2 Pots or 4 pots?
20 June 2008, 11:59 PM
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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 
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21 June 2008, 12:32 PM
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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)
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)
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21 June 2008, 02:46 PM
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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.
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.
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