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Hey guys did a search and cant seem to find much on this for my car.

Basically my car is a 88 Silhouette with RB25/30 T78 turbo and a few other things running 9psi.

Im looking at some time early next year, january/febuary to upgrade my brakes to handle to power it should be putting down a little better. At the moment its completely stock. I would like to upgrade the rotors aswell as calipers. Im just looking for some info at this point in time in what would be a good upgrade, i'm hoping the car will be putting down 450-500rwhp before too long and i know the standard brakes will not be able to pull me up in time.

Would like to spend a few grand, Dont want to go to crazy though.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Ben

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best bet is talk to slip... he ran 32 gtst running gear.

alot of custom work and suspension issues.

a guy down at BDA (name starts with T) helped him out.

i have also done turbo caliper/rotor upgrades with custom dba slotted rotors for 4 stud applications.

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