List of Aftermarket Brake Company

[SatoTatsuya]

Hey all,

I've been doing some research on aftermarket brakes recently, but I can't remember, off the top of my head, the list of companies that offer aftermarket brake kits. The only one I can think of is Brembo and Stoptech, and Project Mu.

Can any of you guys provide me a list of companies that offer aftermarket brake kits?

Thanks,

Chris

[NerdJuice]

Endless, Wilwood, APP, Greddy/Trust, Rotora, AP racing, HKS, Alcon, D2, K-sport.

I've got Brembo 6 piston monoblocks on my skyline and they're marvelous.

[cyberspyder]

Add Performance Friction to that list.

[Terrh]

bear? or is it baer. idk. they have a bear paw on the caliper.


I need bigger brakes for my GTR but I have no idea who to go to or what to buy. it seems like a lot of people overbuy brakes to me.

[cyberspyder]

Baer. Overbuy is better than underbuying always.

[Terrh]

I strongly disagree.

I'd rather have a balanced and well working brake setup that's matched to my car than something that cost 4 or 5 grand with huge front rotors and bad brake bias, and need to run massive wheels for no reason other than clearance, etc.

if you aren't tracking the car HARD than for under 500 horsepower a decent set of pads on the stock brakes will work fine through anything you can put them through.

but anyways lets not get off topic! There's probably more brake companies. I'll make my own thread about brakes when I'm ready to buy lol

[Skym]

Size of brakes is based on weight of car. Heavier car = bigger brakes.

One of the best brake kits is Endless for GTR and Wilwood are popular. My mates racecar has ProjectMu.

Carbon brake rotors are better for resistance to brake fade over long periods if you can afford them.

Also brake ducting is the difference between brakes working and getting brake fade due to over heated rotors, brake pads, brake fluid (fluid overheating = brake fade). Anything you can do to reduce heat transfer to brake fluid will make a brake system work better. Just I noticed not many fit brake ducting to control rotor temps with big brake kits and blame the kits when they take car to racetrack.

[NismoS-tune]

Brake bias isn't a tough problem to fix. Can be less than $100 and you can choose your settings. Big brakes kits are overkill and cost too much too be worthwhile on a lower powered car or street only car unless you have funds available and the rest of your car is badass too.

[DreadedFist]

100% of street cars will benefit from better pads and fluid. I'm not sold on massive rotors or monster calipers.

[Skym]

My car pulled up with a slight chirp at end without ABS (light scrubbing of BFG tyre) in an emergency stop yesterday on the street, so good brake pads, racespec brake fluid, good tyres, etc saved my car from a crash. Someone decided to pull out into traffic with fogged up windows, which I can't understand why they would have done that.

But the worst part is getting a washer of all things stuck into tyre because of the emergency stop and cutting tread.

[DreadedFist]

My car pulled up with a slight chirp at end without ABS (light scrubbing of BFG tyre) in an emergency stop yesterday on the street, so good brake pads, racespec brake fluid, good tyres, etc saved my car from a crash. Someone decided to pull out into traffic with fogged up windows, which I can't understand why they would have done that.

But the worst part is getting a washer of all things stuck into tyre because of the emergency stop and cutting tread.

wow that sucks

[Skym]

Also it was at night, so visibility was lower which makes what they did even more bizarre.

[SatoTatsuya]

Oh, and add another company to the list of aftermarket brakes...M7 Japan. I'm not sure if they are new, but it seems like they are. I only started noticing them this year, or last year when they sponsored RE Amemiya's D1 FD3S, and also their GT300 car. They have a lot more teams this year in the 2010 D1GP Japan. I looked into their brake system, and I really cannot tell if they are good or not. I was looking into different venting in brake rotors, and I really cannot tell which are good and which aren't good. I have read that Brembo's PVT (http://www.brembo.com/ENG/AfterMarke...roductsPVT.htm) is a very efficient and effective venting system for brakes. I was also looking into some other brake rotors, and maybe I am just biased (or I am lacking the knowledge), but I always thought that drilled and slotted rotors means better cooling and venting? If that is so, then how come I see that some of companies does not have their rotors drilled, and have minimal slotting on their rotors (ie. Project Mu and M7 Japan)?

[Skym]

It's the size of slot down middle of rotor that matters on racetrack with cooling rotor. Road spec rotors are very small / narrow and racespec rotors are wider / longer in the middle of rotor. Look at 2 piece ProjectMU rotors vs Brembo street spec stock replacement rotors.

2 piece ProjectMU rotor -



Brembo street spec replacement rotor -



Not something alot of people notice, but makes a huge difference to rotor cooling when mixed with brake ducting.

Slots help to remove brake dust and remove air that builds up under brake pads, so brake pads contact rotor quicker.

Crossdrilled can get brake dust build up in small cross drilled holes and make rotor overheat, crack. It's why cross drilled rotors were dumped on early model R32GTR for non crossdrilled rotors. They are ok if holes are big enough and don't get clogged with brake dust.

Also 2 piece rotors help to prevent warping, as the heat transfer to middle of rotor is reduced. So middle of rotor doesn't warp. Also cheaper to service, as only need to change rotor part, not the hat in middle.

[SatoTatsuya]

Oh ok, that was very informative, thank you very much! I never did notice that size of the opening, thanks for pointing that out for me! Also, if I am looking into a good set of brakes (ie. performance/racing specs) for an 180SX, which would you recommend? I was looking into either Brembo, or ProjectMu; however, aftering being educated about crossdrilled rotors, I am probably going to dump Brembo brakes for either ProjectMu or Endless, and maybe even M7 Japan (I want to try them out and see if they are of any good).

When I was on ProjectMu's website, it seems like they have a much more street-focused product, and even a section where it is drift-focused, which sounds more ideal for a street/occasional circuit-tuned 180SX. Having said that, Endless brakes sounds much more superior than Project Mu's brakes, especially their E-Slit brake rotor (http://www.endlessusa.com/brakerotor/e-slit-rotor/), which sounds very interesting.

Anyways, just through questions out there.