04S2kSS

thats a nice kit.... I wouldnt mind it just for the bling part

06Estukay

What are the rotor specs? What happens when you need to replace the rotors?

Andrie

Pads size has nothing to do with more grip. It just handle heat a bit better if that, and last longer.

Friction is governed by coefficient of friction and normal force, which in this case depends on the total piston area given everything else the same. However, since the diameter different, this will be a mitigating factor as well.

I can't see the ebay link from work. But if this a 4 piston superlite older model it worked very well for my TSX race car. They come with so many variance of piston size and thickness. Some model will fit 1" thick rotor, some 1.1" and some 1.25". So make sure you get the right spec.

robrob

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I am running the Dynalite 4 piston calipers now.

Cool, thanks Strat. I agree that our cars are rear biased when running r-compound tires, but I was concerned with going from 1 big piston to 4 small ones might be too much bias transfer up front.

clarkster009

Rob,

This site MotoIQ has a pretty good review on the Stoptech 4-piston kit. http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_artic...ont-break.aspx Whether it's just marketing or not, Stoptech claims to engineer their kits for specific cars keeping in mind biases and ABS functionality: http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/te...e_papers.shtml

Yes, I think that is the reason this kit is only $869, is because it uses 1 piece rotors. I know Revolution Brake, who sells the kit, probably sells the replacement rotors. The listing said the rotor size is 325x32. I did a Google search, and apparently this is the size on base C6 Corvettes. Now, I don't know much about brakes, but I would assume any 325x32 rotor would fit? I found some two-piece StopTech Aero Rotors in this size for $650. http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/pr...roductID=12156 However, since it's for a Corvette, I assume you will need to get a custom hat (or just an S2000 hat from Stoptech). But then you are bumping the price of the kit up to ~$1500. For $1600 you can get the Stoptech kit which is track proven already, or the 6 piston Wilwood kit with two piece rotors.

However, I guess you could start with the 1 piece and step up to two piece if you started cracking rotors too quickly. Kind of like a "phased" thing. Plus, I think I heard that it is easier to fit Wilwood calipers.

Stratocaster

I was looking at the Wilwood 6 piston kit and the pad size is actually smaller on that caliper. Now the rotor diameter was large (13.x IIRC) so it used a different top hat then the Parts helper kit. That surprised me. Revolution Brakes said that a two piece rotor would be an additional 500.

turbo8765

The bias of the stoptech 328mm 4 piston kit feels very close to stock.

clarkster009

Hmm interesting. Do you have a link to the pad size?

So if the two piece is $500 it should bring the total cost to $1369. Cheaper than the Stoptech one, but the question is, is it worth $231 more for the Stoptech?

I was there were more comparison testings with parts. It is all subjective.

adrs2k

^ I would certainly pay more for the Stoptech.

wrecked

does anyone know if these will fit a 17X7.5 TE37 with a +48 offset? Also, where would be a good place to buy new/ different pad compounds and rotors for this kit?