whats up... i badly want to do a legend brake swap. i want to use the 2 piston legend calipers, with some aftermarket (EBC or brembo) drilled rotors. now, i know the legend calipers and clips will swap fine, but does anyone know how or where i can get rotors that are 11-11.2 dia. front, and 10-10.2 dia. rear, with the 4x100 pattern, and that will fit these calipers??? can i get them made from fastbrakes or some company like that or is there another car that has those diameter rotors with the integra bolt pattern?? anyone who has done this swap please help out!!

 

okay, search didnt work last nite, so i got all the info i needed this morning! one question left tho! does anybody know if the legend calipers are better off being placed on the opposite wheel, aka left caliper on right wheel, vice versa on left wheel, or is it better to place thm on the proper side with the bleeder facing down??

 

http://fastbrakes.com/shop/ check them out they should be able to help you out.

 

thanks man. been checking out that site. when im ready to do the upgrade im gonna give them a call cus they sell the 2 pot legend calipers with the bracket already shaved to fit the teg. i realise i dont want to do the upgrade tho unless i do the rear brakes too. i want to do the EP3 rear coversion, i just dont know if i can retain e brake with that conversion. obviously cant do it if not.

 

I've been buying my rotors from Fastbrake. 60$ each. Not drilled or slotted.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dartdc97 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is it better to place thm on the proper side with the bleeder facing down??</TD></TR></TABLE>

This begs the obvious question: how would you bleed the caliper short of removing it and turning it over?

As for the two piston vs. single piston, it doesn't matter. The single piston provides more braking that you'll need, and with a well-matched booster and master cylinder, will have awesome pedal feel.

Don't worry about the rear brakes, they don't do much on a Honda anyway. There is so little weight on the rear of the car under braking that you'll just be fighting rear lockup if you go wild back there. I know of several race (and championship) winning cars that use stock ITR front brakes with badass pads and fluid, and stock rear brakes iwth stock pads. I know of one car that still has the rear drum...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mrlegoman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not drilled or slotted.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Buy the cheapest rotors you can get. I've warped autozone rotors, and I've warped brembo rotors, and lemme tell you, once you warp them they all feel the same.

 

i would just go with itr front brakes, actually they are probably lighter than the legends heavy 2 piston calipers, but will they fit under my 15 inch wheels?? i though itrs use 16's for that reason. otherwise, wilwood makes 4 pot calipers that are super lightweight, and fit 14's if need be. and they are actually not too pricey, i believe around $115 per caliper..

 

Modified by dartdc97 at 1:55 AM 10/13/2006

 

bleeder should be facing up. u can redrill another set of holes for the pcd114 integra on the hubs. some folks will find this a bad idea but weve done it on our racing cars, and on my eg6 daily driven no prob.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drdisco69 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This begs the obvious question: how would you bleed the caliper short of removing it and turning it over?
</TD></TR></TABLE>Basically, you have to remove it and turn it over to bleed it.
But some have argued that just switching the left and rights (so the bleeder valve faces up) does not cause a noticable effect in braking performance even though the piston sizes are reverse.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mrlegoman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
But some have argued that just switching the left and rights (so the bleeder valve faces up) does not cause a noticable effect in braking performance even though the piston sizes are reverse.</TD></TR></TABLE>

everything I've read about it says that adding pistons helps the pad to wear more evenly, and doesn't really add a whole lot to braking performance. seeing that every car I've ever done brakes on wore the leading edge of the pad faster than the trailing edge, I wouldn't think that 'flipping' the caliper would help your pad wear very much.