Ap Racing 4 Piston Setup

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01-22-2003, 08:24 PM

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93 R1

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In one caliper? Why?

That SL55 has 24 pistons total and stops like a MF, why more?

01-22-2003, 08:27 PM

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vosko

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rob is being a tard

01-22-2003, 08:36 PM

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vudoodoodoo

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Originally Posted by 93 R1' date='Jan 22 2003, 08:22 PM

How about I get you some 8 piston calipers off of a new Mercedes SL55 AMG?

Those **********ers have 4 brake pads in each caliper :yum:

01-23-2003, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jan 20 2003, 08:45 AM

seth has 6 piston willwoods for his yellow car, those things are ginormous!

mike

Pics!

01-23-2003, 09:47 AM

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more pistons doesnt necessarily equate to better stopping power, I just wanted to point that out.

I used to have Wilwood 6-piston jobs, and I have AP 4-Pistons now.

My current APs stop a whole hell of alot better than the 6-pistons. Its more about friction area, etc.

Its mainly physics, Law I and Law II, just remember that you can only stop things in motion with opposing force or bleeding force

01-23-2003, 08:50 PM

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Yeah what he said

01-23-2003, 09:14 PM

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YOu can only stop as fast as your tires will allow. sticky race tires will make your eyes buldge out of your head, but street tires are just street tires... Bigger brakes only allow you to make repeated stops like this with out fade and give some better modulation. If you go too big you end up carrying around a lot of unneeded un-sprung and weight and extra rotational mass (somthing that someone who drag races does not want...).

my $0.02