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Originally Posted by Draco-REX
You can only stop as quickly as you have grip. Considering the light weight of our cars, I think these brakes will be overkill for any street tire.
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Yep; bigger tires and rims are usually the idea.
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Originally Posted by jamal
Quite a few actually; Stoptech does a lot of OEM calipers. You just don't hear about it because they are rebranded and there are NDAs and such. I think the IS-F and a lot of toyota/lexus 4-pots are Stoptech.
But what do you need me to explain? It's not a very complex article and is dumbed-down for the average person. Try reading it all the way through.
My point though, is that people get all excited about "monobloc" and "billet" calipers when there is nothing all that special about them and they're not any better than a standard 2-piece caliper. Spending $10k for some limited edition set of brakes is like the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. You can almost go to CCM rotors for that.
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Sweet; show me the way to a bolt on CCM setup.
Personal experience on Monobloc vs 2-piece, please share?
Mine:
I have a Hayabusa and a Ducati 1198R. 'Busa has 2-piece and Duc has Monobloc. Keeping it simple, the 'Busa can't stop worth a damn after I've been on the brakes, i.e. they're heated. That Duc can go all day and forever until those pads and rotors are dead and still stop, i.e. limited brake fade. World of difference.
Like I said, I don't know which vehicles have StopTech Brakes. I have never heard of the IS-F winning races; but I have heard of Porsche and Chevy winning with Monobloc's. In fact, I have heard of Monobloc's way before I ever heard of 2-piece's, for just that very reason. Since you brought up CCM, every CCM I've ever seen utilizes Mono setups... :happy0180: