KSport brakes
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KSport brakes
Is this for real???
I'm not planning on getting KSport brakes but what's up with this front AND rear selection???
http://www.ksportusa.com/asp/vehicle...&Submit=Submit
Any thoughts on how, why, when, and Huh?????
I'm not planning on getting KSport brakes but what's up with this front AND rear selection???
http://www.ksportusa.com/asp/vehicle...&Submit=Submit
Any thoughts on how, why, when, and Huh?????
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If you make your living on a track it might make cents (play-on-word) to spend big dollars, then again if you are making your living on the track you are spending sponsors money. 
Looks like nice stuff.
Looks like nice stuff.
They look rather nice.
I can imagine someone's conversation with thier wife about this:
"so we need new brakes on the MINI..."
"how much will that cost, $500?"
"oh, just...*cough* 10,000 *cough*"
heh heh
I can imagine someone's conversation with thier wife about this:
"so we need new brakes on the MINI..."
"how much will that cost, $500?"
"oh, just...*cough* 10,000 *cough*"
heh heh
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I would imagine their :caugh: reasonable stuff is quite nice (about the same price as Brembo). I don't know. I was thinking maybe an 11" kit up front and the 16" kit out back. I don't like how front brakes always look bigger than the rears. It looks stupid. What do you guys think??
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I just read on this site: http://www.k-sport.nl/index.php?lan=nl&page=brakes
that the pistons are made of aluminium. Shouldn't they be made of something harder especially considering their being used to squeeze up against a steel-backed brake pad? It doesn't make sense unless their using some uber alloy that nobody can spell or has heard of.
that the pistons are made of aluminium. Shouldn't they be made of something harder especially considering their being used to squeeze up against a steel-backed brake pad? It doesn't make sense unless their using some uber alloy that nobody can spell or has heard of.
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You mean like "unobtainium"?
Many aftermarket calipers use aluminum (aluminium to non USA readers) as they are inexpensive to produce and allow for fitment of dust seals. Most of your race calipers go to stainless steel or titanium for better heat rejection. Most oem's are chrome plated iron. The newest are of a phenolic or plastic material for a combo of weight savings and still allowing for machined grooves for the boot.
Many aftermarket calipers use aluminum (aluminium to non USA readers) as they are inexpensive to produce and allow for fitment of dust seals. Most of your race calipers go to stainless steel or titanium for better heat rejection. Most oem's are chrome plated iron. The newest are of a phenolic or plastic material for a combo of weight savings and still allowing for machined grooves for the boot.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Duranium
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Tritanium
As some already know, I watch too much Star Trek.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Tritanium
As some already know, I watch too much Star Trek.
That's bloody heavy!!!!!! The caliper would weigh like 40 pounds!!!
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