STUCOS

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Thinking of buying a set of k sport 8 pot 380 mm brake kit,any body used them ?as i see a lot of big hp jap cars on them

cheeRS stu

NEIL A

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Will they fit behind your wheels Stu ? I know the Hi-Spec 378 kit JUST fits.

R5FORD

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Hi-Spec

Why not just stick to what you know? ie AP racing brakes

Oranoco

Asked this a few times myself for my Audi and the general consensus is they are very good for the money. Was looking at getting some but another option has been brought to my attention which may give me 360mm brakes for about Ł500

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Ap cause you pay the tax for the name,and driving cossie,s with 6 pots on dont see them being great,but im not in the in croud,havnt worked on and modded cars for 20 yrs plus,so i dont know what im talking about,if i wanted opinions on ap i would of asked,this is what makes this site shite these days ppl putting there of topic comments which have nothing to do with the op,

cheeRS stu

PS Neil i would need to measure

R5FORD

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well obviously theres a reason you pay for the preimium with AP and brakes are something you dont want to be stingy with but hey thats my own opinion.. Not of topic at all is your topic not about brakes?

turnover

Stu i had 364 mm 8 pots on front and 330 6 pots on rear of my 34 gtr and must say they were awesome ,you could stop very quickly from high speeds and for normalish driving you just had to rest your foot on the peddle couldnt fault them

andy130

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doesnt RC not run these on his scooby on TA? an theres other cars in TA runing thises brakes aswel, must say something about them, iirc they had a problem with pistons sticking due to not having dust seals? but the have fixed the problem now, there a great price if it was me id go for them

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Yes maybe ap are better,but so is an evo 10 over an old sierra,topic was ksport brakes,not whats the choice etc

will look more in to these ksport,or even xyz or tarox

cheeRS stu

zippyobrien

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The old man had 8pots on the front and 6pots on the back with 380 mm discs all round on his skyline,
They were incredible

STUCOS

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Think i have my answer

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=177623

cheeRS stu

Rsmat

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Rsgus... has 8pots front and 6pot rears on his subaru and he swears by them.

rs-tuner

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I have k sport on my Leon track car and they are awesome. These are 8 pot calipers with 356 mm discs.

turnover

get them bought Stu as said good brakes for the money

rstoughy

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Have to say Stu that i'd have no hesitation in buying these again.
They were perfect but as i've said to you already the pads were the only let down. The standard ones Ksport supply are like hot butter, change them for DS3000's or PF ones and you will be fine.

p.s. that bloke on the link in post 51 is a bit of a chancer, wouldnt beleive a word he says

biscuittin

i had the 330 mm 6 pot brakes on the front of my e8 , found them spot on never had a problem
did lots of track days never got any fade i was running 400 bhp
the only issue i had is that the disc's started to get small cracks in them , but it never affected the performance of them

tabetha

Micro cracking of discs can be seen under hard use, but isn't a issue, unless a crack appears, I've had cracks(on discs!!) open to 2mm before now, chunked the pad to shit coming to a stop.
I've driven cars with K sport, they seem well made and do the job, I'd be happy to use them on mine, just happened to get a set of tarox B32-6 6 pots as were going at a good price at the time I was after some(when I had the money), but would have bought K sport if it was them.
I've found the Ebc yellowstuff vastly better than the DS pads, but each to their own.
tabetha

rs dub

have these on my evo.great kit but not impressed with the bolting bells to disc arrangement
you do get instructions how to line them up but really there should be no movement .the hole size is approx 6.4mm and all you get is 10mm bolts fully threaded on 6.0mm shafts.not ideal

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Tabs looket at tarox,but cant find an online price,you know any dealers ?

cheeRS stu

KSA-Cossie

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You're a grumpy cunt today Is my diff done now then ?

STUCOS

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Not grumpy,just fuked off with all them fuk wits on here,who seem to think there better than every body else,that orther site is so much civil,dont think i will be renrewing my gold member ship

cheeRS stu

Cya mother fuka

cossie0_4

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i must say ive got these on my skyline and can only say the bad thing is the standard fast road pads that come with them are crap get some ds2500 and they are awsome m8.a friend as a skyline with ap 6pots and cant tell a difference between the two/also the 8pots are based around the ap 6pots so basically same calliper but different name as u can use ap discs and pads on these if you wanted cheers

ossie cossie

I bought some 362mm bells and brackets the other day, they were for a AP kit but no calipers i then found a pair of 8 pot D2,s for $450 they are the same bolt pattern as the AP six pots, all i need now is the disc rotors all up a bargain price. Also I dont think i will ever out drive them.

ajamesc

What makes someone a fuk wit for having an opinion about a set of brakes lol far enough u have chosen k sport and i dare say they are very good brakes but just because someone says why not get aps (which are also very good brakes and rated by a lot of people who no a lot more than u do and used in race) dosent make them a fashion victim or a fuk wit seems to me u are the fuk wit who is short tempered and it is an open thred for people to comment on and give there opinion at the end of the day be it weather u like what they say or not!

RichardPON

I think the original poster's point was that most people buy a set of APs and either can't drive for shit or don't even take their car near a track.

Much like the fact that I might buy a Ł600 suit for work, the one made by the Taiwanese shop round the corner will do just as good a job of wearing well, looking good, and fitting correctly, most likely because its made in the same place!

If people think you "need" APs for the road, then I dare say standard brakes would suit them fine.

Also, I seem

ajamesc

mine has never been on a track but with 500bhp i can get to speed a lot more than average joe in his ford escort and i maybe in the wrong coming up behind him at 130 when he pulls out at 55 but im shore glade i do have aps on! and by the way before i had cheaper brakes a comp brake set up and they would fade out like theres no tomorrow the aps never have

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

James brake fad is not the caliper fault but caused by the pad compound,have seen cars on trake with cheaper brake kits last longer ,when the ap cars have come off due to brake fade,

evening mr pon hows things ,long time no speak

cheeRS stu

Si B

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I've got 6 pot AP Racing 362mm brakes on my car currently. I think I'm classed in the category of someone who hammers the fook out of their car a lot on track, so they do get used a fair bit

I've just bought K Sport 356mm 8 pot front brakes and 356mm 6 pot rear brakes for my car.

Hopefully that tells you something

They've got a very good reputation, despite the more sensible pricing, and I'm confident I'll be just as happy with the K Sports as with the APs.

As has been said by those who have used them (I'd maybe ignore some of the brand snobs who haven't actually used them ), ditch the standard pads ASAP, as they are junk.

Get at least DS3000s, although my personal recommendation is to buy Carbotech XP8s for road use, or XP10s for track use on an Evo / Sierra weight car. I've spent probably over Ł2500 on brake pads in the last 3 years of Evo ownership and extensive track use. Not found a better pad for road or track use. Work ace from cold, never fade.

Currently EBC Bluestuff, in the NDX compound only, seem to be getting ok reviews from road users and are very well priced.

I'm testing them this weekend at Brand Hatch against my known and proven XP10s, so will be able to comment more on their track suitability after the weekend A Full set of XP10s for my Evo are c. Ł400, Bluestuff NDX Ł250. Hoping they work just as well for less money, but I'm prepared to keep paying the higher price for XP10s for the super performance they offer.

Hope this helps a bit

Si

ajamesc

lol or poor materials that absorb heat more and cannot dissipate it also they only use hawk pads (talking about my old compbrake set up) so there isent much of a choice and as said my aps take some stick and have never faded when i had my car mapped on the road the comp brake ones dident work anymore after about 30 mins lol thats when i new i had to pay out for better quality brakes! not that im saying k sport arnt as i have never used them just saying dont dismiss aps as just a name as that is rubbish and a stupid thing to say!

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Not dissing them,as just a name,would be a great improvment over your comp brakes as most things they make are crap,and so is there customer service,what pads you got in your ap's

cheeRS stu

ajamesc

i have the ds3000s at the mo seem good to me also have some ebc red stuff but not tryed them will save them for when the others need changing

hughy

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theses seem to be really good brakes just some people have not yet try'd them, and they are not exspensive either

Rsmat

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Now thats someone who properly uses his brakes...

lime

so has any one here ever fitted them

Jay,

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Yes there nasty you can feel them flex when warm

SteveB

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I'm on my 3rd car with them (420 bhp Focus RS, M3 CSL and now a 500+bhp Focus RS), not had any issues at all

lime

Ok I need some help I'm having trouble fitting mine I have 330 mm x 28mm 8 pot for the ecos I'm putting them on a sapp the bracket for the caliper seems to be to big, but I have another problem some how I have a 4wd hub that had on 2wd 4pots so I'm wondering if I should change the bracket to 2wd or change the hubs to another 4wd Hub and I bought the car with these hubs so I don't know what they are from

gingeRS

If I didn't have ap six pots in the cupboard, I would get a set of k sports, actually, buying the rest of the kit for my aps is gonna I cost what the k sport kit costs

Big Ron

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Tell you next week!
I bought some a couple of weeks ago and they're getting fitted hopefully at the weekend!

lime

I found my problem I have 2wd hubs but the area where the strut fits was machined to suit the 4wd strut