OK Guys & Girls,

Got some good prices quoted for an AP 330mm setup for the front of my 3 door but not sure whether to go for the 4 pots or 6 pots. My car is mainly used on the road but i plan to maybe do a couple of track sessions next year. Now i know that they are both very good setups but which to go for i am not sure. The price difference is £200 which is not a concern but as for performance? Is there much difference? Would the 6 pots be overkill for the road etc etc. Also which pad to go for as an overall best track/road compromise?

Experience & advice much appreciated
Regards
Andy

 

4pots will be fine or you could give me 2500 for all my brake setup

 

Given the weight of a 3-door - four-pots will be more than enough. Ferodo DS2500s (£100 delivered ) would be perfect.

 

Yours won't fot under my 17's though Gus, there just too Fookin big
1200 for the 6 pots or 1k for the 4 pots, Brand new boxed!! Not bad prices but which ones???
Andy

 

Buy both, 6 pots on the front and the 4 pots on the rear

 

4 pots for the back may well come in the winter Wes!! On that note...If you put 4 pots on the back then you loose the hydraulic handbrake..correct?? How do you get round this for MOT etc etc??

Regards
Andy

 

its all hid in the console and they dont even know mine is any how and they never noticed all the fronts rears and hanbbrake set up 2500 u know u want to

 

I presume you meant "you USE a hydraulic handbrake"?

The std handbrake is cable operated, there is no reason why you couldn't fit a pair of mechanical handbrake calipers to keep it legal. Although it would be alot easier to just use a hydraulic handbrake, and take the car to a "freindly" MOT tester, if you know what i mean

Sourcing mechanical handbrake calipers is the problem, you can use RS200 items, but they are very rare! Wilwood do some, but they don't fit straight on, brembo do some but i have no info on these, so hydraulic would be the easiest option.

 

ap also do some as fitted to the ultima gtr

 

Cheers for the advice Chaps. For now i will concentrate on fronts, rears will be the winter project when funds allow

Anyone else got opinions, experience, Good or otherwise, about the 4 pot/6pot setup for the front??

Andy

 

i had the 4 pots on the front of the saff and they was brilliant! no contest 6 pots was bought only because they was stupidly cheap and have a great amount of blingness when i buy a escort i will be sticking with 4 pots as value for money they cant be beaten all imo of course

 

Gus,
You have PM
Andy

 

I have 6 on front, 4 on the back

But on a normal car on road or track, 4 will be fine

just read it now! fuck it for 200 extra snoots, get the 6's!

 

Six and Four!!

 

bling as

 

Gus, what exactly are you selling ?

6's for the front discs, pads how much ?

 

i will sell all the brakes once the engine has gone £2500 for them all with the handbrake conversion n all

 

what master cylinder were you using mate ? the old abs set up ?

 

yes m8

 

cool well il look out for your for sale advert when the time comes ta

 

Mike, did you find out a price for them DS2500 for my standard calipers?

If i want to fit 16" wheels what size of caliper and disc can i fit? (Comp MO's or similar wheels with good clearance)

 

Andy have a word with JP (John) reference the 6 pot AP's he does them for about 1400 quid all in

 

Just noticed you have been quoted less so scratch my last post

 

Dont forget its not all about stopping power, the weight there is un-sprung so its not a case of biggest is best!

 

Andy
Just thought you will really struggle to get the 6 potts under your Hocks!
Ian only just got them under his and they were ET35 and yours are ET40 if i recall?
You will have to run spacers which is not such a good thing so if i were you i would go for the 4 potts!!

 

MMmmm....More food for thought. Defo don't want to run spacers Going to look into this further!! Will let you know how i get on!!

Cheers
Andy

 

Andreas,
Why don't you take a look on my website .

 

is there prices now

 

Just checked out the AP website & looking at there dimensioning it looks as though the six pots will fit as they have a smaller offset & utilise a 28mm thick disc where as the 4 pots use the 32mm disc & have a larger offset.

Check out the two link & let me know what you think:-

http://www.apracing.com/car/caliper/data.asp

the 4 pot i am looking at is the CP5200 & the 6pot is the CP5570

Input much appreciated.
Regards
Andy

 

ive used 6pots and four pots (i now have four pots on !) and tbh ive never really found a major differance between them , ive got four pots now cause i needed them under 15" wheels !!! never had any problems at all !!

 

The genuine AP Cosworth 4-pot kit uses a 28mm wide disc - look at their road car list .

 

blakey you have got that the wrong way round

6 pots 32mm discs
4 pots 28mm discs

you can get a 4 pot which will accept a 32 mm discs but only in motor sport spec

jp

 

or you could go for a brembo kit brand new calipers ford gen discs 326,28 mm
pads ds2500 and hoses bolts and brakets £680 steel brackets £750 ally brackets deliverd

 

I got Porsche brembo 4 pots on the front and 4x4 rears on my sapph and she works a treat.

 

6 pots .. all the way

 

Did someone mention pot

 

no but i need some new pads for my ap 6 pots

 

6 pots all the way but if you aint got £2000 plus then you aint got them
ap 330 kit £1200 list brembo kit nearly half that for the same stuff

 

Brom can't wait to see the picts of the brembo kit!

 

will do it now mate