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[Greg Collier]

I was browsing the NASA forums and came across this:

http://www.nasaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17675&highlight=

PRETTY COOL

 

[asian312]

That brings such a smile to my face. Guess you can teach an 'ol dog new tricks

 

[Pro3racer]

Hmm..maybe we'll get more suspension and brake parts now

 

[D_Eclipse9916]

Hmm..maybe we'll get more suspension and brake parts now

For the evos, like they need any more.. . .

 

[Zero Bar]

Dave has been running his 4G Eclipse, not his Evo. My roommate has been to all these HPDE's and talked to Dave each time, he had met him before when my roommate had his Evo. He says he's a really nice guy and looked good out on the track.

My roommate will be up at the event at Nelson this weekend, I'll have to tell my roommate to talk to Dave about getting some attention on here as I don't think he's on here much anymore.

 

[D_Eclipse9916]

God make some suspension stuff for 2gs, good lord.

 

[stealthTT]

I posted that link on a couple 3S boards I'm on. Pretty cool when people see the light. ha ha ha

God make some suspension stuff for 2gs, good lord.

No he needs a 3S so he can make parts for them.


I better run away now.

 

[talonTSIDriver]

I think the DSM community lacks big brake kits. The cheapest big brake kit with 4-piston brakes are nearly $1700 unless you want to fab up some 3kGT VR4 brakes or something.

 

[D_Eclipse9916]

Talon....call up TCE....Ive got their 13x1.1 2 piece rotors and 4-piston calipers.

 

[talonTSIDriver]

Talon....call up TCE....Ive got their 13x1.1 2 piece rotors and 4-piston calipers.

I will look into those, but they are still about $1400. I priced out those 3kgt VR4 brakes and for the fronts, you can pickup used calibers from $150-200, new x-drilled and slotted audi a4 rotors for $250, and then you just have to fab up some caliber adapter plates. it would be cool to see a company make some nice CNC cut 2kgt vr4 brake caliber adapters to fit right onto a DSM.

BTW D_Eclipse9916: are you running stock rear brakes, did you ad any sort of adjustable proportioning valve?

 

[D_Eclipse9916]

No I did not, supposedly most of TCE's kits are supposed to work fine. I havent had a single problem with them, except I cracked one of the rotors all the way through, and unfortuantely Wilwood themselves do not carry any warranty (they are just slotted, not even x-drilled).


Talon, your looking at spending almost 6-700 dollars for that setup, and thats fine......if your not worried about the weight. I had a brembo setup off an evo and I didnt realize till I got them how ####ing insanely heavy they are. The calipers themselves arent too heavy as their brembos, but their still a lot heavier than equivalent Wilwood calipers, and evo rotors are 1 piece and BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSS ass heavy. The 2-piece that comes with the wilwoods have an aluminum hat to reduce weight.

Adding another 30 lbs on the front off unsprung weight was a decision taht I couldnt live with, id rather just ran race pads on the stock brakes.

PS- I got my setup for 400 dollars and sold my stock calipers for 200. A guy needed rid of them quick, even included 2 sets of pads and an extra wilwood caliper. Just wait for a good deal. Those vr-4 brakes are insanely heavy too.

 

[underradar92]

As an additional note, your wheel bearings will see way less heat with a 2-piece rotor. Wilwood calipers will also never set the dust boot ablaze (seen it happen on a 3s) as they don't have one.

 

[mavisky]

Remember you don't really want crossdrilled rotors, and slotted will make the pads work better, but at additional expense to the replacement of them and will wear out the pads faster.

 

[talonTSIDriver]

Thanks for the advise guys. I did not mean to hi-jack the thread. I have been reading lots of reviews on those TCE kits and i like what i have heard. This last track event I attended this last weekend made me really realize how bad I need a brake upgrade.

 

[Evan K.]

Meh Evo's are easy to drive...

 

[Ludachris]

Thanks for the advise guys. I did not mean to hi-jack the thread. I have been reading lots of reviews on those TCE kits and i like what i have heard. This last track event I attended this last weekend made me really realize how bad I need a brake upgrade.

Todd's really the only guy to take an interest in supplying real brake kits specifically for our cars for racing applications. And he makes a lot of options too. I tell DSMers to go to him because he'll work with you to build the right kit for your application. You don't just buy an off-the-shelf kit. They're among the best kits available and still less than the Stoptechs, which are probably the only other kit I'd consider.