Whats Best AP4 pots OR Brembo's
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I've had k sport 8 pots and the gold newage brembos. It's the brembos for me. Had ago in big arfs car with the 4 pot AP'S and felt pretty much the same as the brembos. The most part of the braking system is down to the discs and pads. Brembos with peformance friction discs and pads bite much harder than 8 pots with ferodo ds2500's. Undoubtedbly the AP's are good but I think the higher price tag relies on people being brand snobs. Good yes - £1000 better ???
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Subaru 4-pots are iron, but the brembos are alloy which is why they have issue with stripped threads on over-tightened mounting nuts.
For the price the brembo is a good set-up but similar k-sport set-ups aren't much more new. There are others worth considering too - stoptech are good value and reliable brakes
For the price the brembo is a good set-up but similar k-sport set-ups aren't much more new. There are others worth considering too - stoptech are good value and reliable brakes
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Thats exactly what i was wondering, the car i've bought has the godspeed AP 4pots and not having driven it i wanted a bench mark for the brakes, obviously the AP 6 pots are the daddies, but i do like the fact that the 4pots go behind the standard wheels, so no problems when it comes to running winter tyres.
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I've had k sport 8 pots and the gold newage brembos. It's the brembos for me. Had ago in big arfs car with the 4 pot AP'S and felt pretty much the same as the brembos. The most part of the braking system is down to the discs and pads. Brembos with peformance friction discs and pads bite much harder than 8 pots with ferodo ds2500's. Undoubtedbly the AP's are good but I think the higher price tag relies on people being brand snobs. Good yes - £1000 better ???
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It's all down to disc an pads.
I drove a scoob in timeattack in 2009 with ap 4 pots and they were very poor, over shot a few corners. I also drove another scoob in timeattack in 2010 with brembos with carbon disc and carbonne lorrane rc6 race pads, which were the best brake system for track I have ever experienced. This package had no problem locking the wheels up at 140+ with sticky track tyres.
I have seen the alloy calipers warp with heat. Not seen this with brembo tho, as been stated before are heavy, small price to pay imo
I drove a scoob in timeattack in 2009 with ap 4 pots and they were very poor, over shot a few corners. I also drove another scoob in timeattack in 2010 with brembos with carbon disc and carbonne lorrane rc6 race pads, which were the best brake system for track I have ever experienced. This package had no problem locking the wheels up at 140+ with sticky track tyres.
I have seen the alloy calipers warp with heat. Not seen this with brembo tho, as been stated before are heavy, small price to pay imo
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I've had k sport 8 pots and the gold newage brembos. It's the brembos for me. Had ago in big arfs car with the 4 pot AP'S and felt pretty much the same as the brembos. The most part of the braking system is down to the discs and pads. Brembos with peformance friction discs and pads bite much harder than 8 pots with ferodo ds2500's. Undoubtedbly the AP's are good but I think the higher price tag relies on people being brand snobs. Good yes - £1000 better ???
So in effect got upgraded to AP's for an extra £350 which i think is bloody good going for arguably the best brakes around, but it was 2 years ago so you won't be able to do that now
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Can't comment on the AP's!
But on the RB, standard STi Brembo's with HEL braided lines, Performance Friction 2 piece front discs, with PF Z rated pads all round.
The Brembo PF set-up seems pretty good!
Just a shame that PF don't do a rear disc for the STi....
But on the RB, standard STi Brembo's with HEL braided lines, Performance Friction 2 piece front discs, with PF Z rated pads all round.
The Brembo PF set-up seems pretty good!
Just a shame that PF don't do a rear disc for the STi....