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What Makes A Brembo Caliper "f50" Or "f40"?

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This is an F40 calliper. To the best of my knowledge it looks no different from an F50 - piston areas aside. It does look and is different from the Brembo's found on the R33's etc & from the current range of Brembo callipers.

Also to the best of my knowledge there is no difference between an F40 & an F50 pad (Which in turn is the same as a Brembo equipped BA Falcon, oddly enough).

Lastly I am not aware of there being any difference in the rotor sizes that these callipers can accomodate ie an F40 can go on a 324 rotor (like mine) a 343 rotor or a 355 rotor. As can an F50.

those are f40. f50 doesnt wrap around the disk as much.

ps. you can also use a "wide face" 355mm disc used by holden i think, in a 2 piece disc hat combo but using a custon hat.and use evo/sti pads for a much wider pad area

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Havoc1 Newbie

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Heres my new puppies.

On the way from Japan at the moment, should be here next month.

Brembo 6pot with a 380mm rotor. Any idea what they are off?

Old thread but.... With some small exceptions in the bridge and brake hose attachment area, those calipers look a heck of a lot like the early version 6 pots used on some AMG Mercedes.

$4.5K? Wow, everything is spendy down there. I realize that's for calipers/rotors/mounting brackets, etc., but still! I bought a pair of the same calipers in the US for $730 in 2009, and they were practically brand new.

AMG Mercedes... ignore the OEM mounting bracket.

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gslrallysport Experienced

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all well and good, but what about pad and disc replacement costs? i prefer to stick with a nascar type pad wick can be had new dor less than 200 bucks, also 25-30mm thick...

We've got about 8 different options on pads for that Ford/Merc 6 piston Brembo, it's quite a common caliper.

With regards to Nascar pads, alot of the teams are switching to Project Mu now because, although more expensive than the current crop of US made stuff, they last ALOT longer, and the Nascar pads are distributed worldwide from PMU here in Australia, not Japan, so depending on what you're after, you'll be able to buy the PMu Nascar pads here cheaper than what you'll be able to if you buy a set having done a round trip around the globe. Yes, they'll be more expensive, but as most categories are finding now (particularly the V8's and Porsche Cup locally) the PMu gear lasts alot longer than most other big name brand stuff, so pays for itself pretty quickly.

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