Big Brake Kit Picture Thread!!!
if your abs is not activating when you have a bbk then you either ****ed it up or your have reduced your braking power. the computer has absolutly no way to tell you put a bbk on the car it monitors wheel speeds to activate the abs. if it actually increased your braking power then it would be activating MORE. learn how brakes actually work, they ARE engineering with the same piston volume so that you can swap in just a front kit without the rear next time you wanna try claiming they arnt call the manufacturers tech department. go ahead and take your car to a place who has the actual tooling to measure the performance of your brakes(i know ssbc will do it for a price.) your expensive *** bbk isnt going to produce any more clamping force then stock without a kit for a different vehicle.
now you would think that more area on the brake pad would result in more clamping force but that follows the same failed logic as a bbk increases your braking power. sure the pads are longer so you would think there is more area, BUT the force applied to the pad itself is the same as stock, you dont have a smaller master cylinder to increase pressure, and unless you upgraded to a different booster or longer pedal your not getting anymore pressure there either. so you have stock pressure at the pad again call the manufacturer since obviously you have no idea what your talking about and dont believe me. so what happens when you take the same pressure and apply it to a larger surface area.................... oh **** less clamping force. so any benefit you gain from increased pad area is negated by itself from the loss of clamping force, resulting in a stock performing kit.
the oem pistons might be a single piston but they are much much much bigger then stock(and actually 06-08 are dual piston front)
sorry i know you agree they dont help you stop sooner but your post is just flat out wrong.
also that link your talking about is repeatedly talking about front and rear changes as well as swapping calipers made for different vehicles. the 350z kit is made so you can place it on the front of a car without the rear because the piston volumes are the same.
now you would think that more area on the brake pad would result in more clamping force but that follows the same failed logic as a bbk increases your braking power. sure the pads are longer so you would think there is more area, BUT the force applied to the pad itself is the same as stock, you dont have a smaller master cylinder to increase pressure, and unless you upgraded to a different booster or longer pedal your not getting anymore pressure there either. so you have stock pressure at the pad again call the manufacturer since obviously you have no idea what your talking about and dont believe me. so what happens when you take the same pressure and apply it to a larger surface area.................... oh **** less clamping force. so any benefit you gain from increased pad area is negated by itself from the loss of clamping force, resulting in a stock performing kit.
the oem pistons might be a single piston but they are much much much bigger then stock(and actually 06-08 are dual piston front)
sorry i know you agree they dont help you stop sooner but your post is just flat out wrong.
also that link your talking about is repeatedly talking about front and rear changes as well as swapping calipers made for different vehicles. the 350z kit is made so you can place it on the front of a car without the rear because the piston volumes are the same.
"As before, we did twenty stops, the first ten from 60mph, followed by six stops from 80mph and then four stops from 100mph. The difference was noticeable even at 60mph. The stops were several feet shorter than the stock brakes and the rotor temperature was 155 degrees cooler after just 10 stops. From 100mph, the car stopped 4.3 feet sooner."
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Now please don't go hating as I know this isn't a Z or even a Nissan for that matter, but I am very proud of our brakes on our shop car with the sizing and specs being very similar to the what you would see on a Z for the Project Mu BBK.
Car: 2011 Subaru STI
BBK: Project Mu
Front Caliper: 6 Piston
Front Rotor: 355x28mm
Rear Caliper: 4 Piston
Rear Rotor: 345x32mm
Thanks,
Dallin
Car: 2011 Subaru STI
BBK: Project Mu
Front Caliper: 6 Piston
Front Rotor: 355x28mm
Rear Caliper: 4 Piston
Rear Rotor: 345x32mm
Thanks,
Dallin
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I've got a subie with a big brake kit as well.... and rays... lol and i have bought something from ya'll in the past i just can't remember what atm 
- you got a great shop thanks!^^
- you got a great shop thanks!^^
Last edited by mikes10; Sep 19, 2012 at 09:45 PM.
I always like seeing your cars. My buddy with a WRX orders from RSD. 
Keep up the nice work man!
Got 1 corner on during little lunch break today. Will finish up later tonight and test ride!!!! Kinda wanted the chrome polished calipers but oh well. What do y'all think of the blues??
