BIG Brakes on a small budget

[Beejay]

What pads Leeroy?

Good to hear that the stock brakes will do me fine for a while.

One of the biggest headaches when building a Cobra is to decide what to spend money on now or later after rego.

Ben

[Philm]

HI Beejay,

Leeroy is right, the jag brakes with good pads are excellent and with what we do with our cars are more than enough. There are many other areas that would need upgrading before brakes become a problem (driver skill is number 1).

I just did not like the look of the standard size brakes in an "open" style rim. So my brake upgrade was more for looks than looking for better braking. It just got out of hand with one thing leading to another.

Your brakes look good, no need to change them.


Phil

[400TT]

I went Wilwood for my brake upgrade on the GT40.

Wilwood Pros:
Cheapest price wise
Plenty of pad options
Cheap plentiful parts available, even here in Oz.
Good performance(as long as you get the right caliper models)
I could buy them as a bolt on kit. The rear needs modifying to fit, but includes drum handbrake.

Wilwood Cons:
No dust seals, is this really a problem in our cars. Not from current users and not with so cheap parts(pistons) available even locally.
Not legal, but it's a grey area.

After looking into other premium brands I started to feel the sting of being locked in for expensive part prices if I ever need any. And some also stung you pretty heavily for non-standard and limited choices in pads.

The next best option I looked at were Skyline/300ZX R32/R33 4 piston calipers and DBA rotors.

And then there is always the ebay Commodore calipers, always a favourite.

[400TT]

If people are wondering how much brake you need when pushing it to the limit on the track...

My brother runs 1000kg Harrison - 320+rwhp
Front: 300x32mm DBA4000 slotted Kangaroo Paw vented rotors. Skyline R32 GTR 4 piston calipers with Race Brakes pads. (Closest compound you can get to full race and still be able to pull up cold on the street(0 degrees)
Rear: 300x18mm DBA4000 slotted Kangaroo Paw vented rotors. Skyline R32 GTR 2 piston calipers with same compund Race Brakes Pads as front.

Front rotors have ducted air from front brake intakes.
Using Castrol GP600 fluid.

This set up is not enough...Woody brake pedal if it is pushed too hard.

Looking at better air ducting from front nose area where there is postive pressure. And maybe moving to full race pads and swapping in street pads for road use.

As most Cobra's are heavier than this one and some here are producing more power...If you want to go 100% on the track will need good brakes.

[ac andy]

Hi there Mike, long time away for me!!!! Has anyone fitted a big after market brake kit under 15inch wheels? Will be running outboards on jag rear and running jag front. Budget not really the issue, just finding something big that fits is the issue. I want to keep the original look of the 15inch pin drives, thats why i haven't moved to 17inch rims.

Andy.

[400TT]

Originally Posted by ac andy

Has anyone fitted a big after market brake kit under 15inch wheels?
Andy.

Lots of information on brake combo's that fit inside 15" wheels on http://www.gt40s.com Best way to search it, is to use Google advanced search and put in the settings to only search gt40s website address.

It's actually quite surprising what they get to fit.

I had to go to 18" wheels to fit my brakes.

[ac andy]

Thanks Craig, I will give the GT 40 forum a shot and see what I can find. There must be something that will work.