StopTech Front Brake Kit!!!
StopTech Front Brake Kit!!!
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From: Woodbridge, VA
Car Info: STI Track Car, Titan Tow Vehicle, Mazda3 DD
For the money, I think it's the best kit out there for the WRX.
http://home.att.net/~t.j.mills/pics/GC061.JPG
http://home.att.net/~t.j.mills/pics/GCO64.JPG
http://home.att.net/~t.j.mills/pics/GCO6andStoptech.JPG
http://home.att.net/~t.j.mills/pics/GC061.JPG
http://home.att.net/~t.j.mills/pics/GCO64.JPG
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Posts: 235
From: Woodbridge, VA
Car Info: STI Track Car, Titan Tow Vehicle, Mazda3 DD
Last edited by mav1c; Feb 27, 2003 at 11:42 AM.
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Car Info: STI Track Car, Titan Tow Vehicle, Mazda3 DD
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Here is a partial list of wheels from awhile back that should fit our StopTech WRX kit. We have not tested all of these first hand, but the list is a compilation of customer input and other sources such as Tire Rack. You can also check a set of wheels if you have them by downloading a template from our website. Follow the "Wheel Fitment Charts" link at the bottom of our homepage:
http://www.stoptech.com/wheelfitchar...hart_index.htm
If anyone has anything to add to this list, please let me know and I'll update our database.
P1's and Subaru BBS
forged rims
Prodrive P7
Rota Subzeros 17 X 7.5 ET48
Volk TE-37 17 X 7.5 ET48
Prodrive P7 17 X 7.0 +52
Speedline GT-Ones 18 X 7.5 +48
Volk SE37-A 18 X 7.5 +48
Prodrive P1 17 X 7 +53
17 X 7 MM ACTION S
17 X 7 MM ACTIONSPT
17 X 7.5 MMCUP3S# S
18 X 8 PRO PFF7
17 X 7.5 PRO GC07C
18 X 7.5 PRO GC07C S
17 X 7.5 PRO GC06D S
18 X 7.5 PRO GC06D S
17 X 7.5 SSR COMP
18 X 8 SSR COMP S
17 X 7 PRODRIVE P7
17 X 7 OZ SL S
18 X 8 OZ SL
17 X 7 PRO P1 S
18 X 7.5 PRO P1 S
18 X 7.5 SL 2113
http://www.stoptech.com/wheelfitchar...hart_index.htm
If anyone has anything to add to this list, please let me know and I'll update our database.
P1's and Subaru BBS
forged rims
Prodrive P7
Rota Subzeros 17 X 7.5 ET48
Volk TE-37 17 X 7.5 ET48
Prodrive P7 17 X 7.0 +52
Speedline GT-Ones 18 X 7.5 +48
Volk SE37-A 18 X 7.5 +48
Prodrive P1 17 X 7 +53
17 X 7 MM ACTION S
17 X 7 MM ACTIONSPT
17 X 7.5 MMCUP3S# S
18 X 8 PRO PFF7
17 X 7.5 PRO GC07C
18 X 7.5 PRO GC07C S
17 X 7.5 PRO GC06D S
18 X 7.5 PRO GC06D S
17 X 7.5 SSR COMP
18 X 8 SSR COMP S
17 X 7 PRODRIVE P7
17 X 7 OZ SL S
18 X 8 OZ SL
17 X 7 PRO P1 S
18 X 7.5 PRO P1 S
18 X 7.5 SL 2113
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From: Washington State, Car: 2000 Impreza Coupe RS-T T
Car Info: 2000 Impreza Coupe RS-T Tec3/Vishnu turbo Color: B
Fit and look great behind the BBS Electra-L's Car even handles better and is more stable.
Pic's of them
Pic's of them
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StopTech Balanced Brake Upgrade Info
First, we don't have any specific details on the ADR wheels; I'd again refer you to the Wheel Fitment Chart link in an above post. Even if you don't have the wheels to check, I'd hope any supplier who had to invest maybe 10 minutes of time to use the chart and check their wheels in stock would help you out to make a sale.
We can only control what we make, and there are too many wheels available for us to even try and keep track of them all. If someone would supply me with a full scale drawing of a particular wheel, I'd gladly check it against our template to assist a customer in getting our products, but those drawings usually don't exist, so we make available a great tool for checking our kit against any wheel.
As for brake fade, that is the main reason anyone buys a big brake upgrade. A big brake kit in and of itself will NOT provide significantly shorter stopping distances. Not StopTech's, not Brembo's, not Wilwood's... The stock brakes will provide great performance on a SINGLE stop, which is how you judge a systems stopping DISTANCE, with a SINGLE STOP. If you wanted to reduce stopping distance by 10-15 feet, put on wide sticky tires or drop the car or stiffen the suspension. The stock brakes will then stop 10-15 feet shorter on a SINGLE stop, as will any properly balanced brake kit.
The key is to not LENGTHEN the stop with an improperly balanced system and to control fade in multiple stops. Just about every top end upgrade will give better fade resistance. In real world terms, the stopping distance on the stock brakes will increase with multiple stops while the upgrade that controls the heat will maintain consistent stopping distances.
When we test a platform, we make sure the vehicle has wheels that will clear our kit and use that setup to test the stock brakes. We test on the same day, same track, same car, tires and suspension, same driver... the ONLY thing we change is the brakes. We test not only stopping distances, but also with ABS disabled and braking in cornering to best match or maybe slightly improve the balance of the stock system. If we can match, or slightly improve straight line stopping under these conditions, we know we have a winner because we will have extremely more heat capacity and a very drivable, balanced system.
I hope that isn't too long an answer to what seems like very short and direct questions.
We can only control what we make, and there are too many wheels available for us to even try and keep track of them all. If someone would supply me with a full scale drawing of a particular wheel, I'd gladly check it against our template to assist a customer in getting our products, but those drawings usually don't exist, so we make available a great tool for checking our kit against any wheel.
As for brake fade, that is the main reason anyone buys a big brake upgrade. A big brake kit in and of itself will NOT provide significantly shorter stopping distances. Not StopTech's, not Brembo's, not Wilwood's... The stock brakes will provide great performance on a SINGLE stop, which is how you judge a systems stopping DISTANCE, with a SINGLE STOP. If you wanted to reduce stopping distance by 10-15 feet, put on wide sticky tires or drop the car or stiffen the suspension. The stock brakes will then stop 10-15 feet shorter on a SINGLE stop, as will any properly balanced brake kit.
The key is to not LENGTHEN the stop with an improperly balanced system and to control fade in multiple stops. Just about every top end upgrade will give better fade resistance. In real world terms, the stopping distance on the stock brakes will increase with multiple stops while the upgrade that controls the heat will maintain consistent stopping distances.
When we test a platform, we make sure the vehicle has wheels that will clear our kit and use that setup to test the stock brakes. We test on the same day, same track, same car, tires and suspension, same driver... the ONLY thing we change is the brakes. We test not only stopping distances, but also with ABS disabled and braking in cornering to best match or maybe slightly improve the balance of the stock system. If we can match, or slightly improve straight line stopping under these conditions, we know we have a winner because we will have extremely more heat capacity and a very drivable, balanced system.
I hope that isn't too long an answer to what seems like very short and direct questions.
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From: Mann Engineering, Santa Clara, CA
Car Info: 13BRZ, 11FXT, 08T25, 07STI, 02WRX
The StopTech red ones are 200 more because the calipers need to be painted and the paint that they use is really good quailty stuff. and have you seen how big the calipers are and how much caliper paint is needed for one? Plus you need to consider the time and labor goes into painting the calipers.