Brake Upgrades...
 

So I know other Subies brakes won't match up. But, are there any other cars I can find rotor or even Brembo kits that would work? I know Mustangs and a couple other car have the same bolt pattern we do but would any cross over stuff work?

Gee, there's a button up there that says Search, I wonder what that does . . .

Take a look at www.raceconcepts.net

oooh you got me... lol Sorry, kinda dealing with some illness so I was feeling lazy.

Well he has a good thread going so don't punk him out. I wanna know what else we got. I am in the market for new brakes and would love to upgrade. Now Dayle has 2 listed and MOVEIT supposedly has a big brake kit out also... Do we have any other options?? I may just go the same route as old and get some drilled slotted rotors, ceramic pads this time, stainless lines... that good stuff.

Tom

I have drilled/slotted up front.And my "ceramic" pads are worn and need replacing. But I decided to try EBC Green Stuff this time around. I just ask because I saw an SVX in the San Diego area with some mighty looking brakes under 17s. Was just curious if I could find some brembo stuff from other cars that'd fit since Subie decided to make no other car compatable with our beauty.

Did anyone ever find out if the '05 STi brakes will bolt on? The bolt pattern is 5x114.3 like the SVX, but unlike other Subarus. BTW, is that the same for the '06 STI?

MOVEIT only has front caliper upgrades, i want to find a nice set of 4-piston calipers f/r. Would 4-pistons f/r be good or would it be better to have 2-pistons in the rear? I figured 4 all around would be balanced pretty well. Any ideas?





dustin

the svx should have been equipt with 4 piston in the front and 2 in the rear. Sti upgrades would be awsome and probobly a perfect fit. But no one has the cash to shell out to see if they would fit.

Tom

I was thinking about that. Even if the Rotor would fit you could easily adapt products from other companies to our cars. I saw on motorsport warehouse that there is a 13" front brake upgrade available, but for $1800

Besides... MOVEIT, or the two on Dayle's site I was wondering about any others if there were any knowns

Tom

Anyone with the time, patience, and a halfway decent amount of know how can put together their own kit.

You first have to look at master cylinder on the SVX, I'm not sure what size, nor what pressures it puts out. from there, I'd talk to Todd at TCE performance if you want to go the willwood direction, or call up one of the techs at StopTech.

Honestly, those are the only two brake manufacturers I'd go with, Other than adapting some of the newer porsche calipers ("big reds" or newer)

Really the only difficult part is the adapter plate. Other than that matching larger enough rotors to calipers is easy. You would be buying new lines (goodridge is my personal recomendation) Machining the adapter plate you would have to do some fabrication work, however it shouldn't be all that difficult. Make sure to "over engineer" (ie. Make it really thick metal), as the torsional loading on this piece is significant.

However DON"T just throw on any calipers... you NEED to make sure that the SVX mastercylinder can handle the amount and pressure of brake fluid used by all of the calipers. (4pots front and rear would work fine. I'm not sure if you would need a proportioning valve, or if the stock ABS could handle the difference, that is something you would need to look into.)

wrx 4 pot callipers
 

i have fitted wrx 4 pot callipers to my svx and have 2 pots for the rear but haven't tried fitting them yet. all you need to do is increase the diameter of the rotor and put a spacer between the calliper and the mounting points on the hub to centre it properly

WRX or WRX STi brakes? I would love me a set of Brembos

Tom

wrx but the brembo's should bolt on in the same position it's just a case of clearance

So what did you do? Re-drill the holes for the stubs?? I mean they are compeltely different patterns. Also, So you are just using a spacer to set the calipers in? or did you create a new bracket? Sorry for all of the questions but I am more than curious

Tom