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Old 23-04-2009, 12:12 PM
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Default brake calipers how big!!

just been reading about tuning the volvo c30 t5, no i've not got one but i'm thinking about getting one. even more so now! i wonder just how much 14 piston brake calipers are lol

http://www.tuningmag.net/?name=volvo-c-30-tuning-evolve

do you really need 14 piston calipers?
Old 23-04-2009, 12:22 PM
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Bet they'll be fun to squeeze in when changing the pads
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Old 23-04-2009, 12:44 PM
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lol, i'm sure somewhere like pumabuild or speed do a 12 pot converison for the focus st fronts and an 8 pot for the rear!!

at the end of the day it's a focus ffs
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the guy at the end of my street has got 12 pots on his skyline
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Thats more pots than in my cupboard
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Originally Posted by Twellsie
the guy at the end of my street has got 12 pots on his skyline
its all well and good but just how long will it be before someone has to have 2 of these calipers per wheel lol, its like the gillette razor's... 2 blades then 3 then 4 then 5 then 5 with a trimmer blade on the other side then with a battery..... i mean when will it end lol

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Originally Posted by panelbeater
its all well and good but just how long will it be before someone has to have 2 of these calipers per wheel lol, its like the gillette razor's... 2 blades then 3 then 4 then 5 then 5 with a trimmer blade on the other side then with a battery..... i mean when will it end lol
I have alway s wondered this, It is pretty easy to guess what the next razor from Gillette will be like, it will have one more blade than the last one, If I worked for wilkinson sword or similar, I would just bring out a 10 blade one and be done with it
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It's got 14" wide wheels on the rear with 355 section tyres!!

Haldex 4wd, but only 500bhp.
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this is mad ! you really dont need that many pistons

the size of disk is more important that another 6 or 8 pistons

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Originally Posted by Graceland
Thats more pots than in my cupboard
....and quite gay also, any similarities there?
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