I want better brakes

[iceman69510]

Quoting turbophein:
so our cars calipers are good, we just need the outlander brackets and rotors to work? is that what i just read?



This obviously does not increase clamping force or pad area, just increases swept area and of course greater mass and surface area for heat transfer.

 

[marvinmadman]

More leverage /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[KiNgMaRtY]

Quoting turbophein:
what can we do for the rears?


my right rear caliper starts squealing with any hard type of breaking for a minute or so, pretty sure it is sticking slightly, i had a hard time turning it back in when i repainted my rear subframe.



Other than getting better pads, there is not much you can do for the rear as there currently is not a way to use other calipers and retain the e-brake function. Someone did swap out the rear-trailing arms and such to be able to run the 3000GT brakes in the rear aswell. Appears to be too much of a hassle.

If you upgrade your calipers and rotors, don't cheap out on the pads as you won't see much of a gain. Get some R4-S pads if street driven.

I had Corvette calipers on the HKS 1g that I had before. I will be putting Evo Brembos on the 2g I just aquired. Luckily for the 2g, the Evo Brembos just bolt in.

I have Portefield R4-S pads on my Galant and it bites. I had them on the 2g I had before and also in the 05 STi I use to own, 89 MX6 GT Turbo 4WS that I use to own. Really great pad in my opinion. I will be getting a set for my Evo when the time comes for new pads again. I bought Stop Techs the last time around and they are just okay for DD but don't bite nowhere as good as the Porterfields

 

[slugsgomoo]

If there's interest I can get my buddy to make some brackets for the wilwood handbrake caliper. One of my buddies just did a full wilwood setup on 362/1000 (BSL6 fronts, BSL4 rear) and we had to build a bracket to add a parking brake caliper. I'd use a hydraulic handbrake if you wanted to use it for turning type shenanigans, but it can definitely be done. Been meaning to do a photoshoot with him to get pictures of the whole setup but I've been busy with my own car.

 

[iceman69510]

Quoting KiNgMaRtY:

If you upgrade your calipers and rotors, don't cheap out on the pads as you won't see much of a gain. Get some R4-S pads if street driven.

I had Corvette calipers on the HKS 1g that I had before. I will be putting Evo Brembos on the 2g I just aquired. Luckily for the 2g, the Evo Brembos just bolt in.



I have heard great things about the R4-S on other forums as well. I may try them as I need new front pads on the DD.

I don't believe the Evo brembos "bolt on" a 2g unless you have the JDM galant knuckles with the proper bolt spacing. You have to have adapter brackets and do some machining. I don't like how most of the hacks cut the knuckles on their 2g vehicles. BTW, not to steal the thread, but I have a full set of Evo 8 Brembos available. If you are interested, pm me.

 

[KiNgMaRtY]

I just purchased some Brembos calipers yesterday. The rear is basically a bolt on ordeal with the Brembo calipers (plus Evo rotors/pads) just need to mod the dust shield so allow the rotors room. The front does require a bracket and a little bit of grinding on the caliper and knuckle. No need to get different knuckles though

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[KiNgMaRtY]

Quoting slugsgomoo:
If there's interest I can get my buddy to make some brackets for the wilwood handbrake caliper. One of my buddies just did a full wilwood setup on 362/1000 (BSL6 fronts, BSL4 rear) and we had to build a bracket to add a parking brake caliper. I'd use a hydraulic handbrake if you wanted to use it for turning type shenanigans, but it can definitely be done. Been meaning to do a photoshoot with him to get pictures of the whole setup but I've been busy with my own car.



That would be great! The GVR-4 community and the 1g DSMers would finally have an option for upgrading the rears and having a parking brake.

 

[iLLeffeKt vr-4]

OP....what pads you currently have on the car and when was the last time you flushed the brake fluid?

I would also recommend you go with blank rotors instead of the drilled and/or slotted ones.