ap racing progressive six pots,330mm discs,custom bells & brackets.

 

Huge

 

looks nice.

 

what kind of kit is that? is it a kit or a custom work? How much did it run you?

Thanks

-joe

 

Hey Joe,nice to hear from you again,its a kit i had to build myself, calipers and discs are ap's off the shelf items and the bells and caliper retaining brackets were custom one offs.cost- bout a couple,thats bout $3500

 

My word

Looks good.

 

Yes it does....

 

I want brakes like that. So do you track your car, or was that just an indulgence cus you had money lying around?

 

I think that the Brembo 330mm calipers and rotors look 100 times better.
Ill post a link when i find it.

 

theres a pic of my engine in the single turbo section, i have to have these brakes,i'll be tracking summertime!

 

Sweet brakes man...!!! IF anyone has a pick of the Brembo Gran Tourismo kit on a FD I would love to see it...!!!!

 

And weigh about 100 times more too.....

 

Looks sweet, I like the rims.

 

Hey like the setup. I have the same 6 pots but using 355x32mm discs.

Stopping power is awesom with the 6 pot calipers.

See you at one of next years shows.

Dan

 

double post

 

i want to see some more pics of the car with the AVS 7s on it. i have been considering those rims for mine. thanks.

oh yeah and a very nice brake setup as well. you should have some more of the brackets and hats made for other people wanting the same setup.

 

looks great. Excellent choice of calipers.

I don't see the fascination with drilled rotors though.

What pad will you run?

 

The drilled rotors deglaze the pads,i had the grooved ones also,drilled ones look soooo much nicer! pads are ferodo ds 2500's.Rockshox i'll post some more pics once i've put the lump back in,looks like it's on stilts at the moment.

 

deglaze the pads? I have never heard that one before.

 

Are these show brakes or track brakes? Drilled rotors crack... quickly.

Great looking setup though...

 

show brakes? ap racing make the best brakes money can buy,drilled rotors do crack quicker than slotted ones but not quickly.These are serious 'break your neck' brakes.Wvrx7 we learn new things everyday!

 

Yeah, just the other day I learned that sound is the most important consideration when buying a BOV. I also have learned that rear wings make the car handle better when on curvy interstate exit ramps. Oh and one other guy told me that his body kit kept him from hydroplaning at 45mph and he was able to save his car.

It is amazing what one learns on the internet.

In reality though, AP Racing does, in fact, manufacture some of the absolute best brake hardware on this planet. They also manufacture a whole lot of parts solely to suit what the public wants. Sadly, the public wants the look of a drilled, slotted and otherwise decorated rotor.

The engineers at AP (and all other companies) know using these fashion pieces on the street is a bad idea but they want to make money so it continues.

Hell, you said it in your earlier post. They look sooooooo good. Can't you just admit that is why you bought the fashion rotors? Deglazing the pads, outgassing, heat reduction, they are all myths for street use.

Current (quality) competition level pads DO NOT need to be "de gassed" or deglazed. Find any literature from a manufacturer that says otherwise and I will be shocked.

SOME racecars use drilled rotors in competition but those rotors are used for a few sessions, a race or maybe two, but they are never expected to last through months or years of heat cycles. The rotors are replaced almost immediately and cracking doesn't become a problem. On the street, even the richest among us, would like rotors to last as long as possible. The constant heat cycles, road grime, water, etc. is very hard on drilled and slotted rotors and they degrade quickly. I predict your sexy rotors will be cracked in 3 months. I, for one, won't pay for new rotors that often just to be cool at the local cruise in.

If you are smart, and I bet you are, or you wouldn't have spent that much money on brakes, your next set of rotors will be solid and you will be much happier.

 

strange? i thought you said you never heard of deglazing pads? anyway,i don't need to admit that i bought the "fashion rotors" because they look cool ,because i already said that,so what is it that i need to admit? and the grooves do deglaze the pads and reduce bedding in time may be not on current comp pads but they do serve this purpose,and do you think these are the first rotors i've run? i've run them all, solid,drilled, grooved,combi,cruised to shows and ragged them on the track and street,they've lasted longer than you predict.Much longer.
As for the racecars its fact that these guys dont use anything on the car for long,if you know a race car mechanic or can find your way into the paddocks thing like wiggins couplings, quick disconnect brake couplings are thrown away like you wouldn't beleive,you'll see them lying on the floor.You and i would pay maybe 60,70,80 bucks or pounds for one of these, they have too much to loose.
Tyres is another passed down the line to the poorer weekend racer example,do you see much wrong with them after the elite have binned them?
Thats not a good example you use.
Now the first words you used,what were they? oh yes"looks great".don't ya just,don't ya just love 'em.
Nothing wrong with fashion and nothing sad bout wanting drilled or grooved or both,skys the limit!.Now chill.

 

Sweet lookin front setup. What did you do to balance out the backs? Did you address the increased master cylinder requirements?

 

The backs are still stock,i'll put an inline bias adjuster in there and lose the stock proportioning valve then add a SPA gauge to show front/rear bias.The factory master is adequate for the step up from fours to six.
Maybe i'll even ditch the whole factory set up and go triple masters running servoless with remote alloy reservoirs and dash mounted bias adjustment,then i can really impress all at the shows with my fashion brakes and sexy rotors!