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STI113,

ok I had a look at their site, but it is looking like I will need to order them locally....I dont think I can wait for them from the US...

also what else have you done to your 32 GTR brake wise to improove it?

currently this is my setup:-

AP 6 pot 355mm rotor unknown, but hat is AP so maybe AP

unknown pad

fluid is motul 5.1 RBF600

cusco brake stopper

braided lines all round

rears are just stock GTR with DBA rotors

what pads are you running front and rear?

have you done anything above and beyond this?

cheers....

I haven't done anything yet. I'm trying to find out what the biggest rotor is I can use with the rims that I have. It looks like 365mm with be the biggest without going for a TE37 style of rim (can't get the right offset in these rims).

Basically I'm probably going to end up with 365 * 34 mm rotors and 6 pot calipers, AP600 Fluid, Comp 9 pads at the rear. Braided lines as well. My Nismo strut brace alrady has a master cylinder stopper.

I couldn't imagine needing to do anything else unless I was pulling 300+kmh on the main stragith at Philip Island????? :D

Regards

Andrew

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Snowman Grand Master

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I find with the R34 rims the RE55's 265's are probably slightly too big. 255's would be perfect but they don't exisit. Still the 265's are better than the 245's.

But as mentioned the 265's fit perfect on my 18x9.5 LMGT4's.

Andrew - not sure what you are doing for braided lines but the club get a discount through Maltech and several of us use them and they are great.

http://www.maltech.com.au/ultimatebrakehoses.html

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I find with the R34 rims the RE55's 265's are probably slightly too big. 255's would be perfect but they don't exisit.  Still the 265's are better than the 245's.

But as mentioned the 265's fit perfect on my 18x9.5 LMGT4's.

Andrew - not sure what you are doing for braided lines but the club get a discount through Maltech and several of us use them and they are great.

http://www.maltech.com.au/ultimatebrakehoses.html

Hi Andrew,

The brake package I'm looking at has braided lines included with them.

Regards

Andrew

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Ben,

I can't remember exactly but I think for the AP's the Ferrodo's were around $500 for the front set (I use Galfer pads on the rears).

And yes they are a high friction pad. And they are a bugger to bed in propperly! LOL But once bedded in they are fantastic - very good initial bite and a very consistant pedal feel.

However - extended street use leads to them becoming DAMN noisy. They need to be worked hard reguarly.

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Nice!

Well I will look at those also....

currently 3 that stand out and have been recommended are the :-

Hawk blue

DS 3000

Pagid

was it ok to use the DS3000 on a worn rotor i.e. not a new one?

and I am guessing it will be a few highway runs for me to bed them in!!

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Basically I'm probably going to end up with 365 * 34 mm rotors and 6 pot calipers, AP600 Fluid, Comp 9 pads at the rear. B

There are a few variations of the AP 6 pot caliper. Generally people use he CP555 as it has a wide range of pads available, is basically a high performance street caliper with internal dust seals, is reasonably weighted and caters large diameter rotors.

To the best of my knowledge, they will only accept a 32mm thk rotor. So just check the part number of the caliper and be sure that it will accept a 34mm thk rotor.

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There are a few variations of the AP 6 pot caliper. Generally people use he CP555 as it has a wide range of pads available, is basically a high performance street caliper with internal dust seals, is reasonably weighted and caters large diameter rotors.

To the best of my knowledge, they will only accept a 32mm thk rotor. So just check the part number of the caliper and be sure that it will accept a 34mm thk rotor.

You are correct, this one will be spaced.

Regards

Andrew

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Ferodo DS2500- high performance road/Track pad,works from cold to 600-650 degrees, kind on rotors, friction curve quite stable but will rise slightly with temp.

Ferodo DS3000- track pad, Works from cold, high inital bite, about 20% more friction than a DS2500. can be hard on discs when cold (street use), can be noisy as it is a race pad.

Pagid RS4-2(blues)- very similar to DS2500 (temp and friction specs), very popular tarmac rally pad, bit noiser than DS2500.

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