cheap (reasonably priced!) Brake upgrade for an 05 WRX
19 March 2009, 10:26 PM
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The std Brembo caliperis not bad, but it's very heavy and retains a lot of heat.
TBH the most important thing is the ability of the disc to dissipate heat, which is where a 2 piece rotor with alloy bell comes in.
I run 330mm AP 4 pots (CP5200) and DS2500's and they're fantastic. My concern with a lot of 'other' brands, and there seems to be more and more appearing on the market, is where are they being made/cast, Korea/china..? What QC checks are they being subjected to, if any..?!
Brakes, like tyres are not worth risking £ against reliability/safety..!
I was (reliably) told of a story recently where some Korean outfit were knocking out copies of an AP caliper, that were so good they even had the local AP rep scratching his head, as to why they kept having a certain failure/problem. It wasn't until one was sent back to the UK and the metallurgy tested that they realised they were illegal copies using very poor aluminium for the castings..!
If they had branded them as something else this may never have been picked up..
You don't need me to tell you the consiquences of a caliper cracking under high speed braking..
The std Brembo caliperis not bad, but it's very heavy and retains a lot of heat.
TBH the most important thing is the ability of the disc to dissipate heat, which is where a 2 piece rotor with alloy bell comes in.
I run 330mm AP 4 pots (CP5200) and DS2500's and they're fantastic. My concern with a lot of 'other' brands, and there seems to be more and more appearing on the market, is where are they being made/cast, Korea/china..? What QC checks are they being subjected to, if any..?!
Brakes, like tyres are not worth risking £ against reliability/safety..!
I was (reliably) told of a story recently where some Korean outfit were knocking out copies of an AP caliper, that were so good they even had the local AP rep scratching his head, as to why they kept having a certain failure/problem. It wasn't until one was sent back to the UK and the metallurgy tested that they realised they were illegal copies using very poor aluminium for the castings..!
If they had branded them as something else this may never have been picked up..
You don't need me to tell you the consiquences of a caliper cracking under high speed braking..
20 March 2009, 02:59 PM
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No its a fetish of brakes mate! I need to feel the pulse of brakes, it turns me on, especially new ones that I haven't tried.
Come on Bob don't tell me you don't have any fetish over something =)
The only way to test these brakes is to apply these on my Subaru. After testing, if the brakes are good enough, I might order a set of rear discs and adapter from modulo and apply them for my REAR! =)
Come on Bob don't tell me you don't have any fetish over something =)
The only way to test these brakes is to apply these on my Subaru. After testing, if the brakes are good enough, I might order a set of rear discs and adapter from modulo and apply them for my REAR! =)
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