ok well all this talk around here about people having 300-600Bhp cars around here is good and all that but how do you stop one?
Well i need some new brakes before i drop my new motor in so, with stock wheels whats a good combo?

Rotors
Pads
SS lines
Brake Fulid
anything else im missing?

 

http://www.fastbrakes.com/prod...g1175

Out of everything you listed, only the brake pads are going to be increasing brake torque.

 

wow thats alot of $$.
something i dont have right now.

 

Solid rotors/Cobalt pads/good brake fluid are all you need.

Cheees,
Sean

 

Honestly, for a car that is looking to have 300-600hp (from what his post says), I think more brake torque is necissary.

Cobalts street pads will help, but I would still opt for a larger piston caliper or a larger diameter rotor.

 

I agree that more braking torque is necessary. A caliper upgrade is definately recommended.

 

what car is this going in??

i used prelude vtec rotors and type R calipers on my CRX...

 

00si

 

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is it just me or are you missing two lug nuts

you need to get some before your wheel falls off

 

that was just a test fit...
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is it just me or are you missing two lug nuts

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stopping is alot more important in my book than hauling ***. I dont know if your building a street car or track car but you should definatly put your brake setup into thought as one of the first things you do.

 

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Umm, no. A 2600lb car going 100mph will take x number of feet to stop regardless of how much HP the engine has.

If his current rotors have enough force to lock up his wheels than he has all the braking power he needs. It doesn't matter if the motor makes 100 or 1000hp. The physical principles involved are the same.

Cheers,
Sean

 

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Umm, no. A 2600lb car going 100mph will take x number of feet to stop regardless of how much HP the engine has.

If his current rotors have enough force to lock up his wheels than he has all the braking power he needs. It doesn't matter if the motor makes 100 or 1000hp. The physical principles involved are the same.

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but with more power he will be able to get to 100 mph a lot faster. its a lot easier to get yourself into trouble with a 500hp hatch then it is with 97hp.

 

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Exactly what I was thinking. Also, it's easier to lose track of a more powerful car and go faster/farther than you would ordinarily intend to. When this happens, a bit of extra braking force certainly couldn't hurt.

 

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i used prelude vtec rotors and type R calipers on my CRX...

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what front knuckles you using to fit these brakes?

 

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90-91 Civic EX (only avail in the US)
it's the Sedan model with the Si motor

 

the caliper bracket fit the knuckle just fine?

i may have to do this to my friend's car

 

dont touch my car. it doesnt need to be anymore illegal.............plus i like my 13's and 14's