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Old 07 December 2015, 02:40 PM
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After some new brakes for my 2007 Hawkeye sti, just had an engine build for 500bhp+ so want something suitable, making 345bhp at the minute but will be pushing higher numbers in the future after all supporting mods done, Any good places to look etc ? Only been able to find a few places with limited stock.
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Old 07 December 2015, 03:00 PM
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Alyn of ASPerformance or Ian of Godspeed,either one should be able to sort you out.SJ.
Old 07 December 2015, 03:41 PM
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As above, enquire of either/both.

DO mention track time if you do any, etc.
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Cheers fellas, I'll give them a shout and see what they can do
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i have the AP 6 pots with 355 disc's and Ayln @ AS Performance will guide you.
Old 07 December 2015, 04:51 PM
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Hi
What size wheels do you have , and what's your intended use , any track days planned , if so how many roughly per year ?
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for that power, AP 6pots with 330mm disks if staying with 17's or bigger disks if 18's
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There a 18" prodrive. Will be looking to do a 4/5 track days a year I would think but only do around 7/8000 miles per year in the car on the road. Thanks
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I run a hawkeye sti (470 ) or (528) on meth ! Standard Brembos with braided hoses and disks and pads from ian@godspeed. Pads are carbon lorraine. Did cadwell with no issues .

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Not much difference performance wise between AP 4 and 6 pots, so pick what suits your pocket best
Old 08 December 2015, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by scooby2.5maz
I run a hawkeye sti (470 ) or (528) on meth ! Standard Brembos with braided hoses and disks and pads from ian@godspeed. Pads are carbon lorraine. Did cadwell with no issues .

Maz
not trying hard enough
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
not trying hard enough

Old 08 December 2015, 05:20 PM
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think ill definitely go for 6 pots, just a pain in the **** trying to do all 4 wheels, you think someone somewhere would do a 4 piece kit instead either front OR back haha
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Originally Posted by scooby2.5maz
I run a hawkeye sti (470 ) or (528) on meth ! Standard Brembos with braided hoses and disks and pads from ian@godspeed. Pads are carbon lorraine. Did cadwell with no issues .

Maz

You must be driving miss daisy ,the stock brembo set is rubbish at standard power let alone 470bhp!
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Originally Posted by Nismoboy
You must be driving miss daisy ,the stock brembo set is rubbish at standard power let alone 470bhp!
Perhaps you missed the bit where I said the stock brakes was Awsome !! running different pads and disks !
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Originally Posted by scooby2.5maz
Perhaps you missed the bit where I said the stock brakes was Awsome !! running different pads and disks !
Agreed, Brembos with decent pads and discs are fantastic. Certainly good enough for 500bhp on the road. (when are you going to be testing your brakes to the limit?)
On track is where bigger brakes score points for repeated hard braking.
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Originally Posted by Blue by You
Agreed, Brembos with decent pads and discs are fantastic. Certainly good enough for 500bhp on the road. (when are you going to be testing your brakes to the limit?)
On track is where bigger brakes score points for repeated hard braking.
THIS!!!.SJ.
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We have a few people doing track days running brembo's with our grooved discs and CL RC8 pads with excellent results , no fade , Anyone know Chris Roberts time attack car , this is the set up he was running before his new engine blew up so he broke the car , his calipers had gone dark brown with the heat , but still worked faultlessly on the track , he was even getting asked what he was running as was outbraking everything on the track days.

The STi Brembo's can be made to work very well , and handle most drivers out there

Cheers Ian
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Originally Posted by Godspeed Brakes
We have a few people doing track days running brembo's with our grooved discs and CL RC8 pads with excellent results , no fade , Anyone know Chris Roberts time attack car , this is the set up he was running before his new engine blew up so he broke the car , his calipers had gone dark brown with the heat , but still worked faultlessly on the track , he was even getting asked what he was running as was outbraking everything on the track days.

The STi Brembo's can be made to work very well , and handle most drivers out there

Cheers Ian


Yep , as he says !
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