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I'm upgrading my Gtt brakes soon for motorsport use and from what I've heard and read and heard I might be better of buying after market calipers (to use with 324 diameter calipers) rather than buying r33 or r34 GTR Brembos .Are Brembos overated ? Any thoughts on which way to go. obviously you only get what you pay for but I'm just talking pure performance of different brands of calipers that can be bought at reaonable prices.

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For the money the Brembos are a tad overated. But it takes a bit more money for something like CSC/B-Spec to get much of an improvement.

What mods do you have, What tyres are you running, What wheel diameter are you running? You will be pleasantly surprised what some good fluid and something like Endless CCX pads will do to your brakign system. Throw some braided lines in there to get a good baseline and i would be surprised if you dont have enough brakes.

What sort of motorsport do you have in mind...what tracks?

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I wouldn't bother swapping calipers.

get your lines swapped for braided, get some good pads and run a decent brake fluid like motul rbf600 or the equivalent high temp penrite. Then run it until your rotors need changing and replace them with a quality 2 piece unit (i'd suggest project mu HCR pro based on my limited experience) or alternatively, if you feel the brakes still aren't up to scratch at that stage,then get the bigger rotors and new calipers

damn, beat me to it roy!

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For the money the Brembos are a tad overated. But it takes a bit more money for something like CSC/B-Spec to get much of an improvement.

What mods do you have, What tyres are you running, What wheel diameter are you running? You will be pleasantly surprised what some good fluid and something like Endless CCX pads will do to your brakign system. Throw some braided lines in there to get a good baseline and i would be surprised if you dont have enough brakes.

What sort of motorsport do you have in mind...what tracks?

Semi slicks, standard diam. wheels. Will be running in targa tassie 2009 hence the need for good braking system

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i ran the g4 brakes at targa last year, they are 8 spot over 330mm calipers and fit well under 17" wheels. if you are running 18" you have more options but 17 is limited to about 330mm discs for most wheel designs.

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i ran the g4 brakes at targa last year, they are 8 spot over 330mm calipers and fit well under 17" wheels. if you are running 18" you have more options but 17 is limited to about 330mm discs for most wheel designs.

Thanks for your reply Could you PM me if you have any extra info on the G4's. I to am running in Targa again next year. Any info would be appreciated .

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