KJK
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 05:57 PM |
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brake upgrade
thinking of replacing my calipers not sure if i should buy 4 pots or just m16 alloy 2 pots? thinking my be 4 pots a bit ott as car only 400kgs at
moment .
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Aico
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 06:04 PM |
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Just go with something that you want and something that fits. Not all mountingbrackets/calipers fit properly out of the box.
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Echidna
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 06:41 PM |
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You get a 4-pot caliper with small pistons.
You get 2-pot calipers with larger pistons.
For the same piston surface and the same pad surface you MUST choose the 4-pot option just because the braking force is distributed a lot more evenly
on the brake pad.
Just reminded me some "rice" friends of mine who think that fitting giant 8-pot calipers to a Fiat Punto will break the Nordschleife
record! 
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tomblyth
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| posted on 26/10/08 at 07:09 PM |
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hi spec as have dust seals!
http://www.hispecbrake.co.uk/
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mcerd1
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 08:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tomblyth
hi spec as have dust seals!
http://www.hispecbrake.co.uk/
so do some of the wilwoods.....
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goaty
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 09:00 AM |
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just swapped my M16 calipers for wilwood's.
Not yet driven it but i had to mod the front wing brackets to fit them, and space my 13's out 8mm to clear them.
Hoping for a large improvement, cost enough.
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Jos Fury
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 10:40 AM |
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using the search function unfortunately I could not find anything about the unsprunch weight saving of the wilwood powerlite vs the m16. does anybody
know how much the difference is ?
I have a set to replace the M16's with but not sure to fit them or not as they also have no dust seals too.
cheers
Jos
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goaty
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 05:40 PM |
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i bought some vented m16's and didn't agree with the weight of them as soon as i picked it up.
Now got the Wilwood midilite M16's and they weigh nothing near the ford items.
well worth it in my eyes
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