Hay kids, I what some good stoppers for my saff, but Don't really wanna spend AP,Willwood,ect prices. Do you really need huge calipers for fast road use? My cars 350-60bhp. any input would be handy, cheers.

 

350 horsies on mine, and i have the following

Front - 330x32mm rotors that are being clamped by a pair of Focus RS Brembos
Rear - 300x32mm R&B big disc kit, being clamped by standard rear caliper



car stops on a sixpence

 

as above but i would prefer FOCUS brembos

 

so do I -

 

Graceland
Cool, where did you get the brembos from and did you have to use a bracket for em? Is R&B mike rainbirds place yeah?No abs then and standard cossie hoses?

 

stick some ds2500 pads on mate will make a big differance

 

I aquired the brembo's from Slowpoke on here - and made the brackets myself

R&B is rainbums place yep, no abs and goodridge hoses, but left the valve block and other gubbins there


excellent stopping power, but i rekkon with some hotter pads it will stop quicker from higer speeds

 

thanks alot that sounds like the set up Im after, any idea I should pay for calipers?

 

If you look round on ebay, you can pick up a set for the Ł150 mark - but you've got to be very lucky or quick if they are buy it now listed but expect to pay upwards of Ł200 normally

 

why no ABS ?

just curious

 

Because ABS is for pussys .

Im guessing because it restricts the range of available upgrades you can use .

 

It because the abs sender is on the cossie caliper so if you change em to focus im pretty sure they would be different and to far from the hub to read the little notchy bits in there(I think not totally sure).

 

the ABS sender is in the hub actually

 

Yeah they are arnt they , I fuckin changed my hub on wed last week what a dick . So why would it come off then???

 

my abs dont work

 

Nor does mine...



think its coz we ripped all this shite out though

 

am i right in thinking the abs is disabled because its a bit too over eager ?

i remember when one of the abs belts snapped on my series 2, the difference was unbelievable !

 

matt - no abs as i don't like foot massages every 5 mins when braking hard

 

Graceland


Off topic here mate

Your car looks the bollocks in Fast Ford

 

 

you should see some of the pictures i hosted earlier this week from the shoot

 

 

Wow that is great and it will really set off the life raft on my roof.

 

can I just use focus rs discs or do i need ally bell thingys, do they sit on the saff hub ok I mean?

 

Back to the point
www.compbrake.co.uk very cheap and the calapers are just 3LB each the owner knows his stuff

 

RS500/104
Do you have these?what are they like?

 

sib on here useing them and his car gets drove very hard on track and the ring he says they stop very well

 

DAN P
is that the guy who was nat combe the other week, had a deer jump out at him ?did he have the comp 6 pots?

 

I'd be genuinely interested in the real reason why people disable the ABS!



Neil.

 

So can I just use focus rs discs, do they sit on the saff hub ok ? Anyone know?

 

Yes that's me!

I use 330mm 4 pots from Comp brake on front, and 300mm big discs with standard calipers on the back.

Front pads are Hawk, rear are DS2500 - bloody ace pads.

The car stops like nothing else I've been in. They do not cost AP money and they DO work as well as APs IMHO

I also don't run ABS on track, as it is too over sensitive - it works well, but comes in too soon for track use.

On the road or in the rain the ABS is always on!

The deer incident was at the Ring, and I was at Coombe the other day too!

Cheers
Simon

 

Incidentally rear big discs / bells & rotors are also by Compbrake.

PM me if you want a set as I may be able to get a good price (had a fair few bits off them now)

Simon

 

ap cp5555 6 pots with ferrodo 330 x 28 mm discs ds2500 pads on front..
300mm discs and standard calipers on rear ds2500 pads...

 

SiB
cheers mate but i just got focus RS calipers and 330mm disc getup thanks for the help though . Actually you might know , whens the next track day at coombe?

 

Prob either RSOC Bristol and Swindon's Day - 8th July - or the Classic & Sportscar Action Day on 17th June.


I'll be at both

Simon

 

God willing i may have my car working for those, i'l say hi if i make it.

 

fitting next week will tell you then

 

RS500/104

 

I now know that 2wd and escos are ok to use focus discs but the 4wd saff needs flat bells and rotors so as not to foul on st arm. If anyone is gonna do the same.

 

I use 378x32mm discs with Porsche GT2 6-pot calipers up front on my 4x4, and 330x20mm discs at the rear with standard caliper. A question: How do you fit a disc that`s 32mm thich at the rear with a standard caliper?