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Originally Posted by gslrallysport
Are you implying that more pistons = better?
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Absolutely, but I am not going to try and justify that, instead I will let you read what others say.
HowStuffWorks "Performance Brake Calipers"
PBR Performance
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Originally Posted by gslrallysport
Would your 8 pots outperform the 4 pots that come on current model VE HSV's and replaced the 6 pots from the previous model VZ HSV?
Not trying to be smart, genuinely interested in your justification...
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I have just Googled VE HSV brakes and failed to find a spec for them. The HSV site is pretty useless too. I did find a comment on a forum that said 18" wheels will fit over the 4 pot Clubsport brake setup, so on that basis I am going to suggest that the rotors will be no bigger than 356mm. If we replace the HSV brakes with a Kido 8 pot kit of the same rotor diameter I expect to see an improvement in braking capacity. If we increase the rotor diameter to say 380mm we will see a very significant improvement. The reasons for this are explained in the links above.
On a side note, the last HSV I owned was a VX GTS which had 6 pot calipers with (from memory) 330mm rotors on the front and 4 pot calipers on the rear, so it looks like HSV are almost going backwards in their brake setups.
Me picking up the car way back in 2000.
