AP 330mm big brake kit
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Evening chap, curious to know if I would notice much difference with these over my current Brembos with CL5 pads/grooved discs? Car is a 410+bhp blobeye.
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
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Evening chap, curious to know if I would notice much difference with these over my current Brembos with CL5 pads/grooved discs? Car is a 410+bhp blobeye.
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
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Evening chap, curious to know if I would notice much difference with these over my current Brembos with CL5 pads/grooved discs? Car is a 410+bhp blobeye.
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
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they are a good bit of kit but not a big jump up from your Brembo’s.
Used them before and if I’m honest I wouldn’t have been able to tell them apart.
im running the new version of ksport 8 pots on 356 discs, and even with standard pads (winter) they are a humongous upgrade, great feel and progression.
Used them before and if I’m honest I wouldn’t have been able to tell them apart.
im running the new version of ksport 8 pots on 356 discs, and even with standard pads (winter) they are a humongous upgrade, great feel and progression.
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Evening chap, curious to know if I would notice much difference with these over my current Brembos with CL5 pads/grooved discs? Car is a 410+bhp blobeye.
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
I've seen this kit mentioned a few times, and understand the principle of the 2 piece discs but cant get my head round how a disc/caliper combination with the same diameter and number of pots can be superior? I'm all for spending the £, just dont want to make a bad decision
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Hello mate, the ap's are a upgrade from the STI Brembos as the ap's are lighter and the brembos are a much bulkier calliper and retain a lot of heat if used Hard....But saying that I highly rate the brembos and at your power level with the pads that you stated that you are using...that setup will be more then adequate,if you are felling lush though I would still go for the ap's.SJ.
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Originally Posted by S744hdv
Does the 356 kit still use 4 pots or 6?
I believe you can get different caliper pattern types for the 330 kit......and also presumably for the 356, too?
So possibly there are both 4- AND 6-pot options for both sizes, no? But yeah, there defo is a 4-pot option for the 356 kit, at least.
For example, my own 330 kit uses the CP5570 (6-pot) caliper - suited to my GC8's application.
Last edited by joz8968; 28 January 2018 at 12:32 PM.
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Depends what caliper you use. For example the CP5570 used in the 330mm kit has a larger pad area than I see used in the common CP7040 356 and 365mm kit. The larger disc area size on the CP7040 caliper does give better heat dissipation on serious track use. That said it's not relevant as adge's kit is the 4 pot kit which would make a superb fast Road caliper.
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I have a home-brewed CP5200 conversion similar to the OPs. Only it’s using 315mm discs as I believe that it was originally designed for use with a Classic and smaller wheels. I’ve never found the brakes wanting on the road. That’s with either DS2500 or PFC-Z pads. Track maybe different but you’d have to be driving like an idiot on the road to seriously reduce the braking performance. I have the option to go to bigger discs (328/330mm) in the future, which I will probably do as 315mm is only an AP size and limits my disc choice. I’d need to get custom bells made as well. So I’d imagine that 356mm discs would be a noticeable difference but 330mm would surely suffice on the road.
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the 330m 4 pot kit is very capable, had the 330mm on my type R and they are considerable more confidence building than the brembos on my hawk, although the hawk is a heavier car of course.
At the end fo the day its what someone is prepared to pay
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