AP Racing brake systems in development - Page 8 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

JRitt · 08-24-2012, 08:53 AM

Hi Guys,
A quick update: I haven't posted much this past week, but we have been hard at work on our brake system development. We had the car out on Wednesday for testing our Competition Systems. They performed flawlessly during the tests. I had a chance to put in a little wheel time on them, and they felt awesome. Check out some of the details on our blog.

We're full speed ahead on these, and we'll have them on track very soon for a few more evaluations. I'll post more info as we progress. Thanks for your patience!

HP Autowerks · 08-24-2012, 04:54 PM

We are happy to see AP making good progress on FR-S/BRZ BBK's.

mines13 · 08-24-2012, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HP Autowerks

We are happy to see AP making good progress on FR-S/BRZ BBK's.

These are actually designed by Essex and only use AP calipers and AP J hook rotors. The rest of the kit is completely Essex engineered and manufactured. There are separate AP racing kits that are completely different then these made by AP.

TouchMyHonda · 08-24-2012, 05:47 PM

Any idea how much of my arm or leg I need to cut off for this kit?

HP Autowerks · 08-24-2012, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mines13

These are actually designed by Essex and only use AP calipers and AP J hook rotors. The rest of the kit is completely Essex engineered and manufactured. There are separate AP racing kits that are completely different then these made by AP.

Nothing wrong with that.

mines13 · 08-24-2012, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HP Autowerks

Nothing wrong with that.

Agreed, these are much better then the kits AP will be offering. If you are serious about tracking your car that is.

kllrnohj · 08-28-2012, 12:36 AM

Definitely looking forward to this kit. Just went to the track running Carbotech XP8s - and while the pads were good this car definitely could use a brake upgrade. Totally cooked the brakes, haha.

JRitt · 08-28-2012, 10:40 AM

Hi Guys,
After we got back from testing last week, we decided to confirm the weight of our Sprint Competition Brake System for the BRZ/FR-S. We put all of the brake components from an entire front corner of the car on the scale, and found that our Sprint System saves 10lbs. of unsprung weight per corner. That's 20 lbs. off the nose of the car, and a nice shift in front to rear weight balance.

OEM brakes total weight per front corner= 31.2 lbs.
Essex Sprint Brake System total weight per front corner= 21 lbs.

I should have the Endurance System on the scale next week (it's on the car now). On that one we're likely looking at a 4-5 lbs. savings per corner vs. stock, which is also more than we initially anticipated.

Matt Andrews · 08-28-2012, 12:16 PM

jeez. ignoring the upgrade in braking performance, you can feel 20lbs of unsprung weight in many cars. that's awesome.

Racecomp Engineering · 08-28-2012, 12:20 PM

Wow. Well done.

- Andrew

mines13 · 08-28-2012, 02:19 PM

Will have.

Captain Snooze · 08-28-2012, 06:56 PM

@JRitt
I appreciate the rear brakes aren't subject to as much abuse as the fronts but do you think there is any chance of Essex Parts doing a kit for the rear? Not so much for braking but weight reduction?

MSTiFK8R · 08-28-2012, 07:06 PM

I love that rainbow on the disc - it proves you've been pushing really hard on the testing

cheers for your care for your finished product reliability !

HP Autowerks · 08-28-2012, 09:40 PM

10 lbs of unsprung weight per front corner, that is huge!

08-24-2012, 08:53 AM	#99
JRitt Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2012 BRZ Premium WRB 6MT Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 689 Thanks: 224 Thanked 1,411 Times in 376 Posts Mentioned: 80 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Hi Guys, A quick update: I haven't posted much this past week, but we have been hard at work on our brake system development. We had the car out on Wednesday for testing our Competition Systems. They performed flawlessly during the tests. I had a chance to put in a little wheel time on them, and they felt awesome. Check out some of the details on our blog. We're full speed ahead on these, and we'll have them on track very soon for a few more evaluations. I'll post more info as we progress. Thanks for your patience! __________________ Jeff Ritter\|Mgr.- High Performance Division Exclusive Importer AP Racing and Ferodo Racing www.essexparts.com

08-28-2012, 10:40 AM	#106
JRitt Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2012 BRZ Premium WRB 6MT Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 689 Thanks: 224 Thanked 1,411 Times in 376 Posts Mentioned: 80 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Hi Guys, After we got back from testing last week, we decided to confirm the weight of our Sprint Competition Brake System for the BRZ/FR-S. We put all of the brake components from an entire front corner of the car on the scale, and found that our Sprint System saves 10lbs. of unsprung weight per corner. That's 20 lbs. off the nose of the car, and a nice shift in front to rear weight balance. OEM brakes total weight per front corner= 31.2 lbs. Essex Sprint Brake System total weight per front corner= 21 lbs. I should have the Endurance System on the scale next week (it's on the car now). On that one we're likely looking at a 4-5 lbs. savings per corner vs. stock, which is also more than we initially anticipated. __________________ Jeff Ritter\|Mgr.- High Performance Division Exclusive Importer AP Racing and Ferodo Racing www.essexparts.com

08-28-2012, 12:16 PM	#107
Matt Andrews Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: race cars Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 253 Thanks: 31 Thanked 150 Times in 68 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	jeez. ignoring the upgrade in braking performance, you can feel 20lbs of unsprung weight in many cars. that's awesome. __________________ 11/19/12 - Just back from Redline TimeAttack's demo event. Video and write up in link below. http://fecompetition.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FECompetition

08-28-2012, 12:20 PM	#108
Racecomp Engineering Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 2016 BRZ, 2012 Paris Di2 & 2018 STI Location: Severn, MD Posts: 5,364 Thanks: 3,388 Thanked 7,202 Times in 2,942 Posts Mentioned: 301 Post(s) Tagged: 9 Thread(s)	Wow. Well done. - Andrew __________________ Website https://www.racecompengineering.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racecompengineering https://www.instagram.com/theapexfiles <- tech articles

08-28-2012, 06:56 PM	#110
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,691 Thanks: 3,969 Thanked 9,251 Times in 4,104 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	@JRitt I appreciate the rear brakes aren't subject to as much abuse as the fronts but do you think there is any chance of Essex Parts doing a kit for the rear? Not so much for braking but weight reduction? Last edited by Captain Snooze; 08-29-2012 at 06:57 AM.

08-24-2012, 04:54 PM	#100
HP Autowerks Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: BMW 1M, Subaru BRZ Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	We are happy to see AP making good progress on FR-S/BRZ BBK's.

08-24-2012, 05:47 PM	#102
TouchMyHonda Vtec Jesus Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ, 13 Golf R, 15 Audi S4 Location: LSD Posts: 1,165 Thanks: 623 Thanked 243 Times in 153 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any idea how much of my arm or leg I need to cut off for this kit?

08-28-2012, 12:36 AM	#105
kllrnohj Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Red FR-S Location: NorCal Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Definitely looking forward to this kit. Just went to the track running Carbotech XP8s - and while the pads were good this car definitely could use a brake upgrade. Totally cooked the brakes, haha.

08-28-2012, 02:19 PM	#109
mines13 Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: '13 FR-S '12 CBR1000RR Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,038 Thanks: 305 Thanked 527 Times in 241 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Will have.

08-28-2012, 07:06 PM	#111
MSTiFK8R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: BRZ WRB Location: Country of Bears Posts: 336 Thanks: 257 Thanked 264 Times in 82 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I love that rainbow on the disc - it proves you've been pushing really hard on the testing cheers for your care for your finished product reliability !

08-28-2012, 09:40 PM	#112
HP Autowerks Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: BMW 1M, Subaru BRZ Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	10 lbs of unsprung weight per front corner, that is huge!

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