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#76
changing the caliper would only change the pedal feel. on street driven cars we opt to keep the factory rear caliper to keep the parking brake. yes aluminum dissipates heat better, but the rear caliper on a v8 miata has a light load and we don't have issues with it overheating fluid.
babey more answers are here http://www.miataturbo.net/general-mi...estions-81577/
i made this thread and cover a lot of brake topics and related.
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#77
there are only 3 ways to change Brake torque. rotor size, Hydrolic advantage, and pad compound.
changing the caliper would only change the pedal feel. on street driven cars we opt to keep the factory rear caliper to keep the parking brake. yes aluminum dissipates heat better, but the rear caliper on a v8 miata has a light load and we don't have issues with it overheating fluid.
babey more answers are here Anyone have any brake questions? - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
i made this thread and cover a lot of brake topics and related.
changing the caliper would only change the pedal feel. on street driven cars we opt to keep the factory rear caliper to keep the parking brake. yes aluminum dissipates heat better, but the rear caliper on a v8 miata has a light load and we don't have issues with it overheating fluid.
babey more answers are here Anyone have any brake questions? - Miata Turbo Forum -Boost cars, acquire cats.
i made this thread and cover a lot of brake topics and related.
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#78
V8 Miata Follower
I've been doing a lot of research over the past few days weighing the options. And received some invaluable input from everyone.
Attached is an excel sheet that is my best guesses at the top options for us. They are in no particular order, and it looks like option 1 is no longer an option through our vendors. We would need to have a machine shop make the front Corrado Rotor Centering Rings and Caliper Brackets for Option 1.
I received this answer from Trackspeed:
"We discontinued our Corrado parts 5 years ago. The rotors have improper venting and are vastly inferior to a proper Wilwood rotor. The only BBK parts we have available today are our Gen2 11.75" Wilwood parts."
Please let me know if you find something listed for cheaper, as I want this to be a resource for someone that is as ignorant to brakes as I am.
Attached is an excel sheet that is my best guesses at the top options for us. They are in no particular order, and it looks like option 1 is no longer an option through our vendors. We would need to have a machine shop make the front Corrado Rotor Centering Rings and Caliper Brackets for Option 1.
I received this answer from Trackspeed:
"We discontinued our Corrado parts 5 years ago. The rotors have improper venting and are vastly inferior to a proper Wilwood rotor. The only BBK parts we have available today are our Gen2 11.75" Wilwood parts."
Please let me know if you find something listed for cheaper, as I want this to be a resource for someone that is as ignorant to brakes as I am.
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#79
I've been doing a lot of research over the past few days weighing the options. And received some invaluable input from everyone.
Attached is an excel sheet that is my best guesses at the top options for us. They are in no particular order, and it looks like option 1 is no longer an option through our vendors. We would need to have a machine shop make the front Corrado Rotor Centering Rings and Caliper Brackets for Option 1.
I received this answer from Trackspeed:
"We discontinued our Corrado parts 5 years ago. The rotors have improper venting and are vastly inferior to a proper Wilwood rotor. The only BBK parts we have available today are our Gen2 11.75" Wilwood parts."
Please let me know if you find something listed for cheaper, as I want this to be a resource for someone that is as ignorant to brakes as I am.
Attached is an excel sheet that is my best guesses at the top options for us. They are in no particular order, and it looks like option 1 is no longer an option through our vendors. We would need to have a machine shop make the front Corrado Rotor Centering Rings and Caliper Brackets for Option 1.
I received this answer from Trackspeed:
"We discontinued our Corrado parts 5 years ago. The rotors have improper venting and are vastly inferior to a proper Wilwood rotor. The only BBK parts we have available today are our Gen2 11.75" Wilwood parts."
Please let me know if you find something listed for cheaper, as I want this to be a resource for someone that is as ignorant to brakes as I am.
#82
Jim Stainer
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Larger and how much depends on what you start with. My stock 96 Miata master was 7/8" bore and the newer sport brakes have a 15/16 pumper. What you see in the above photo is a master from a 96 Explorer. It is a 1 1/16 bore, bolts right up the Miata brake booster and was 32 bucks from Rock Auto.
#83
V8 Miata Habitué
Larger and how much depends on what you start with. My stock 96 Miata master was 7/8" bore and the newer sport brakes have a 15/16 pumper. What you see in the above photo is a master from a 96 Explorer. It is a 1 1/16 bore, bolts right up the Miata brake booster and was 32 bucks from Rock Auto.
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