Brake Upgrade

[djr81]

Hmm, I had a quick look at Nengun's site. A pair of project mu hatted, slotted rotors, for your car (ie 324x30) are $961.08 delivered. Surely not much different to the price for the DBA rubbish?

Worth looking up are Stoptech. They do a 324x30 hatted rotor also.

Brembo also do one, but that will be a fair amount of coin.

Try Tony & V-sport. He knows his shit & will steer you in the right direction particularly with regard to seals etc.

www.vsport.com.au

[ferni]

I got the full brembo seal kit for the fronts from Nissan for about $70 - Must be an error in pricing but i wasn't going to say anything... Original brembo packaging inside and all.

Project Mu for 960 isn't bad, but since we already have the DBA5000's, a replacement pair of discs (not hats) are only about 400 a pair... Can't find the price for replacement discs only for Project Mu.... And i really haven't had any trouble with DBA yet.... some people seam to love them some people seem to hate them...

I wonder if the Project Mu disc would fit a DBA5000 hat.....

[djr81]

I got the full brembo seal kit for the fronts from Nissan for about $70 - Must be an error in pricing but i wasn't going to say anything... Original brembo packaging inside and all.

Project Mu for 960 isn't bad, but since we already have the DBA5000's, a replacement pair of discs (not hats) are only about 400 a pair... Can't find the price for replacement discs only for Project Mu.... And i really haven't had any trouble with DBA yet.... some people seam to love them some people seem to hate them...

I wonder if the Project Mu disc would fit a DBA5000 hat.....

Well you could always email Nengun/Greenline for a rotor & bolt price. Either that or sell the rotors you have whilst they are still good.

I am a bit bitter & twisted about DBA rotors because out of eight I have 2 cracked & the remainder not looking too sharp. For the $330 approx price for a 4000 series rotor & the awful slotting patterns & the lack of cooling....

[maccattack]

I tried the 4000's on the front - shattered both first outing at the track. 5000's seem to hold up OK - so far.

[Roy]

I love brake threads. You can see all the brake geeks emerging from their dark holes

[Abo Bob]

I've cracked plenty of DBA 4000 rotors. Got the G4's on the front now but haven't really tested them out.

[Duncan]

I run dba 4000 on the race car and have not cracked them

do you give them a really good cool down lap/rounds of the carpark.

I managed to set the z's brakes on fire on sunday. they are crap

[Ronin 09]

i ran out of brakes at turn one, sandown behind a maserati... not fun - standard Sumitomo GTR calipers and factory (curved vane, drilled) rotors.

turns out I cooked the fluid and the caliper seals were farked.

i still reckon that if you keep all the stock hardware in the best condition it can be in - braided lines, good fluid, good rotors, calipers rebuilt with new seals etc, the performance will be pretty damn good. only then go up to larger calipers / rotors...

[Roy]

I run dba 4000 on the race car and have not cracked them

do you give them a really good cool down lap/rounds of the carpark.

I managed to set the z's brakes on fire on sunday. they are crap

I think the secret is as much about warming them up as cooling them down. AA near new set of DBA 4000s cracked on me at thi syears Dutton when my co-driver tried to pull the car up from about 210km/h at the end of the flyign half mile. The brakes woudl have been pretty cold at the start of the event and they just cracked straight through ruining the rest of the day (it was 10am when it cracked

They certainly are not very durable, and i question their suitability for track work??????

PS, this from a previously satisfied DBA customer with my last set lasting years and tens of thousands of road kms. Perhaps they have changed their manufacturing between 2002 and today?

[Beer Baron]

it seems the 4000s are not all they're cracked up to be muhahahaha.

[gslrallysport]

Perhaps they have changed their manufacturing between 2002 and today?

China...

[djr81]

China...

Check their company profile. Australian made all over it.

[maccattack]

4000's are definitely NOT recommended for track. DBA won't stand by them if they are used for track - I know because we fronted them after my 4000's shattered. They ONLY recommend the 5000's for track work.

[djr81]

4000's are definitely NOT recommended for track. DBA won't stand by them if they are used for track - I know because we fronted them after my 4000's shattered. They ONLY recommend the 5000's for track work.

Hmm for motorsport & premium street performance, so says the product description. So maybe they really mean for driving to the track to watch other people....

http://www.dba.com.au/2006/products_4000.asp

But no, they disclaim all warranty once you venture near a track.

[maccattack]

So maybe they really mean for driving to the track to watch other people....

Yeah - other people using suitable rotors. :laughing-smiley-014:

[Roy]

Just sell your GTR, put all your good gear in an R32 GTSt then your R33 324 Brembo setup will mostl likely walk it in with 300kg less weight to pull up

One thing to remember is that if you are upgrading the brakes on an R33 GTR then there is strong demand for your old brakes. I woudl suggest you would get between $1600-2,000 for R33 GTR Brembos with pads and DBA 5000 rotors. It makes upgrades a lot cheaper when what you already have is desirable

[bhappy]

Just sell your GTR, put all your good gear in an R32 GTSt then your R33 324 Brembo setup will mostl likely walk it in with 300kg less weight to pull up

One thing to remember is that if you are upgrading the brakes on an R33 GTR then there is strong demand for your old brakes. I woudl suggest you would get between $1600-2,000 for R33 GTR Brembos with pads and DBA 5000 rotors. It makes upgrades a lot cheaper when what you already have is desirable

How about losing some of the excess weight off the car? Or betta yet, sell your gtr and get a s15! haha My S15 running r33 gtr brembo's, project mu 2 pieces discs, never runs out of brakes with 280rwkw, amazing what a bit of weight reduction can do for ya braking =p

Edited September 20, 2007 by bhappy

[maccattack]

At this stage am leaning heavily towards the monobloc Alcon 6 pistons. No doubt when that happens I should be able to subsidise the purchase with the Brembos.

You can't put them on the back can you??

Maybe I should diet (along with the car) in the interim.

[Roy]

There are a few Vic cars running the Alcon kits and they are all more then happy.

[maccattack]

Roy, Do you know if you can put the fronts on the back (Brembo)?