Jonz
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Looking for the cheepest place to buy quality brakes for my corsa b. I would like sum 4-pots but i dont know. Wot do you think is the best brake setup for a corsa? Wats your experiances of diffrent types. Also thinking of sum V6 Brakes.... Thanks
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IvIarkgraham
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v6's are cheap compared to 4 pots but 4 pots will be 1000x better
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alexm
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Just curious here...
What sort of improvement are we talking about over standard brakes .. VS. e.g. Cav brakes.
Do they lock up easier at all??
Does it not make it like uneven from front and back??
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IvIarkgraham
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brakes are uneven front and back anyway
rears only do about 10% of the braking
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Jonz
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What brakes would you say is best for a corsa b?
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steve101
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They do a lot more than 10% - try braking without the rears, you'll see what I mean.
4 pots look good, and stop good. Expensive though. Stick with bigger diam discs and pads/bigger calipers.
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alexm
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Yeah ill second that... I know fronts do most of the stopping.. but when my adjusters were ripped out the drums it was HORRIBLE to brake.. the pedal had huge travel too.
So anything 4stud is interchangable on a vauxhall
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ed
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A lot of 4 pots are made from billet aluminium which isn't suitable for a road car. Plus, as they are designed with race cars in mind the seals aren't as hardcore and will need to be cleaned all the time.
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dhdev
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
A lot of 4 pots are made from billet aluminium which isn't suitable for a road car.
That's wrong.
Four pots will enable greater clamping force to be applied for the same pedal pressure as long as they have greater piston area than the brakes they are replacing. This will improve braking performance. They will also most likely be lighter than the standard brakes. They will also most likely be stiffer, which will improve pedal feel and reduce displacement (wasted pedal travel). The downside is cost and potentially brake squeal and the need for frequent servicing if you buy a set of calipers designed for motorsport.
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dean101287
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some new vauxhalls have got 280mm disks ect that will bolt straight on.
Mine:
Pic Whore!
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.dean.
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what do people think of high spec 4pots with 300mm disk for a everyday 2.0 corsa
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stu_c
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quote:
Originally posted by .dean.
what do people think of high spec 4pots with 300mm disk for a everyday 2.0 corsa
they are gay and for ppl with a rich girlfriend!!! 
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.dean.
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quote:
Originally posted by bigboy219
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Originally posted by .dean.
what do people think of high spec 4pots with 300mm disk for a everyday 2.0 corsa
they are gay and for ppl with a rich girlfriend!!!
and i still dont get a let! 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
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Originally posted by ed
A lot of 4 pots are made from billet aluminium which isn't suitable for a road car.
That's wrong.
Four pots will enable greater clamping force to be applied for the same pedal pressure as long as they have greater piston area than the brakes they are replacing. This will improve braking performance. They will also most likely be lighter than the standard brakes. They will also most likely be stiffer, which will improve pedal feel and reduce displacement (wasted pedal travel). The downside is cost and potentially brake squeal and the need for frequent servicing if you buy a set of callipers designed for motor sport.
What you have just said has nothing to do with billet aluminium being unsuitable when it comes to being plastered in road grime, salt and other shit that you get all over the bottom of your car, and the other point being that people with road cars don't strip their brake system down on a regular occasion.
In future, read what people have said before correcting them.
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Mussolini
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
quote:
Originally posted by ed
A lot of 4 pots are made from billet aluminium which isn't suitable for a road car.
That's wrong.
Four pots will enable greater clamping force to be applied for the same pedal pressure as long as they have greater piston area than the brakes they are replacing. This will improve braking performance. They will also most likely be lighter than the standard brakes. They will also most likely be stiffer, which will improve pedal feel and reduce displacement (wasted pedal travel). The downside is cost and potentially brake squeal and the need for frequent servicing if you buy a set of callipers designed for motor sport.
What you have just said has nothing to do with billet aluminium being unsuitable when it comes to being plastered in road grime, salt and other shit that you get all over the bottom of your car, and the other point being that people with road cars don't strip their brake system down on a regular occasion.
In future, read what people have said before correcting them.
I like you 
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dhdev
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
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Originally posted by dhdev
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Originally posted by ed
A lot of 4 pots are made from billet aluminium which isn't suitable for a road car.
That's wrong.
Four pots will enable greater clamping force to be applied for the same pedal pressure as long as they have greater piston area than the brakes they are replacing. This will improve braking performance. They will also most likely be lighter than the standard brakes. They will also most likely be stiffer, which will improve pedal feel and reduce displacement (wasted pedal travel). The downside is cost and potentially brake squeal and the need for frequent servicing if you buy a set of callipers designed for motor sport.
What you have just said has nothing to do with billet aluminium being unsuitable when it comes to being plastered in road grime, salt and other shit that you get all over the bottom of your car, and the other point being that people with road cars don't strip their brake system down on a regular occasion.
In future, read what people have said before correcting them.
Back in your box! I stated you were wrong, then punctuated with a full stop and started a new paragraph. The next paragraph had nothing to do with your inaccurate information. There is no reason why a caliper machined from billet is unsuitable for the road. They are not commonly used due to cost of machining, but the process of making a caliper from billet instead of a casting does not make it unsuitable.
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