Performance Calipers

no love for a newbie??

how much do you want to spend?

You could get big rotors and wilwood calipers. (lots o $$$)
Or you could get some more aggresive pads. (little $)

I would look into braided steel brake lines too.

Don't the AWD calipers and brackets bolt right on? (correct me if I'm wrong)

I was considering fabricating brackets to make the Willwood dynalite 4-piston calipers bolt right up to my FWD 2G. But then I got lazy and decided to pick up a pair of AWD caliper instead.

So would the gsx calipers give me any more stopping power? are they dual pistons? If they bolt right on I think that would be my choice, I'm still in school working at $6.50 an hour big brakes will have to wait i am pretty interestd in some better pads though, would i stop quicker with the GSX calipers and upgraded pads? which pads would u suggest for street use? I dont take my car to the track yet.

ThePerfectShift said:

So would the gsx calipers give me any more stopping power? are they dual pistons? If they bolt right on I think that would be my choice, I'm still in school working at $6.50 an hour big brakes will have to wait i am pretty interestd in some better pads though, would i stop quicker with the GSX calipers and upgraded pads? which pads would u suggest for street use? I dont take my car to the track yet.

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I'm pretty sure the AWD calipers will bolt on. You would also need the AWD caliper brackets too. Hopefully a 420a guys cam chime in to verify this.

Yes, the AWD calipers are dual piston and they will provide much better stopping power. I've been using Hawk pads and they have been great.

I have a set of GVR4 2pot calipers from japan; loaded with metal master pads. They are coated high temp gloss black. I have pics if you want them, looking for 250 for the pair [loaded].

The dual piston calipers are a direct replacement but they do not make for 'more power'. Piston area (i.e. clamping force) is the same in both the single and the dual.

The improvements come from a more even pressure on the pad plate. Rather than making the pad look like a banana under pressure it applies more equal clamping. Because both have the same area in a perfect world the 'feel' will be the same too. However when you apply high pressure to the single the pad deflection accounts for more travel and less pad contact, thus making you push harder and deeper to achieve the same clamping.

As it was mentioned before the dual calipers should bolt right on, in most cases you can snag a set from a bone-yard or "u pull it" for about 80 bucks for both of them, then buy a decent set of sport pads, flush your break fluid and replace with some good stuff. If you wanna get crazy pick up some ss lines as well and though it may have the same piston area, the car will definitely stop MUCH better

Street Surgeon said:

As it was mentioned before the dual calipers should bolt right on, in most cases you can snag a set from a bone-yard or "u pull it" for about 80 bucks for both of them, then buy a decent set of sport pads, flush your break fluid and replace with some good stuff. If you wanna get crazy pick up some ss lines as well and though it may have the same piston area, the car will definitely stop MUCH better

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I'm pretty sure this wont work if your rolling anything smaller than 17" wheels.

kyle said:

I'm pretty sure this wont work if your rolling anything smaller than 17" wheels.

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I had the dual piston calipers when I still had the stock 16" wheels. 1G AWD's had 16" wheels stock also. I believe GVR4's came with the dual piston calipers and 15" wheels.

http://www.streetortrack.com/baer-brakes-88-00-mitsubishi-eclipse-front.asp

Ask to get slotted or plain rotors - slotted only ~$630 shipped plain rotors ~$600 shipped