I think this can be considered as a performance mod cause it boosts your stopping performance right? Well After i drove a Bently i was stunned by its braking design in the front. As i mentioned in one of my thread, i figured i would put a new thread here. Basically that Bently had two calipers in the front. One 4 piston caliper and one 2 piston caliper, in the front and rear of the disk.
I am in the process of getting my turbo parts to gether and i decided its a good time to invest in some good brakes and big brake kits that uses stock calipers are good investment for the money, but still use stock size pads and contact patch is the same, despite the rotor being big. But the big brake kits with bigger pads are not only expensive, the pads are expensive too. So i figured i would utelize my knowledge about the Bently's design to use it on my car.
I have to carefully look at the caliper design and the hook up on the arm in the front and machine a bracket that would hold the secondary caliper. If i can make it happen, it would be the first 3g with twin calipers in the front. Of course the secondary would be usign the stock size pads, hence its easier to get.
The lines for this secondary caliper is gonna run parallel with the primary in the front of the rotor. Since the brakes are hydraulic, running them in parallel would not be that bad. The only task is gonna be where to run them parallel from, I was gonna take the lines from the Propotioning valve, use custom braided hose and fittings to run two seperate lines from the propotining valve itself.
The other idea was to use the custom dual lines instead of the single rubber stock hose from the wheel well, its the same and it being hydraulic, i dont think it would be that bad.
So to summerize, The reason for this mod is to achieve close enough stopping power as those 1200 buck big brake kit for half the price utelizing available parts and some machining time. In a period of a month and a half, its going to be undertaken and possibly gonna use 6061 aluminum because its easier to get and machine and they are strong enough.
Please feel free to add your comments as in how you would tackle this project, any comment is welcome. I know this is outta some people's league and might feel stupid for some. But its a project none-the less.
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