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Originally Posted by Kodename47
@ nikitopo if you're suggesting that BBKs are fitted to provide more brake torque, then you'd only be able to fit those as part of a whole system change. Fitting just fronts/rears without any other changes would really throw off the balance and then you'd also need to consider a master cylinder change too as, for more braking torque through the pistons, you'd need to be moving more fluid. |
There were people changing in their WRXs only the front brakes with the ones used in the STIs. As you said the balance was throw off between front and rear and in fact the result was worse. This was happening because the front STI brakes provided bigger brake torque. As a side note, you don't need always a change in the master cylinder. If the pistons apply the same force on a bigger disc brake, then the torque is already bigger. You can imagine this as applying same force using a longer torque wrench. I mentioned this before, but maybe it was not understood.