timrud_
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Registered: 3rd Jul 04
Location: Sheffield
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I'm spacing my calipers inwards...
Iwish I could take people in my car against a car with V6's for a race, they would soon see they are worth it! In this months redline I beat both Novas by a fair margin and I have drums on the back, they don't!
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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i dont have a let but...
but ive had v6's and reyland 4-pots.... yes i cant argue that the 4-pots are better.... but 400 quid better... not at all....
[Edited on 31-12-2005 by Siberia]
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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seriously, they poor. if you can do like 40-140 in a matter of seconds, whats the point in having brakes that take 35 seconds to stop the car?
if you can afford to put an let in they really you should be able to afford 400 quid extra for some proper brakes, or you are wasting your time withe let...........
in my opinion
[Edited on 31-12-2005 by muppetsport]
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Siberia
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35 seconds? wtf.. mr muppet did you fit you v6's properly? i remembr 1 morning giving my car a test on the open road 135ish MPH i was doing and some fool indicated into my lane(kinda wierd how quick things come up when you over 120 ) anyways i though i was brown bread on the v6's i went... went from 130 to 45 in about 5-6 seconds....
i have the v6 brakes i had on the corsa on my misus's tigra at the moment and for some reason.. maybe its the newer 16v master cylinder? but they feel about 5 times better than they ever did on my corsa with absouluty no spongy pedal at all... granted its a 1.4 but its still capable of 100MPH
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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ve got no sponge feelign at all with mine, and yeah fitted properly. i just think that theyre not all that good in my opinion. although cheaper yeah.
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timrud_
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Registered: 3rd Jul 04
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I was a second faster on the 0-100, that is well worth £400! A second is a hell of a lot, andit will go down by even more when I sort the rears.
A lad I know in a Nova did a sub 9 minute lap of the 'Ring and didn;t get any fade either. With V6's I'd be lucky to get 5 minutes into a lap! If I could afford even better brakes (and physically fit any under my wheels) I would get them.
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Mattb
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Registered: 2nd Feb 03
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quote:
Originally posted by timrud_
V6 and Turbo brakes are utter Gash....
If your driving your car hard they will fade VERY fast....
Any 4 pot kit will be fine, I have Reylands on mine under speedlines.
i have to agree, i had ebc discs and pads on my calibra turbo (284mm) and they were so not up to the job, the fades quickly and i eventually melted the discs, filling up the groves and holes making the discs practically smooth again! 
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Nic Barnes
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theyre decent enough for xe powered stuff
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poole
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Sheffield, UK Drives: 2.5 v6 Calibra
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i'll be putting some reylands on after my LET conversion, already got v6's on for a 1.4 
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c20let
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
Location: Aberdeenshire Drives: VXR Astravan,Evo 9GT,mr2 tbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
i have to agree, i had ebc discs and pads on my calibra turbo (284mm) and they were so not up to the job, the fades quickly and i eventually melted the discs, filling up the groves and holes making the discs practically smooth again!
theres your problem
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Rob_Lee
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Folkestone Drives: Nova 1.6 16v
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I've NEVER had fade on my 308's and im sure i dont need to tell youmy driving style!
My old 2.0 16v brakes on the other hand faded alot!
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