Dc5 Brembo on s2k
12-31-2013, 08:31 PM
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you're going to track these brakes? are you a P plater by any chance whokid?
I'm not an engineer or anyone with any sort of in depth automotive knowledge, but i would of thought that brembo would have put in a lot of R&D into their design and they have been made with the thickness of the metal being what it was for a reason - to maintain integrity and strength. Its probably illegal to modify brake parts like this because they would no longer be roadworthy/ compliant with ADR's etc. If your brakes fail and heaven forbid, you have an accident and your insurance company checks the brakes afterwards (which you can bet they will), they will see that your brakes were modified.
Perhaps email brembo and ask them about your brake caliper modification and see what they say, who knows, they might decide to make all their calipers 7.5 mm thinner from now lol
I'm not an engineer or anyone with any sort of in depth automotive knowledge, but i would of thought that brembo would have put in a lot of R&D into their design and they have been made with the thickness of the metal being what it was for a reason - to maintain integrity and strength. Its probably illegal to modify brake parts like this because they would no longer be roadworthy/ compliant with ADR's etc. If your brakes fail and heaven forbid, you have an accident and your insurance company checks the brakes afterwards (which you can bet they will), they will see that your brakes were modified.
Perhaps email brembo and ask them about your brake caliper modification and see what they say, who knows, they might decide to make all their calipers 7.5 mm thinner from now lol
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I've looked at all Honda Rotors with nothing that matches up.
I'll be doing this setup this year and come back with my results on what rotor is used ATM most likely going to be a custom top hat to meet all requirements.
12-31-2013, 08:35 PM
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here is an article regarding brake modifications (http://www.hoppers.com.au/articles/G...ied%20Cars.pdf)
Calipers
As a principle it is not acceptable to weaken a caliper by grinding or machining any
structure such as the cast cradle or the body. These parts have been designed by the
OEM/Brake Company to transmit the designed loads including fatigue lives and once this
is changed the durability of the calipers may be compromised. A slight clean up of
casting flashes may be ok but wholesale machining such as taking several millimeters off
cradle webs is not a good thing. The plugging of cradle holes and re-drilling new holes
half into the plugs is also to be avoided as the plugs do not replace the strength that was
removed.
Here in Australia our modified cars require Engineers Inspections, and being
conservative souls they look very hard at where the substituted brakes have come from.
If your choice of caliper is off an ADR Approved car of comparable weight your
Engineer will most likely be happy.
If it’s an aftermarket type that has never been installed on a production car he has nothing
to compare to, and might not approve.
Calipers that do not have dust boots are debatable and the ADR pressure requirement for
3000 PSI test pressure is unlikely to be met on some lightweight alloy aftermarket items.
Calipers
As a principle it is not acceptable to weaken a caliper by grinding or machining any
structure such as the cast cradle or the body. These parts have been designed by the
OEM/Brake Company to transmit the designed loads including fatigue lives and once this
is changed the durability of the calipers may be compromised. A slight clean up of
casting flashes may be ok but wholesale machining such as taking several millimeters off
cradle webs is not a good thing. The plugging of cradle holes and re-drilling new holes
half into the plugs is also to be avoided as the plugs do not replace the strength that was
removed.
Here in Australia our modified cars require Engineers Inspections, and being
conservative souls they look very hard at where the substituted brakes have come from.
If your choice of caliper is off an ADR Approved car of comparable weight your
Engineer will most likely be happy.
If it’s an aftermarket type that has never been installed on a production car he has nothing
to compare to, and might not approve.
Calipers that do not have dust boots are debatable and the ADR pressure requirement for
3000 PSI test pressure is unlikely to be met on some lightweight alloy aftermarket items.
01-01-2014, 12:09 AM
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01-01-2014, 05:19 PM
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you're going to track these brakes? are you a P plater by any chance whokid?
I'm not an engineer or anyone with any sort of in depth automotive knowledge, but i would of thought that brembo would have put in a lot of R&D into their design and they have been made with the thickness of the metal being what it was for a reason - to maintain integrity and strength. Its probably illegal to modify brake parts like this because they would no longer be roadworthy/ compliant with ADR's etc. If your brakes fail and heaven forbid, you have an accident and your insurance company checks the brakes afterwards (which you can bet they will), they will see that your brakes were modified.
Perhaps email brembo and ask them about your brake caliper modification and see what they say, who knows, they might decide to make all their calipers 7.5 mm thinner from now lol
I'm not an engineer or anyone with any sort of in depth automotive knowledge, but i would of thought that brembo would have put in a lot of R&D into their design and they have been made with the thickness of the metal being what it was for a reason - to maintain integrity and strength. Its probably illegal to modify brake parts like this because they would no longer be roadworthy/ compliant with ADR's etc. If your brakes fail and heaven forbid, you have an accident and your insurance company checks the brakes afterwards (which you can bet they will), they will see that your brakes were modified.
Perhaps email brembo and ask them about your brake caliper modification and see what they say, who knows, they might decide to make all their calipers 7.5 mm thinner from now lol
Originally Posted by whokid' timestamp='1388470334' post='22943863
haha, will try this on track one day, gob bless me!
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=3043712
http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2761755
Option #2:
Make an aluminum bracket
http://hondamarketplace.com/showthread.php?t=2776474
01-02-2014, 12:18 PM
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