Evening all, what are the standard brakes on a uk turbo 2000 2 pot or 4, If they are 2 would I notice much difference if I upgraded to 4 pot or no? Thanks in advance

 

They are 4 pots, MY98's were the last cars to have 2 pots oh with the exception of the JDM new age cars (WRX's) and trust me, the 4 pots aint brill, the 2 pots really sucked

Tony

 

If it says SUBARU on the caliper the there 4 pots.
If your car is pre 99 then it has 2 pots.

 

If you have 2pots and going to upgrade calipers; get some proper aftermarket ones. If you have problem with overheating 2pots, your going to have it with the 4 pots.

If its pedal feel your after, I found the 4pots don't really makes that much difference to the 2pots, once one has found a good pad compound combination that works (which happens to be nothing in a EBC or Subaru branded box - Unipart pads work better! ), and make sure the air is bled out the system by changing the fluid regularly (2 years is an absolute max). Opt for a fluid with low compressability, like a branded Dot4... as Dot5.1 fluids can be more compressible (although everyone uses it anyway ) and avoid Dot5 at all costs (note that Dot5 and Dot5.1 are two VERY different fluids)

 

Further to what Ali has said above: the biggest single difference that you will make is by fitting steel braided brake lines.

 

Jurys out on that for me on that Simon, most people report a benefit...but that benefit could have been noticed just by changing the fluid and the air being bled out when the hoses were changed. Not many people change fluid, bleed out air, test drive, THEN changes hoses afterwards. If you see what I mean.

I only found out myself when testing a few cars which were swapped back from steel to rubber hoses (one due to braids fraying, another was new hoses that were too long, and one more which had dodgy end crimps on the fittings) . And I'll be damned if I could tell the difference, slight improvement if anything. Before that, I was an advocate of them.

Maybe when the rubber ages, its different.

 

They made a massive difference on my FZR..... The cars youve tried have had front and rears done, havent they?