Archertsi
05-31-2009, 12:32 AM
So I figured I would share my latest project with the group. Ever since I installed 18 inch wheels, my stock brakes have bugged me. At first my car had FWD calipers and rotors so I upgraded to the AWD calipers and rotors
Still, the large wheel left a ton of area around the rotor that drove me crazy, didn't look proportional. So I started looking for other options for the future.
Baer brakes make a kit for the car, but still a dual piston with a pad not much bigger than the my AWD pads and a slightly larger rotor. StopTech makes a kit also, and it's nice, but the price isn't. Then I thought about 3000GT VR4 4 pot calipers but there wasn't a rotor that would clear my wheel. Thought about Evo calipers, but again, price and the rotor would hit my wheel.
I did some research as to how people were getting VR4 calipers to fit. Some were experimenting with rotors off of Audis and other cars. I went to the parts store where they let me look through their parts book. They listed rotors, the diameters, bolt patterns and offsets. I found a rotor that was 14 inches with a huge offset and a 5x115mm bolt pattern (mine is 5x114.3) for 1/2 inch studs (mine are 12mm)
Bought that and test fit it to my car. The VR4 calipers cleared with a ton of room to go but I did have to turn some un-needed material off of the back of the rotor so it wouldn't hit the knuckle.
At work one day I was looking at the calipers on the Vipers. They are a Brembo 4 pot caliper and is the same casting as Evo's, STi's, CTS-V's, etc. I decided to test fit one of the those, IT CLEARED! I was able to get a used set of calipers through my work so I just had to slap some new seals in them and paint em.
Well bigger calipers = more fluid that needs to be pushed. I did some research and the 3000GT brake master cylinder is the same bore as the Vipers. Did some more research and the 3000GT master will bolt up to my booster. Just need to modify some of the brake line routing.
So here is where I am at:
Stock rotor VS new rotor
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02300.jpg
Stock 2 piston caliper VS Viper Brembo caliper
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02301.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02302.jpg
Stock brakes
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02303.jpg
BREMBO Brakes
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02308.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02309.jpg
Still, the large wheel left a ton of area around the rotor that drove me crazy, didn't look proportional. So I started looking for other options for the future.
Baer brakes make a kit for the car, but still a dual piston with a pad not much bigger than the my AWD pads and a slightly larger rotor. StopTech makes a kit also, and it's nice, but the price isn't. Then I thought about 3000GT VR4 4 pot calipers but there wasn't a rotor that would clear my wheel. Thought about Evo calipers, but again, price and the rotor would hit my wheel.
I did some research as to how people were getting VR4 calipers to fit. Some were experimenting with rotors off of Audis and other cars. I went to the parts store where they let me look through their parts book. They listed rotors, the diameters, bolt patterns and offsets. I found a rotor that was 14 inches with a huge offset and a 5x115mm bolt pattern (mine is 5x114.3) for 1/2 inch studs (mine are 12mm)
Bought that and test fit it to my car. The VR4 calipers cleared with a ton of room to go but I did have to turn some un-needed material off of the back of the rotor so it wouldn't hit the knuckle.
At work one day I was looking at the calipers on the Vipers. They are a Brembo 4 pot caliper and is the same casting as Evo's, STi's, CTS-V's, etc. I decided to test fit one of the those, IT CLEARED! I was able to get a used set of calipers through my work so I just had to slap some new seals in them and paint em.
Well bigger calipers = more fluid that needs to be pushed. I did some research and the 3000GT brake master cylinder is the same bore as the Vipers. Did some more research and the 3000GT master will bolt up to my booster. Just need to modify some of the brake line routing.
So here is where I am at:
Stock rotor VS new rotor
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02300.jpg
Stock 2 piston caliper VS Viper Brembo caliper
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02301.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02302.jpg
Stock brakes
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02303.jpg
BREMBO Brakes
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02308.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg12/JustBoostin/Talon/BREMBO%20STOPERZ/DSC02309.jpg