JoeVDub
Go Kart Champion
Me and my old man did it old school style when I put the ATE blue fluid in.
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Brakes still suck
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Me and my old man did it old school style when I put the ATE blue fluid in.
Modshack1
Go Kart Champion
Careful here...Read the threads carefully. If you go to the 6 pots you really need to spend the extra $1000 to upsize the rears to maintain a safe F/R brake bias...This requires a bunch of custom parts from the guy who pioneered this conversion.
Simmsled
Parking Garage > Tree
If your opinion on RB being better than Forge is based on your incorrect knowledge of Forge's kit being a private label Asian knockoff... you are simply ignorant. Forge makes their own brakes in-house in the UK.
You have proven that your expertise on comparing anything to Forge's BBK is absolutely nonsense and should probably refrain from offering an opinion on what you don't know or understand.
BUT... where would I be if I didn't give you a chance to prove yourself? :iono:
If you can prove that Forge's BBK is an Asian knockoff, I'll buy you a steak dinner.
grambles423
Automotive Engineer
Exactly. I've skimmed through the discussions about it about a year ago and the logic makes sense. Managed to do some calculations of my own and came to the same conclusion. That is why I've wanted to stick to a 4pot setup.
crew219
Banned
Can you prove that Forge's BBK's are made in the UK? Other than Mike@forge claiming it to be so?
It wouldn't be the first asian product they've marketed. Look at their twintake, or their former carbon fiber catch can, their silicone hoses.... etc.
Dave
Deaks2
Ready to race!
What about the R32 rear brake conversion?
Does anyone know where we can find the piston sizes for the 17z, 18z, Boxster base, GTI stock rear and R32 rear calipers?
crew219
Banned
R32 uses the same size piston as a stock GTI rear caliper (at least the stock GTI calipers prior to the newer smaller caliper and rotor setup on the 2012s and maybe 2011s).
Dave
Simmsled
Parking Garage > Tree
Deaks2
Ready to race!
So the only difference for the 2010 GTI and R32 rears is the carrier and rotor size? The calipers are the same part?
Deaks2
Ready to race!
Never tell an Englishman that they use the Euro...
Gunkata
Drag Race Newbie
Never tell an Englishman that they use the Euro...
whoops, edited/fixed. The pound, my bad.
crew219
Banned
crew219
Banned
Riddle me this . . . if Forge actually made that caliper, why aren't we seeing it being used on other non MK5/6 variant vehicles?
I'll tell you this. I don't have a bill of lading for Forge showing that they get those brakes from a certain shop in China, however I did find that exact caliper they use, with the same pad shape being sold by another popular place that private labels bbks to companies. If you decided to go through alibaba or made-in-china.com, i'm sure you could find it yourself too.
Dave