Stoptech Brakes

[Roy]

I don't class a minute or two with a flat file as "machining", it's not like I used the lathe or the mill or even anything electrically powered. Quicker and easier than cleaning your teeth. If someone told me that they weren't capable of that simple a filing job, then I sure as helll wouldn't trust them to bolt on a set of brand new rotors, pads, callipers and braided lines.

Yeh that looks after the pads, but what about 343mm rotors that becaome 340mm with the correct hat offset. No drama if you can do it or can get it done....but the drama of payign people to do this stuff adds to the cost of a compromised solution, i say compromised as it gets towards a full kit price. ... i am just making excuses for wanting a straight up bolt on guaranteed to work well solution

[260DET]

I know the sizes i want, front 17 x 8.5 +30, though i am not sure how they work with brake calipers ?!?!?!?

The wheel pictured is 17x8.5 +40 offset which just clears the custom coilover struts on the inside.

[260DET]

Oh, and what car are they on, an S14 or Z? and what rear calipers are you running?

Thanks!

Don't know the piston sizes, its a S14 kit on S14 struts with Z32 stock rear calipers.

[phunky_monkey]

Thanks for that mate

[Sydneykid]

Yeh that looks after the pads, but what about 343mm rotors that becaome 340mm with the correct hat offset. No drama if you can do it or can get it done....but the drama of payign people to do this stuff adds to the cost of a compromised solution, i say compromised as it gets towards a full kit price. ... i am just making excuses for wanting a straight up bolt on guaranteed to work well solution

I guess I am the engineer and tester (ie; guinea pig) for what eventually will be an off the shelf solution. Complete package, BO + GTW for half the price. But it needs field (ie; track) testing to prove the results, temperatures, G forces, braking distances etc etc. When I break (no pun intended) down the "Chinese" kits I find that the callipers are worth next to nothing, which confirms the physical observations that tells me they are compromised in design, manufacture and the hardware supplied. Their lifespan is questionable and servicing comparatively costly and sometimes impossible due to long term unavailability of parts. Compared to what is a very decent standard calliper, they have no real advantages and lots of disadvantages. Except bling of course.

Cheers

Gary

[Scooby]

Hi Phunky

how are you going with your order, can i ask what price they quoted you landed? i assume you went for the 332mm kit?

Cheers

[Roy]

Bugger, look what the Aussie dollar has done the last two weeks SHoudl have ponied up the cash two weeks ago and i woudl have saved a couple of hundred

[Scooby]

i'm going to the US next week. hope to chase down some leads there.

[phunky_monkey]

Yeah, not impressed about the dollar! The guy I was ordering through has not responded for a week... which has cost me another few hundred. Not happy Jan.

The price landed was $2050 US for the 332mm kit. The 355mm kit was $2700 US landed.

I'm just considering a few options at the moment, but I think I'm just going to get the stoptechs through another supplier. I'm also in some talks with another guy about piecing together a custom 4 pot Brembo monoblock kit, so we'll see what works out as the better kit.

[phunky_monkey]

Just thought I'd give an update.

I ended up going with my first choice of brakes, which was CSC. I'd always said that was the setup I was going to go with once I decided to upgrade, and thanks to a lot of help from Stuart at Benson Motorsport (t01-100 on here) I picked these up last night.

So now the brake setup is CSC 4 pots with 343mm discs, 33 GT-R rear brembo calipers, and a BM44 Master Cylinder with the ABS blanked out, set up for use with no booster. Should be plenty for my lil' old 180SX

[Roy]

Good work, there are plenty of people out there using them who arehappy. Especially the Commodore crowd. Matt is the silver R34 GTT is the only guy i now who hasnt been too happy with his

[phunky_monkey]

I've not heard a bad thing about them thus far, so I'm glad I went this way. I've heard really good things about the Stoptechs too, but I like the local support of the Bmax/CSC's and supporting an Aussie brand. And if they're good enough to pull JFK's car up, then I'm sure it'll be heaps for mine

What didn't Matt like about his?

[Roy]

He says they are always getting pad knock off and always shuddering...so who knows ?!?!?!

[phunky_monkey]

Same thing I've heard about Stoptechs, in the rare cases I've seen that people haven't been happy with them. Perhaps a set up issue? Loose wheel bearing? Who knows, but hopefully I don't have the same issue!

[Duncan]

approx how much did that set you back?

[phunky_monkey]

It's cost me a bit over 2k so far Duncan, but I don't have all the bits yet.

[Beer Baron]

noice! GTRJason on here has them on his 32 GTR. that thing has some serious power, (well over 400awkw) and dog box etc and the times I've been in it it really pulled up nicely. he has been able to run 17s with them too.

[archie01]

Noice!

BBGTR has the CSC's on his car for a while now and he's pretty happy with them not to mention that he's also punching out some quick lap times too.

[Roy]

Ok, so now we just have to find a nice 1 pce std sized rear rotor that uses curved vanes and is slotted/fish hooks etc.

Stoptech dont make OE replacement rear rotors, Endless and Project U are all straght vane. DBA and RDA are shit! I think i may just end up getting some Endless rears unless someone knows the part number for the AP rotors. I know they exist, but nobody lists them. I suspect that perhaps they are N1 diameter so ???

[phunky_monkey]

Yeah, I spoke with BB last year about them and he gave them a really good review. They're on some really quick cars and have local support, so I'm really happy about picking them up.

Troy: Are you sure mate? Aren't 300ZX rears the same size as yours? I'm getting a price on CSC rear discs as well, not sure if they're curved vane or not though.