’d get cookies and milk…

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Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, or the Big Three (doughnuts), got away with it, plain and simple. Like the banks that sent the world plummeting over a bridge, the Big Three were rewarded for their disservice. They messed up big time and got patted on the head with a bailout.

Like lawsuits, bailouts are likely to be more commonplace in the future. Manufacturers, banks and other large institutions will become corporate teenagers, knowing that if things go terribly terribly wrong, Uncle Government will be there to pick up the pieces.

Lovely.

8 ) Because they don’t listen…

When certain consumer preferences started to drift from the need for bear-sized gas-guzzling cars to smaller builds, American manufacturers did a metaphorical covering of their ears, did a ‘la-la-la-la. I can’t hear yoooooou”. They weren’t paying attention and it cost them. They thought they knew what consumers wanted, what they would always want.

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But someone listened: European and Asian car companies took the cream cake out of their American counterparts’ hands…and ran with it, filling a rising consumer need and dominating that market.

9) Because American cars are often designed by everyone apart from the designers themselves…

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Americans have a very talented bunch of designers. However, there’s little point in having great designers if they’re not allowed to be great. Sadly, with a chokehold placed on their creativity, they’re human puppets at best, while the true designers, unfortunately, are often the marketers, the accountants, the CEOs and the shareholders.

10) Because some are more interested in image projection than functionality…

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‘If we spend tons on marketing and advertising, even more than we spent on production, then consumers won’t notice they’re actually buying a plate of spaghetti, not a Ford.’

That’s it in a nutshell.

Britney Spears might look good, but can she sing? It might look like chicken, but does it taste like chicken? Weight is placed more on promoting the latest vehicle as the embodiment of Jesus Christ than the fact that the car probably won’t see it past the next 5 Christmases (if at that).

Whilst everyone in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship has been enjoying the seven week break, Tony Gilham has tirelessly put in a few million miles on over 100 track variations, such as the Nürburgring, Le Mans, Circuit de Catalunya, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Suzuka Grand Prix Circuit!

Not literally of course! The unmissable design of the pink and green car has been added to Forza Motorsport 3, a racing game developed for Xbox 360 by Turn 10 Studios and Microsoft, with players all over the world having the opportunity to race the Collins ReDesign Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.

Collins ReDesign Racing Team Designer, Dan Bream said: “We were contacted by Xbox 360 Forza enthusiasts, Ground Control Tuning, to let us know that they had replicated the car in the game.

“I was absolutely gob smacked by the quality and realism of the design and to be exclusively selected out of the 28-car field in the Porsche Carrera Cup is a true honor.”

The car has been replicated from the special edition version which was used during the exclusive laps of the Brands Hatch GP circuit with local youngster Drew James. Featuring Design 911 logo and all the sponsors from the day and black wheel rims, it is available for download via Ground Control Tuning’s Storefront found within the Forza 3 game.

Design 911 in conjunction with Regal-Autosport entered their modified “Big Bore” 3.8ltr Porsche 996 twin turbo into the Brands Hatch round of the Time Attack series, the car was prepared, and only finished a few days before the event, the roll cage was bolted in place the night before so no time for pre-testing.  We were thrown in amongst “the big guns” Pro-Class, this is mainly where the tuning companies come out to commence battle with their awesome machinery and this Class has now become the benchmark for tuners to showcase exactly what they can achieve with a lot of the top machines putting down lap times that are faster that that seen within BTCC and other established racing formulae.

The Porsche 996 turbo was originally built to test the DesignTek performance products range to the extreme for road and track use. The Porsche is fitted with a range of DesignTek parts like Sports Exhaust with 100 Cell High Flow Catalytic Converters, Turbo Charge Inter-coolers, Boost Pipes, Induction Filter, Brakes Calipers and Disc, 6 Point FIA Harness, Coolant Radiators and much more.

Strapped in the drivers seat was Porsche Carrera Cup driver Tony Gilham focused and ready for the challenge. Both the driver and vehicle performed brilliantly qualifying 4th in class and “the fastest Porsche” on track.

What is Time Attack ?

Starting off in Japan, Time Attack, Super Lap and Tuner Battles were organized by the media as a proving ground to see the difference between street tuned cars, produced by the tuning industries most respected tuners.

Held at various circuits in Japan although mainly Tsukuba, Time Attack rose in popularity as the stakes began to rise and the tuners had to keep on developing new and improved machines with which to conquer their competition on track with. Since the early days things have moved on and there are now different levels of vehicles entering the competitions, from road cars to full-on specifically engineered Time Attack cars made mostly of carbon fiber as the sport has evolved. Its drivers normally consist of the racing industries finest, drafted-in by tuners to pilot these unlimited machines in the bid to become the quickest.

What happens first for the drivers?

Throughout the day there will be various sessions: Warm Up, Practice, Qualifying and the SuperBattle Final. These sessions are always open pit lane and can vary from 15 minutes to 20 minutes per session.

How does the Time Attack work?

After the Warm Up (un-timed) and Practice sessions the main segments of the day are the Qualifying and the Final. Both Pro & Club Challenge Classes run the Qualifying format and the quickest of these drivers go forward to the Super Battle Finals where they get the chance to go for Series points and trophies. For the 2009 season points are also awarded for Qualifying.

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This Porsche 996 twin turbo engine has been completely rebuilt to 800bhp +/- we have restrained the beast and restricted it to about 680bhp +/- as she was getting too hairy to drive…

This is what has been done….

Perfect Bore 3.800cc Barrels & Pistons, CARRILLO Connecting Rods, CARRILLO Head Stud Kit, Up rated head gaskets, Billet Diverter Valves, Modified Garrett K24 High Flow turbochargers manufactured with special fine balance & tolerances, ECU Bespoke Software, DesignTek high -Flow Air Induction System, DesignTek 41.5 mm Primary Tube Stainless Steel Headers, DesignTek Silicone Boost Hose Conversion w/ Diverter Valve “F” Hose, DesignTek high flow coolant radiator kit, 70mm High Flow Turbo Air Inlet Ducts (plastic), Braided and Fire Jacketed Fuel Line Upgrade Kit w/ Fuel Filter Kit, Adapters, Clips, Modified Fuel Rails, High Flow Fuel Injectors , Bosch Spark Plugs, DesignTeK Hi Flow Headers , High Flow 100 Cell DesignTek Cat’s and Performance Exhaust, DesignTek Quad Exhaust Tips , Evo High Spring Load Diverter Valves , Evo High Flow Ram Air Intake System , DesignTek Red High Flow Silicon Boost Pipes , Sachs High Load Clutch Pressure Plate , Sachs High Load Rigid Clutch Disc & Bearing, Modified Garrett K24 High Flow turbochargers manufactured with special fine balance & tolerances ,Upgraded high pressure waste gates , Machined billet aluminium waste gate mounts ….. the list goes on and on

It cost the best part of £30,000 parts and labor to build this engine….

20/05/2010 – Just finished the Black Matt Vehicle wrap

Planning forward…

28/05/2010 – Fitting 18″ OZ Alleggerita HLT Light Weight Alloy Wheels & tyres

14/06/2010 – Plans for a bespoke leather and alcantara interior

21/06/2010 – Fitting Roll cage & DesignTek 6 point harness / Bilstein PSS9 Suspension & set-up

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Design 911 were asked to supply the Gumball3000 with special modified Porsche cars which were to be driven celebrities Xzibit (Signer / Rapper / star of Pimp My Ride USA) Cypress Hill / Bun B, (R&B/Hip Hop performers). Design 911 also took part in the 3000 miles trip from London to New York.

The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3,000 mile international road rally which takes place on public roads, with a different 3,000 mile route around the world each year. Founded in 1999 by Maximillion Cooper, it sees an annual entry of 120 cars, which are mostly exotic and powerful sports cars. However, more unusual entries, such as police cars and campervans, have been seen. The Rally is not a serious race in the traditional sense of Rally races – there are no prizes for being fastest or official timekeeping of any sort. Organizers emphasize that it is a road trip adventure and not a race….. The Spirit of the Gumball !

The 2010 Gumball3000 rally left London on 1st May before taking in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, then flying all the cars and participants to the USA and then driving to Boston, Quebec City and Toronto before rounding off in New York, seven long days and even longer nights. Big name celebrities like Xzibit, Cypress Hill, DJ Mugs, Eve, Tony Hawk all took part in the rally. Design 911 where asked to supply the celebrities with special modified vehicles for the entire leg of the rally, Europe and USA.

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The 2010 rally will leave from London on 1st May before taking in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Boston, Quebec City and Toronto before rounding off in New York seven long days and nights later.

Design 911 Porsche parts specialist will take part in the rally with thier Porsche 997 Turbo driven by company director Karl Chopra, also Design 911 is entering two Porsche Cayenne’s one driven by Xzibit and another on driven by Bun B.

XZIBIT

Xzibit began his music career as a member of the Likwit Crew, a loose collective of West Coast rappers. Xzibit signed to Loud Records and released his debut album, At the Speed of Life (1996). The album produced his first breakthrough single “Paparazzi”. Xzibit expanded his following with a series of albums beginning with 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz (1998). He made a number of high-profile guest appearances in 1999. Dr. Dre invited Xzibit to perform on his American Up in Smoke Tour in mid-2000, which featured Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Ice Cube, among many others. His allegiance to the West Coast and former colleagues continued to win him much respect from his fans. Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004) followed, which also managed to go gold..

BUN B

Bun B, originally one half of the legendary Southern hip hop duo ‘Underground Kingz’ (UGK) is taking part in his first Gumball. UGK were a Grammy Award nominated duo formed in 1987 by the late Pimp C and Bun B from Port Arthur, Texas. They released their first major label album, “Too Hard Too Swallow” in 1992, followed by several other albums charting on the Billboard 200 and top R&B/Hip Hop Album charts, including the self-titled Underground Kingz album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in August 2007.

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Realize that auto AC is basically a refrigerator in a weird layout. It’s designed to move heat from one place (the inside of your car) to some other place (the outdoors). While a complete discussion of every specific model and component is well outside the scope of this article, this should give you a start on figuring out what the problem might be and either fixing it yourself or talking intelligently to someone you can pay to fix it.

Become familiar with the major components to auto air conditioning:

- The compressor, which compresses and circulates the refrigerant in the system

- The refrigerant, (on modern cars, usually a substance called R-134a older cars have r-12 freon which is becoming increasingly more expensive and hard to find, and also requires a license to handle) which carries the heat

- The condenser, which changes the phase of the refrigerant and expels heat removed from the car

- The expansion valve (or orifice tube in some vehicles), which is somewhat of a nozzle and functions to simultaneously drop the pressure of the refrigerant liquid, meter its flow, and atomize it

- The evaporator, which transfers heat to the refrigerant from the air blown across it, cooling your car

- The receiver/dryer, which functions as a filter for the refrigerant/oil, removing moisture and other contaminants

Understand the air conditioning process: The compressor puts the refrigerant under pressure and sends it to the condensing coils. In your car, these coils are generally in front of the radiator. Compressing a gas makes it quite hot. In the condenser, this added heat and the heat the refrigerant picked up in the evaporator is expelled to the air flowing across it from outside the car. When the refrigerant is cooled to its saturation temperature, it will change phase from a gas back into a liquid (this gives off a bundle of heat known as the “latent heat of vaporization”). The liquid then passes through the expansion valve to the evaporator, the coils inside of your car, where it loses pressure that was added to it in the compressor. This causes some of the liquid to change to a low-pressure gas as it cools the remaining liquid. This two-phase mixture enters the evaporator, and the liquid portion of the refrigerant absorbs the heat from the air across the coil and evaporates. Your car’s blower circulates air across the cold evaporator and into the interior. The refrigerant goes back through the cycle again and again.

Check to see if all the R-134a leaks out (meaning there’s nothing in the loop to carry away heat). Leaks are easy to spot but not easy to fix without pulling things apart. Most auto-supply stores carry a fluorescent dye that can be added to the system to check for leaks, and it will have instructions for use on the can. If there’s a bad enough leak, the system will have no pressure in it at all. Find the lowside value and with a gauge check the PSI level. DO NOT use anything else to poke in the value to see if it will come out, THIS IS ILLEGAL (its called venting).

Make sure the compressor is turning. Start the car, turn on the AC and look under the hood. The AC compressor is generally a pump-like thing off to one side with large rubber and steel hoses going to it. It will not have a filler cap on it, but will often have one or two things that look like the valve stems on a bike tire. The pulley on the front of the compressor exists as an outer pulley and an inner hub which turns when an electric clutch is engaged. If the AC is on and the blower is on, but the center of the pulley is not turning, then the compressor’s clutch is not engaging. This could be a bad fuse, a wiring problem, a broken AC switch in your dash, or the system could be low on refrigerant (most systems have a low-pressure safety cutout that will disable the compressor if there isn’t enough refrigerant in the system).

Look for other things that can go wrong: bad switches, bad fuses, broken wires, broken fan belt (preventing the pump from turning), or seal failure inside the compressor.

Feel for any cooling at all. If the system cools, but not much, it could just be low pressure and you can top up the refrigerant. Most auto-supply stores will have a kit to refill a system, complete with instructions. Do not overfill! Adding more than the recommended amount of refrigerant will NOT improve performance but actually will decrease performance. In fact, the more expensive automated equipment found at nicer shops actually monitors cooling performance in real-time as it adds refrigerant. When the performance begins to decrease it removes refrigerant until the performance peaks again.

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New design Porsche Boxster wind deflector made from durable Perspex. The Perspex is many times stronger than glass and will give you years of good service. You really will notice the difference and start to enjoy a quieter, wind free and more comfortable driving experience.

This wind deflector follows the contours of the Porsche bodywork with flowing curves that makes this product stand out from others. We have spent time developing the product and ensuring it will always fit snugly into place reducing wind turbulence and as a result it looks like a production component not a cheap add on.

When it comes to fitting the product you will be delighted in its simplicity in fact a few minutes is all that’s required to get you up and running, no holes to drill or damage to your pride and joy. Full instructions and photographs supplied. Fit the wind deflector and leave it fitted with the roof up or down only an occasional wipe over with a damp cloth will be required to keep this wonderful addition looking great all year round.

Fits: Porsche Cabrio 986 Boxster & 987 Boxster

Two Versions : Clear or Tinted

Something to watch out for !…. If you are very tall and have your seat completely back the top seat head rest might push against the wind deflector and may crack the perspex screen.

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Another great product you might want to consider for summer are The smartTOP roof control unit allows opening or closing the convertible top while driving at slow speeds. It works similar to power-windows and opens or closes the roof automatically at the touch of a button. It is not necessary to stop the vehicle and pull the handbrake to operate the roof.

SmartTop Control

Simply replaces the original unit and is plugged into the corresponding socket in the relay board.
Plug and Play: very easy to install for anyone in just 1 minute. No tools required. No car mechanic help needed.

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Porsche 997 Turbo latest upgrade to the MKII version

This 997 Turbo has been converted to the latest 2010 997 Turbo MKII look. New design front drive / fog lamps with LED bulbs, we have re-wired them so that they work as Daytime Running Lamps (DRL). This is something we can do at our body shop. If you just want to replace the standard drive/fog lamps to the LED type this also can be done with or without the DRL function.

The front indicators have been changed to SpeedArt LED Daytime Running Lamps (DRL), we have also fitting a Surface Mounted Diode (SMD) LED bulb to the side light with in the indicator.

As soon as you put the key in the ignition the new LED front drive lamps and LED indicators come on giving a front end that cool Daytime Running Lamp (DRL) look.

The rear end has been fitted with the new 997 Turbo MKII bumper, new shape larger exhaust tail pipe trims and LED rear indicators. The rear bumper is quite a straight forward replacement but the rear indicators will need re-wiring and the exhaust tail pipe trims will also need to be adjusted, all this work is under taken in our body shop.

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