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Old 05-10-2005, 01:08 PM
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What is the design like, are they the FD discs or FC turbo vented discs? Or are they a completely new design?
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Old 05-10-2005, 03:07 PM
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[quote name='Cheers!' date='May 10 2005, 10:08 AM']What is the design like, are they the FD discs or FC turbo vented discs? Or are they a completely new design?

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They have a single piston rear caliper, twist style piston, so there's no retarded inner e-brake drum to take away from swept area. It is similar to an FC setup(I've never played with an FD so I don't know). It is vented.
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Old 05-13-2005, 10:16 PM
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i can look, i think they are bigger than the fc/fd. the fronts are a lot larger than the fc/fd
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it has larger brakes than the FD? Can someone post a good pic of them...possibly with a size reference in the pic.
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the fronts aren't four piston are they?
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No Vosko, they are single piston all around....but Damn! they stop friggin good.
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i thought they were big *** single piston
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Yeah, they are pretty big....
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Those are the front brakes...obviously the rotor is an aftermarket rotor, but that's the OE caliper.....
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