question about rear vented rotors
I was reading some old threads concerning brake upgrades and discovered that the SVX's in the UK/NZ and maybe other markets came w/ vented rear rotors. Has anyone made a swap of these vented rear rotors into our USDM SVX's ? The ticker rotors would require wider calipers and maybe a different proportioning meter but would certainly help braking fade. Since our calipers are from the Legacy, a swap would seem possible.
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i put the rear vented/slotted rotors from disc brake Australia on mine. was not worth the time/effort involved. it took three attempts and six months to get the right parts and it wasn't a noticeable difference. the front brakes are the weakest point on the svx, the rears seem adequate.
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Kind of sorry to hear that it's not a simple swap. Since it is OEM in some markets, I thought it might just be a matter of wider calipers and different brackets.
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Slotted / vented / cross drilled etc, are cheap enough on Ebay..
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/FULL-KIT-BLAC...BXpXfn&vxp=mtr No, they're not Brembo.. but they'll work just fine for anything up to aggressive street driving. I've gotten on mine HARD from over 200 KPH, .. they didn't warp :-) Neither did the fronts, same kind. That being said, I don't think that they'd hold up to Autocross type driving, but for agressive street driving, they're fine, and I love the sound.. |
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I had a caliper seize up so bad I had smoke coming out the wheel well when I parked .. Rotor is fine. |
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NZ new did not come with vented rears - but there are quite a few JDM imports here with vented rears.
If you (in the USA) decide to "upgrade" to vented ones then you will also need different calipers and pads - which you will find hard to get hold of in the future.... Check out this site which I have used to get a few parts from in Japan - quite a bit cheaper than local in NZ. http://www.jauce.com/search/Subaru+SVX have fun..... |
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Since our calipers are from the Legacy, I thought that getting rear vented rotors/calipers/brackets wouldn't be such an issue.
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I also remember someone mentioning that they are the same as Nissan Pathfinder ?.
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Are we saying that the rotors/caliper are from the Pathfinder since the pads are from that vehicle? Many cars/crossovers/etc. can use the same pads but the remaining brake parts are different.
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