Hy there,
bringing up an old sore of mine. Over the years I have had different caliper sets (AP, Brembo etc), but as rare as the FD is in our regions, little is plug and play (except for Japan/US import items).
As the calipers currently in my posession are top notch, I want some discs to match.
With the upcoming trend of OE car makers to have high end brakes (drilled/slotted/etc) I was wondering if there is something out there that can be used on the FD (given a redrilled bolt pattern).
Merc/Audi/BMW (others?) must have interesting parts we can use.
Any body that has tested or tried one of these?
Please share!!!
thx
Hi- saw a thread on FDUK about Cayenne brakes?!
One thing that has surprised me is that I have yet to see RX-8 discs on an FD, this would give 323mm fronts and 303 rears.
Stud pattern is the same, yes the bell offset is different but no matter what calliper is used a new calliper to upright bracket would need to be fabricated anyway.
As for the rear its possible you could use the whole RX-8 calliper assembly and get it to bolt straight onto the rear hub.
With so many discs available for the RX-8 at good prices this has got to be worth a look
hope this helps
im sure someone has used a BMW M5 disc but had to mill it down a little bit
Im sure it was antnicuk ?
Quote from: grinder;860651im sure someone has used a BMW M5 disc but had to mill it down a little bit
Im sure it was antnicuk ?
Yes it was Antnicuk. I bought his FC years ago. M5 front discs, fd calipers (afaicr), abs removed, awesome stopping power.
Sorry to thread jack, but I have also been thinking about this recently. I have the AP Racing 6 pot front kit and was wondering if this could also be used for the rears? I can\'t find an AP rear kit any where, however I was hoping to put APs on the rear for symmetry. Damn OCD...
You\'d lose the handbrake and you don\'t generally need as big a brake on the rear as on the front.
The rears can be a complete pain, the setup on Kermit II is the way to go with a seperate single piston for the hand brake.
I thought the RX8 rear discs where the same size as the FD ??? Now there are more Rx8 getting broken maybe a set could be bought cheaply.
Shaun
Speak to Dave Thompson, (Sicknote on here)
He has just fitted brand new front and rear AP Racing brakes to his Kermit II project (http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77636&highlight=Racing&page=20), (post # 491) so he could most likely help.
Quote from: Daz Nuke;863545Sorry to thread jack, but I have also been thinking about this recently. I have the AP Racing 6 pot front kit and was wondering if this could also be used for the rears? I can\'t find an AP rear kit any where, however I was hoping to put APs on the rear for symmetry. Damn OCD...
RX8 rear brakes are 302mm if that helps.
Cheers for the responses, the Kermit II looks awesome. That is the kind of setup that I am looking for.