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New stuff being fitted!
- Thread starter Peter255
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Anonymous
Nice seats there bud 
Plus the AP brakes are a great setup - i have a set of 6pot fronts on my Focus RS and the bite with the correct AP discs & Ferodo pads is incredible
Plus the AP brakes are a great setup - i have a set of 6pot fronts on my Focus RS and the bite with the correct AP discs & Ferodo pads is incredible AlexV6175":131u1ebj said:Nice seats there bud
I am quite excited! [smilie=yay.gif]
The interior will finally look the part! And no more sliding about! :approve:
Peter
Miguel 4747
New Member
I'm gonna be after some brakes like that soon, where did you get'em, and how much were they? They look the bees knees. [smilie=bowdown.gif]
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Anonymous
Ali - it does have them as standard !
(the branding is on the back of the caliper)
Those discs look great [smilie=cool.gif]
(the branding is on the back of the caliper)
Those discs look great [smilie=cool.gif]
Andy luvs V6s
New Member
standards are 4 pots i think? peter's new ones are 6 pots
You have to get new calipers to fit over the bells. No choice.
They are indeed (as you can see from the pics) 4 pots. I thought about 6 pots but i think they are really overkill for a road car like this. They are radial mount calipers tho (unlike std). Supposedly better under hard breaking as they do not flex unevenly and keep the pad pressure more even.
An expensive choice yes but unavoidable with the discs. And in the grand scheme of things on a car like this not that much. Calipers were ~£500. Less than a set of tyres! [smilie=dunno1.gif]
I was going to have the calipers red but thats a special order (which requries volumes).
Scotty has tried this setup back to back with the std and the difference is considerable.
Overall its gunna look sweet, and stop like a feckin anchors been dropped out the tailgate! Plus it should not fade for a few track days. I'm happy! [smilie=cool.gif]
Peter
They are indeed (as you can see from the pics) 4 pots. I thought about 6 pots but i think they are really overkill for a road car like this. They are radial mount calipers tho (unlike std). Supposedly better under hard breaking as they do not flex unevenly and keep the pad pressure more even.
An expensive choice yes but unavoidable with the discs. And in the grand scheme of things on a car like this not that much. Calipers were ~£500. Less than a set of tyres! [smilie=dunno1.gif]
I was going to have the calipers red but thats a special order (which requries volumes).
Scotty has tried this setup back to back with the std and the difference is considerable.
Overall its gunna look sweet, and stop like a feckin anchors been dropped out the tailgate! Plus it should not fade for a few track days. I'm happy! [smilie=cool.gif]
Peter
Andy luvs V6s
New Member
oh well i got half of it right, pretty good considerin i've never owned one :wink:
I'm liking the brakes but (and I'm not trying to rain on your parade)...
Seems a few people are going around upgrading the brakes and I'm wondering if I just got lucky with mine.
Even before I removed the weight out of my car I did approx 10 track days and never once had brake fade or found them wanting - I was consistently out-braking people (in fact it was one of the few ways I could catch people before I sorted out new suspension etc).
I did go down the braided brakes lines, different fluid and different pad compounds.
Then the car had the weight stripped out of it which is clearly going to make a difference but it then went into our hire fleet where it was constantly abused by a range of drivers from monkeys to "driving gods" and whilst compliants about tricky handling, lack of absolute grunt etc were common no one ever moaned about the brakes.
I did 2 Don Palmer sessions in the car (again before the weight was removed) and whilst Don was not particularly keen on its on the limit manners he was very positive about the braking even making the bold claim that he felt they were some of the most progressive brakes he had experienced on a production car.
Of course brakes can be a very personal thing - some people like binary brakes others prefer a more progressive feel but I'd be interested to hear what it is that is driving people to look to upgrade the standard ones.
Having said all that, Peter, they do look pretty dam good
Seems a few people are going around upgrading the brakes and I'm wondering if I just got lucky with mine.
Even before I removed the weight out of my car I did approx 10 track days and never once had brake fade or found them wanting - I was consistently out-braking people (in fact it was one of the few ways I could catch people before I sorted out new suspension etc).
I did go down the braided brakes lines, different fluid and different pad compounds.
Then the car had the weight stripped out of it which is clearly going to make a difference but it then went into our hire fleet where it was constantly abused by a range of drivers from monkeys to "driving gods" and whilst compliants about tricky handling, lack of absolute grunt etc were common no one ever moaned about the brakes.
I did 2 Don Palmer sessions in the car (again before the weight was removed) and whilst Don was not particularly keen on its on the limit manners he was very positive about the braking even making the bold claim that he felt they were some of the most progressive brakes he had experienced on a production car.
Of course brakes can be a very personal thing - some people like binary brakes others prefer a more progressive feel but I'd be interested to hear what it is that is driving people to look to upgrade the standard ones.
Having said all that, Peter, they do look pretty dam good
