Sti Brembo's weigh a ton!
07 November 2005, 08:00 PM
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Sti Brembo's weigh a ton!
Got some Sti Brembo's to upgrade my JDM WRX - they turned up today and weigh a ton! Has anyone any experience with the unsprung weight increasing and it spoiling the ride/ handling? Are the standard dampers/ springs going to cope? thanks.
07 November 2005, 09:31 PM
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Hi Chelspeed, perhaps you can tell me? You see I'm replacing the JDM bugeye WRX standard calipers - they are only the old style two pots. Also, are the Sti 8 brembo's steel or alloy?
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08 November 2005, 08:50 AM
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you'll not have any issues regarding weight unless you plan on competing or whatever.................they are big numb calipers though and suffer as a heat sink during extreme use.................
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08 November 2005, 06:42 PM
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I'm uprating them for road and occasional trackday use do want some decent pads. I've been using Mintex 1144 with good results on the two pot - should I stick with them even though they are dusty or something else?
Stockcar can you supply these things at a reasonable cost?
Stockcar can you supply these things at a reasonable cost?
08 November 2005, 07:16 PM
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Hi Howard
Hope your happy with brakes they do work well with pads (EBC reds) that you got with them, if you think there heavy you should feel the wieght of the AP 362mm discs i replaced them with, i would guess at least 1.5 times as heavy.
STI calipers are alloy and are heavy but they are big and have four big pistons.
My AP brakes are wiegh more but i have not noticed any slow up in steering etc.
Jase.
Hope your happy with brakes they do work well with pads (EBC reds) that you got with them, if you think there heavy you should feel the wieght of the AP 362mm discs i replaced them with, i would guess at least 1.5 times as heavy.
STI calipers are alloy and are heavy but they are big and have four big pistons.
My AP brakes are wiegh more but i have not noticed any slow up in steering etc.
Jase.
08 November 2005, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by HowardG
I'm uprating them for road and occasional trackday use do want some decent pads. I've been using Mintex 1144 with good results on the two pot - should I stick with them even though they are dusty or something else?
Stockcar can you supply these things at a reasonable cost?
Stockcar can you supply these things at a reasonable cost?
wouldn't personally use 1144..................but yes can sort for you
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08 November 2005, 11:46 PM
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> Hi Chelspeed, perhaps you can tell me? You see I'm replacing the JDM
> bugeye WRX standard calipers - they are only the old style two pots.
Can't I'm afraid, I replaced the STi brembos with AP 6 pots. The AP calipers are much lighter than the Brembos even with being 6 pot rather than 4. I assumed this was because the AP's are alloy and the Brembos are steel.
> bugeye WRX standard calipers - they are only the old style two pots.
Can't I'm afraid, I replaced the STi brembos with AP 6 pots. The AP calipers are much lighter than the Brembos even with being 6 pot rather than 4. I assumed this was because the AP's are alloy and the Brembos are steel.
09 November 2005, 08:46 AM
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AP's are designed for low weight and high heat dissipation.................
the BREMBO is simply a mass produced "race look" caliper, and although alloy is not exactly using space-age technology.............looks nice and works reasonably on a road car, sucks if used in production racing, etc................
alyn
the BREMBO is simply a mass produced "race look" caliper, and although alloy is not exactly using space-age technology.............looks nice and works reasonably on a road car, sucks if used in production racing, etc................
alyn
