theamsoilguy said:

I just finished a 1000km race with the RTM kit. We died 10.5 hours into the 11 hours it took for the race, something let go and we lost power. But we also cooked the brakes. I think it was one driver pushing harder than he should. I ran ATE super blue, there is better brake fluid out there, we boiled it ( 2nd driver out ) I nursed it for my 2 hour stint with a pump then brake approach. The second driver after me boiled it enough we did a brake bleed mid race, he went into the field when he lost the brakes. I think we were the only car to not get stuck in the mud off track being a AWD. Now I have a bad vibration so we might have warped the rotors. They were good rotors from Frozen Rotors. I wonder if the race outcome would have been different if the race was the day prior, it rained 70mm, thats about 2.5 inches

I managed to run 2 inch brake ducting and its done in a way I am happy with. But the scoops at the front of the ducting were not that large and got knocked off during the race when the first driver made contact with another car. So I will have to do some digging to figure out what the weak link of the brakes still are. I think its going to be that the one driver thought he was in 15 minute sprint races instead of a endurance race.

I have not been able to get pics off my phone for a week, I will get some pictures of the ducting and do a update once I do a post mortem on the car.

It was fun as hell though. My data shows the car was almost 1.3 latteral g's on toyo r888 235 tires.

I dont think there is anything wrong with the RTM kit myself, it was a nice easy install. I ran good rotors and full on race pads.

Click to expand...

Curious,did your RTM kit give you a gap between the base of the rotor and the caliper? I have a slight but noticeable gap with mine.

Click to expand...

907dsm said:

I'm running drag 31 17x9 with a 28mm offset but I have extended wheel studs. I have a lot of room between rims and calipers. I'll try to get some pictures for you.

Click to expand...

theamsoilguy said:

The wheels from FAST fit with room to spare. 17*9 et 25. But they sure look like they stick out lots, more than I expected. I also expected the wheel to be closer to the strut.

Your looking at a 13 inch Ford Cobra Rotor, VR4 Calipers and a Fast FC01 wheel.

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

Click to expand...

2slow4now said:

A good general rule of thumb for the 3kgtvr4 calipers and wheel clearance is if it fits a stock evo with brembos then it should work for the dsm.
Garfield (from tuners nation) told me a 17" diameter is a minimum and spoke design is the big concern. This was back a few years ago when I was doing the swap.

Sucks your wheels didn't fit.

You could use something like tire rack to check fit for the next one's. Just select any evo model that came with brembos then narrow your search to either the wheels you own or the one's you want to get.
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/results.jsp?filterSize=17&filterFinish=All&filterBrand=All&filterWeight=All&autoMake=Mitsubishi&autoModel=Lancer Evolution MR&autoYear=2006&autoModClar=&sort=Diameter&filterNew=All&filterSpecial=false

I was lazy with wheels, I just went with stock evo 8 wheels.

You must be logged in to view this image or video.

Click to expand...

ACM said:

The Brembo caliper on Evos is twice the size of the 3kVR4 caliper - if it works on an Evo it will be just fine on a 3kVR4-equipped DSM.

Click to expand...

ACM said:

Any wheel that works on an Evo will work fine on a DSM with 3kVR brakes.

The Brembo caliper on Evos is twice the size of the 3kVR4 caliper - if it works on an Evo it will be just fine on a 3kVR4-equipped DSM.

For reference, I have a 3kVR4-equipped 2G ex-race car, and an Evo 8/9-equipped street 2G. The above holds true.

Click to expand...