DaJackal
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- Jun 11, 2009
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Lappeenranta,
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Ok I know this topic has been on the forums before, and I think I have read almost all similar threads. I just wanna know what are your suggestions to exactly my situation.
Background: The car is a 95 GS - my & my girlfriends mutual project. Basic mods are done (AEM CAI, 55mm TB, header, Magnaflow hi-flow cat, 2.5" catback) and now it's time to make it stop a bit better so that I can rely on its performance on occasional track day use too. The car has no ABS and there are drums in the rear. These drums we are going to keep, because they are far more reliable during cold winter times (rear discs have a tendency to freeze on handbrake), and the front brakes do some 80 percent of the job anyway, so they're much more important.
We live in Finland, so shipping of parts is probably going to be one of the biggest costs - keep this in mind.
I have been thinking of some alternatives, and I guess these are by far the most competitive ones.
1) Keep the stock calipers, just get some slotted/drilled rotors and EBC Greenstuff pads (or similar performance pads). Cost: $200ish shipped (?)
2) Do the GSX conversion presented here http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/handling-tech/366667-2g-gsx-brake-upgrade-brackets.html - buy used GSX front calipers (with brackets) and a rebuild kit, GSX drilled/slotted rotors (slightly bigger than stock GS ones) and pads (which ones would be the best, couldn't find Greenstuffs for GSX?). Oh yeah, and new brake lines. Cost: ???
3) Order Lancer Evo 3 calipers, rotors, pads and braided brake lines from UK. Decreases postage costs.
Link to rotors: MITSUBISHI - LANCER EVOLUTION (EVO 2 3 CE9A) - SERVICING PARTS, TUNING SPARES & SERVICE ACCESSORIES - Front Brake Disc's and Brake Pad Set - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 2 3 CE9A :: £82.50 :: Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 1(I) 2(II) 3(III) 4(IV) 5(V) 6(VI) 7(
Calipers with brackets are fairly easy to get due to large amount of Evo3's in UK. I know the Evo3 rotors are 4x114.3 bolt pattern but that can be fixed by drilling a new pattern to them. Cost: depends on the calipers - $500-600 maybe, even less if I'm lucky.
What would you suggest? Or are there any other cars that could supply parts the same way like gsx? We have quite a lot of Galants here and also Sebring & Avenger are common cars, salvage parts from those are fairly easy to get cheap. Any help from these?
Background: The car is a 95 GS - my & my girlfriends mutual project. Basic mods are done (AEM CAI, 55mm TB, header, Magnaflow hi-flow cat, 2.5" catback) and now it's time to make it stop a bit better so that I can rely on its performance on occasional track day use too. The car has no ABS and there are drums in the rear. These drums we are going to keep, because they are far more reliable during cold winter times (rear discs have a tendency to freeze on handbrake), and the front brakes do some 80 percent of the job anyway, so they're much more important.
We live in Finland, so shipping of parts is probably going to be one of the biggest costs - keep this in mind.
I have been thinking of some alternatives, and I guess these are by far the most competitive ones.
1) Keep the stock calipers, just get some slotted/drilled rotors and EBC Greenstuff pads (or similar performance pads). Cost: $200ish shipped (?)
2) Do the GSX conversion presented here http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/handling-tech/366667-2g-gsx-brake-upgrade-brackets.html - buy used GSX front calipers (with brackets) and a rebuild kit, GSX drilled/slotted rotors (slightly bigger than stock GS ones) and pads (which ones would be the best, couldn't find Greenstuffs for GSX?). Oh yeah, and new brake lines. Cost: ???
3) Order Lancer Evo 3 calipers, rotors, pads and braided brake lines from UK. Decreases postage costs.
Link to rotors: MITSUBISHI - LANCER EVOLUTION (EVO 2 3 CE9A) - SERVICING PARTS, TUNING SPARES & SERVICE ACCESSORIES - Front Brake Disc's and Brake Pad Set - Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 2 3 CE9A :: £82.50 :: Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 1(I) 2(II) 3(III) 4(IV) 5(V) 6(VI) 7(
Calipers with brackets are fairly easy to get due to large amount of Evo3's in UK. I know the Evo3 rotors are 4x114.3 bolt pattern but that can be fixed by drilling a new pattern to them. Cost: depends on the calipers - $500-600 maybe, even less if I'm lucky.
What would you suggest? Or are there any other cars that could supply parts the same way like gsx? We have quite a lot of Galants here and also Sebring & Avenger are common cars, salvage parts from those are fairly easy to get cheap. Any help from these?
