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02-10-2015, 09:01 PM | #1 |
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Stoptech, Brembo, AP Racing, Performance Friction, K-Sport BBK Comparison
Just thought I'd share an article posted on Stoptech's site today regarding their kit vs. other competitors BBK's such as AP Racing, Brembo, Performance Friction, and K-Sport. It's a comparison between these kits and interested to see that Stoptech won in every category according to their testing. Enjoy!
Autobild Magazine (German Magazine) http://www.stoptech.com/media-center...omparison-test Last edited by r1concepts; 02-16-2015 at 09:17 PM. |
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That test was specific to a BMW M3 though. Nothing 86 related at all. Interesting read though. It'd be cool to see a third party review of all the bbk's for this platform.
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02-11-2015, 05:07 PM | #3 |
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So StopTech won but the article is posted by StopTech on their site. Maybe they are in cahoots...
I'm surprised to see Brembo dead last, I would have though K-Sport was worse. |
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02-11-2015, 05:59 PM | #4 |
There's a great thread on the EVO board about how awful D2/Ksport brakes are for everything. Nothing can be worse and I would not allow them on my car.
Seems like there must have been something up with that Brembo kit...the regular GT kit isn't amazing and I'd probably put AP, PFC, and Stoptech on par or ahead but they aren't bad IMO. - Andy |
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Test looked legit to me. Autobild is no joke when it comes to testing about anything. Thorough. http://www.autobild.de/videos/video-...--5416738.html
I'd also like to see a comparison on the '86 platform. Good showing for StopTech. Especially on the repeated hammering 20 stop test. This was an expensive kit that was test 3,700 Euros, but far from the most expensive kit in the test (those were the crap peforming Brembos at 4,400 Eur). Also the AP kit did well too for under 4k Euros. They should be proud. |
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A couple of thoughts from an insider viewpoint:
· Comparing a street or semi-street hybrid pad against a track pad is a big no-no. Their characteristics are dramatically different (see my article on How to Choose Brake Pads). The FM1000 that ships in a Brembo kit is a slightly milder version of Ferodo DS2500. Pagid RS29 is an endurance racing compound. They're not even remotely similar.
· To take this a step further…run each big brake kit until it wilts from overheating, be it pad fade or fluid fade. That would show how much torture each could take, and would give a better understanding of their value vs. the OEM brakes, their relative durability to each other, and a better approximation to the stresses inflicted upon your brakes at the track.
Overall, I wouldn't go so far as to completely throw this evaluation under the bus, but I don't know how much valuable data actually lies within it. As far as I can tell we're looking at street big brake kits being tested for stopping distances under moderate usage conditions that barely even exceed the stock brake system's capacity. In such a case, feel and aesthetics will be the primary differences between kits, which are both somewhat subjective. |
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I understand what you're saying. Just wanted to clarify that I am not saying that a Stoptech BBK is the best BBK on the market even though I am a distributor of their products. I am also a distributor for Brembo products as well. It was interesting read I came across on their site the other day and thought I'd share for anyone who is/are interested in a BBK that's popular on the market today.
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02-17-2015, 02:36 PM | #9 |
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This test doesn't really say anything conclusive besides what each set costs!
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[quote]@Jritt Pads are a critical piece of the puzzle, and variable elimination is at the core of the scientific method. My understanding is that the same pads were not used in all of the kits (you can see different color pads in the various calipers). To make the comparison as apple-to-apples as possible, it definitely would have been best to run the same pads in all kits. [/quote]
It's really as simple as that, if you can't run the same pad compound on each brake kit it's basically pointless to compare.
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02-19-2015, 08:54 PM | #11 |
Pads are a huge part of it...but sometimes a brake kit is just awful crap.
See this D2 BBK (which is I believe similar to K Sport): http://www.evolutionm.net/forums/evo...-shacking.html - Andy |
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