What pad?

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Bye bye betty blue. Hello F6.

Ferodo DS3000s are enroute.

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Re : Nissan brakes on a Subaru.

Managed to test this today with an R32 GTR Sumitomo caliper. 100% confirmed as not fitting on the rear of a Subaru with Sti Brembo rotors. The mounting holes line up. The offset is damn near perfect, maybe 1mm off center of the caliper (probs more to do with the rotor being slightly thicker). But the 316mm rotor is too big. Caliper need about 3-5mm longer legs or maybe a rotor that is 5-10mm smaller diameter.

Given those measurements, and the fact that the GTR Brembos only take a 3mm bigger disc than the GTR Sumitomos. I would assume even the GTR Brembos would foul on an STi 316mm rotor. I think you could fit an STi caliper to a GTR (with a small amount of pad overhang), but i dont think you can fit a GTR caliper to an STi. (unless you look at smaller rotor options.)

Perhaps the R34 GTR with the 322mm Brembos would fit a Subaru. Although i suspect it would have some pretty hefty overhang with the 316mm rotor.

I guess thats why you never hear of it being done. Because it aint a straight swap.

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Some sexy carbon fiber aero came in the mail today. Big front lip extensions. And a couple of pairs of canard. Heres a quick mock up. Excuse the low quality phone pics, extremely dirty car, and that its up on stands at the moment. Also dont forget the wide fender flares getting painte at the moment, and the 18x10.5 rays that are still enroute.

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Ive got good news and bad news.

First the bad.
Today i installed the Ferodo Ds3000 rear brembo pads. Got the car out the driveway onto the road and had to turn around and come straight back in. There was a horrendous grinding noise. It was bad, so bad i thought id put the pads in backwards or something. Got out and i could see exactly what happened straight away. The fuking ferodo pads backing plates are rubbing on the biot rotor hats. Chewed the sh1t out of the alloy and made a fukin mess of it. It looks only cosmetic as that part of the rotor is pretty meaty. But its pissed me off bad. Because ive had the hats anodized black for stealth. The bare alloy gouges are highly visible through the rim. Everytime i look at the back end, im gonna see this mess and rage inside.

Anyways, pulled em out and cut down the pad backing plate to a more correct size. Used the 5" angle grinder and a cut off wheel. It seams these pads are quite meaty. The actual pad meat is marginally bigger in all directions. And the backing plate extends in towards the center of the rotor a bit too far, causing the rubbing. I should have checked this more closely putting them in. But its not something you would expect from a drop in set of pads.

Check out the pics.

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Now for the good news.
I got them back in and went for a quick drive to heat the pads / bed them in. And ofcourse test the handbrake. OMFG. It works brilliantly. The rear end locks with the slightest pull. Im using the bob jane zetums, but given the massive improvement in performance, im confident even the Hankooks will lock. Doesnt matter what setting the dccd is, and even does it with the dccd switching input disconected. The improvement in the hydro is massive. Its probably a good 3 or 4 times better. It actually locks, and it does it without having to heave the sh1t out of the lever. Its such an improvement, im reckon i could bolt on the old twin cylinder setup i had before and it would work just as well. This is what i always imagined a hydro should be like. Its actually like i have the wheel braking force of a thousand unicorns at my finger tips. Doesnt matter what speed your doing, slightest tug of the wand and instant lock with a pair of black strips and a cloud of tyre smoke in the rear view.

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Good work, I did not expect that result.

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Bye bye betty blue. Hello F6.

Long road to redemption! Good to see the hydro handbrake setup is finally dialed in.

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Neither did i. Which is why i bought the STi MC and did all those other tests before finally doing pads. I guess if i had of done that first, i could have saved myself some serious hassles. I think what threw me off was when i spoke to GSL when i first had trouble, he was so confident it wouldnt be a pad issue.

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Wooò.. soo the old set up still got it

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