Prodigywerks Brakes-New Player With A BBK - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

continuecrushing · 05-23-2017, 05:52 AM

Well well well, here we go! A few weeks back (okay, maybe a month or so) my good friend @Manic directed me to a facebook post where a new company was looking for people to try out their new big brake kit. The typical bunch of "gimmie gimmie gimmie" were in there, as to be expected. I tossed my name in the hat, since I've been wanting to upgrade the Stoptechs I have currently. Oh, and because I have trouble keeping anything on the car too long before getting bored and swapping for no reason at all.

I was selected as one?(I think there is at least one more FRS/BRZ/86 owner who was chosen) to test, review, and rate the brakes.

I currently have Stoptech ST40 calipers on the car, and I have had no complaints with them.

For testing, I will be using a Performance VBox, so I'll have great no nonsense explanations or "butt dyno yeah bro is stops so hard now" bs...I'll have verifiable data to go off, to prove if the new Prodigywerks Big Brake kit has what it takes.

Here are specs from Prodigywerks:

6-Pistons ProdigyWerks Calipers (1 Left and 1 Right)
13" (330mm x 32mm) or 14" (356mm x 32mm) 2-piece design Tru™ Floating Brake Discs - Slotted (1 Left and 1 Right)
ProdigyWerks High Performance Brake Pads (1 set)
Teflon Steel Braided Brake Lines x 2pcs.
Carbon Steel Adapter Mounts (1 Left and 1 Right)
Screws, bolts and necessary hardware. (1 set)

Right now, I've made two videos, an unboxing and a first look. Of course I'll shoot some stuff for install, and a bunch for testing.

Feel free to chime in or ask questions! Lets try and keep this reasonable too, and stick with data...

The brakes appear to have all the paperwork and such proving that they have passed quality tests and what not. Any and all documents and data I can get will be posted here. I'll get photos up tomorrow that I shot during the video.

https://www.facebook.com/prodigywerks/

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otvDp6KVzhM"]Prodigywerks Big Brake Kit-Unboxing And What To Expect - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYHXfryu_k"]Prodigywerks Big Brake Kit Detailed Look - YouTube[/ame]

continuecrushing · 05-23-2017, 05:53 AM

reserved for things

continuecrushing · 05-23-2017, 05:54 AM

reserved for even more thingssss

Captain Snooze · 05-23-2017, 07:40 AM

Why would someone buy these over the kits that are already out there? What is the sales pitch?
The fact that the FaceBook blurb mentions warping discs lends no credibility to the brand.

Soloside · 05-23-2017, 01:06 PM

in for more information.

was in the running for the brakes too, but I couldn't measure my wheels since I didn't have the car on hand.

LOL

Kodename47 · 05-23-2017, 03:33 PM

Interesting to see how this plays out. It's a strange market, there are the known trusted manufacturers but then there are the unknown startups that could potentially be good alternatives. They have to be cheaper to compete to get some market share, but until people actually take a gamble, which it kind of is, then they won't get the reviews.

Racecomp Engineering · 05-23-2017, 03:47 PM

Do you track your car?

- Andrew

continuecrushing · 05-23-2017, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

Do you track your car?

- Andrew

I haven't been to the track much with this car, unfortunately (other than a few autox events and time trials). I'll make sure when I do that the Vbox is used so we can see how much I'm actually pushing the car. My SRT-4 was tracked though, but it's been a while.

Plus, I'm not opposed to having someone who knows how to drive take it for a few laps at the track..(this doesn't apply to most of this forum lol)

Tokay444 · 05-23-2017, 04:42 PM

Ew.

05-23-2017, 05:52 AM	#1
continuecrushing Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Firestorm FRS Location: Lake Elsinore, CA Posts: 2,707 Thanks: 1,231 Thanked 2,144 Times in 1,003 Posts Mentioned: 73 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Prodigywerks Brakes-New Player With A BBK Well well well, here we go! A few weeks back (okay, maybe a month or so) my good friend @Manic directed me to a facebook post where a new company was looking for people to try out their new big brake kit. The typical bunch of "gimmie gimmie gimmie" were in there, as to be expected. I tossed my name in the hat, since I've been wanting to upgrade the Stoptechs I have currently. Oh, and because I have trouble keeping anything on the car too long before getting bored and swapping for no reason at all. I was selected as one?(I think there is at least one more FRS/BRZ/86 owner who was chosen) to test, review, and rate the brakes. I currently have Stoptech ST40 calipers on the car, and I have had no complaints with them. For testing, I will be using a Performance VBox, so I'll have great no nonsense explanations or "butt dyno yeah bro is stops so hard now" bs...I'll have verifiable data to go off, to prove if the new Prodigywerks Big Brake kit has what it takes. Here are specs from Prodigywerks: 6-Pistons ProdigyWerks Calipers (1 Left and 1 Right) 13" (330mm x 32mm) or 14" (356mm x 32mm) 2-piece design Tru™ Floating Brake Discs - Slotted (1 Left and 1 Right) ProdigyWerks High Performance Brake Pads (1 set) Teflon Steel Braided Brake Lines x 2pcs. Carbon Steel Adapter Mounts (1 Left and 1 Right) Screws, bolts and necessary hardware. (1 set) Right now, I've made two videos, an unboxing and a first look. Of course I'll shoot some stuff for install, and a bunch for testing. Feel free to chime in or ask questions! Lets try and keep this reasonable too, and stick with data... The brakes appear to have all the paperwork and such proving that they have passed quality tests and what not. Any and all documents and data I can get will be posted here. I'll get photos up tomorrow that I shot during the video. https://www.facebook.com/prodigywerks/ [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otvDp6KVzhM"]Prodigywerks Big Brake Kit-Unboxing And What To Expect - YouTube[/ame] [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYHXfryu_k"]Prodigywerks Big Brake Kit Detailed Look - YouTube[/ame]

05-23-2017, 07:40 AM	#4
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,723 Thanks: 3,993 Thanked 9,346 Times in 4,127 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Why would someone buy these over the kits that are already out there? What is the sales pitch? The fact that the FaceBook blurb mentions warping discs lends no credibility to the brand. __________________ My car is completely stock except for all the mods.

05-23-2017, 01:06 PM	#5
Soloside -Phil's BIGGEST FAN BOI Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2014 Greddy Turbo BRZ Location: Philadelphia Posts: 678 Thanks: 19 Thanked 205 Times in 133 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	in for more information. was in the running for the brakes too, but I couldn't measure my wheels since I didn't have the car on hand. LOL __________________ 2014 Subaru BRZ Don't follow your dreams, follow my instagram www.instagram.com/soloside

05-23-2017, 03:33 PM	#6
Kodename47 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: UK GT86 Location: UK Posts: 3,040 Thanks: 185 Thanked 1,629 Times in 1,112 Posts Mentioned: 155 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Interesting to see how this plays out. It's a strange market, there are the known trusted manufacturers but then there are the unknown startups that could potentially be good alternatives. They have to be cheaper to compete to get some market share, but until people actually take a gamble, which it kind of is, then they won't get the reviews. __________________ .: Stealth 86 :. Abbey Motorsport/K47 Tuned Sprintex 210 Supercharger Kodename 47 DJ: Soundcloud / Instagram / Facebook

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