OEM Brakes, not as standard Subaru as I had hoped.. - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

OrbitalEllipses · 04-10-2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

Which naturally means that a lot of aftermarket BBK's are gonna seriously ruin the braking on this car in my opinion.

- drew

I'll just get red Brembo covers then

Dave-ROR · 04-10-2012, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

Yeah the pad shape matched our 2011 WRX.

- drew

Awesome, front and rear?

It's not much of a concern as it is a "I'm not tracking the car on stock pads so I may need something quickly.. crap"

pithy_logorrhea · 04-10-2012, 03:23 PM

You think DTC-30s would be overkill for this car?

Racecomp Engineering · 04-10-2012, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

Awesome, front and rear?

It's not much of a concern as it is a "I'm not tracking the car on stock pads so I may need something quickly.. crap"

If I recall yes but I'm at home now.

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Originally Posted by pithy_logorrhea

You think DTC-30s would be overkill for this car?

I haven't used them but from what I hear they may be a good fit for this car.

We use a lot of Pagid and Hawk, and will be trying the Carbon Lorraine pads too on an Impreza. I don't know yet what we have planned for the BRZ but Myles may have something in mind already.

- Andrew

dsgerbc · 04-10-2012, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Didn't the Toyota-side shop and info manuals go live?

I missed this. Is there a link to discussion?

OrbitalEllipses · 04-10-2012, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dsgerbc

I missed this. Is there a link to discussion?

I can't find it. Maybe I hallucinated that, but someone mentioned it in the FR-S forum. Can't find a dedicated thread, may have been in passing in another thread.

Edit: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...=repair+manual

SonnyBRZ · 04-11-2012, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

Also on that note....the brake bias on this car is soooo damn good (for a Subaru especially) and it stays pretty darn flat under hard braking. Really impressed with that.

Which naturally means that a lot of aftermarket BBK's are gonna seriously ruin the braking on this car in my opinion.

- drew

Andrew, would you be able to comment on the OEM piston sizes? I have some Brembos sitting at home, wondering if the bias will be off with them. The staggered piston may (or may not) be that much of a concern at this moment. These information day by day is killing haha. I dont think my car will arrive untill mid or late June in Canada.

Ps. AST or RC tarmac please!

Racecomp Engineering · 04-11-2012, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SonnyBRZ

Andrew, would you be able to comment on the OEM piston sizes? I have some Brembos sitting at home, wondering if the bias will be off with them. The staggered piston may (or may not) be that much of a concern at this moment. These information day by day is killing haha. I dont think my car will arrive untill mid or late June in Canada.

Ps. AST or RC tarmac please!

We'll post a whole bunch of data soon.

There will be tradeoffs going with the brembos, but if you really want the heat capacity (or the look) it may be worth it.

We've been working with KW already for RCE Tarmac coilovers.

AST has their measurements for their coilovers and we will definitely offer them alongside Ohlins, JRZ, etc.

- Andrew

Draco-REX · 04-11-2012, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

We'll post a whole bunch of data soon.

There will be tradeoffs going with the brembos, but if you really want the heat capacity (or the look) it may be worth it.

We've been working with KW already for RCE Tarmac coilovers.

AST has their measurements for their coilovers and we will definitely offer them alongside Ohlins, JRZ, etc.

- Andrew

A little off topic, but: What brand of coilovers do you recommend for cars that live in the salt belt?

SonnyBRZ · 04-11-2012, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

We'll post a whole bunch of data soon.

There will be tradeoffs going with the brembos, but if you really want the heat capacity (or the look) it may be worth it.

We've been working with KW already for RCE Tarmac coilovers.

AST has their measurements for their coilovers and we will definitely offer them alongside Ohlins, JRZ, etc.

- Andrew

Awesome! Thanks for the update. I'll look forward to hearing about the release of your coilover and info on this car.

Racecomp Engineering · 04-11-2012, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Draco-REX

A little off topic, but: What brand of coilovers do you recommend for cars that live in the salt belt?

KW's (and by extension our RCE Tarmac coilovers) really are the ultimate for that sort of thing. Not trying to toot our own horn or anything, but their corrosion resistance is just impossible to beat and we've had some customers go through hell and their coilovers stay in great shape. Rarely do I come out and say something like "ours are the best" as that's not my style but really KW has corrosion resistance down nicely. That said a lot of other companies are making some pretty big steps forward in that regard. Ohlins has gotten a lot better than they used to for example. Some still suck.

- drew

dsgerbc · 04-11-2012, 03:36 PM

Yeah, KW's are good for that. On the ones I had the springs did pick-up some rust and lost some paint, but the SS bodies were perfectly fine.

Question to RCE: do you guys plan to supply shock dyno charts with those Tarmacs?

OrbitalEllipses · 04-11-2012, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

KW's (and by extension our RCE Tarmac coilovers) really are the ultimate for that sort of thing. Not trying to toot our own horn or anything, but their corrosion resistance is just impossible to beat and we've had some customers go through hell and their coilovers stay in great shape. Rarely do I come out and say something like "ours are the best" as that's not my style but really KW has corrosion resistance down nicely. That said a lot of other companies are making some pretty big steps forward in that regard. Ohlins has gotten a lot better than they used to for example. Some still suck.

- drew

Better be corrosion resistant if you're based in Maryland, hah!

Racecomp Engineering · 04-11-2012, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dsgerbc

Yeah, KW's are good for that. On the ones I had the springs did pick-up some rust and lost some paint, but the SS bodies were perfectly fine.

Question to RCE: do you guys plan to supply shock dyno charts with those Tarmacs?

By request.

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Better be corrosion resistant if you're based in Maryland, hah!

It's shockingly awful here.

- drew

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