View Poll Results: Blue Spoons
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Spoon Calipers or keep em OEM
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From: Twp of Washington, NJ
I love my Spoon brakes, I mostly wanted them for cosmetics but they seem to perform better than stock IMO. I'm very happy with mine. I got them used and the paint was faded on one side so I painted them both in a blue colour that turned out quite well, it's kind of a blend between Spoon brake blue and Endless brake Blue, I can't stop looking at mine. Definitely my favourite mod.
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From: JCMO
Originally Posted by sillyboybmxer' timestamp='1325369653' post='21276261
if you are gonna spend money on brakes, dont get the spoon calipers.....from the reviews i read, there was no significant difference between the oems and spoons.
go Stoptech, AP, or something worth while
go Stoptech, AP, or something worth while
Not to be a debbie downer but I can pretty well say with confidence that's a placebo effect unless you got different pads at the switch that are stickier.
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The Spoon caliper is interesting for a few reasons: it takes a stock Honda S2000 sized pad; it fits a stock sized rotor, and it is a monoblock.
The first means it will be easy to find pads, especially street pads. The second advantage means there are many low cost rotors available.
For high performance/track use I'd pair it with a StopTech Aerorotor, PFC rotor, or Girodisc rotor; all three a 2-piece floating rotors in the stock size, slots are better and if you wanted to you can have them cryo-treated, For street use and autocross a one--piece rotor is fine, and they can be purchased with slots and cryo-treatment directly from TireRack.
A monoblock is a stiffer caliper. All top calipers are all monoblock these days. It adds stiffness which provides a firmer, more linear pedal. That said, it should be hard to feel that on a stock car with stock master cylinders and ABS.
The stock floating caliper is fine. Clean it, paint it, and put an S2000 decal on it and it will look great. It is a bit heavier. The floating aspect has a little hysteresis. But it is hard to imagine the S2000 where it wouldn't be sufficient.
The first means it will be easy to find pads, especially street pads. The second advantage means there are many low cost rotors available.
For high performance/track use I'd pair it with a StopTech Aerorotor, PFC rotor, or Girodisc rotor; all three a 2-piece floating rotors in the stock size, slots are better and if you wanted to you can have them cryo-treated, For street use and autocross a one--piece rotor is fine, and they can be purchased with slots and cryo-treatment directly from TireRack.
A monoblock is a stiffer caliper. All top calipers are all monoblock these days. It adds stiffness which provides a firmer, more linear pedal. That said, it should be hard to feel that on a stock car with stock master cylinders and ABS.
The stock floating caliper is fine. Clean it, paint it, and put an S2000 decal on it and it will look great. It is a bit heavier. The floating aspect has a little hysteresis. But it is hard to imagine the S2000 where it wouldn't be sufficient.
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From: Ontario Canada
I've had the Spoons for a couple of years. I'll admit that I first bought them for cosmetic reasons, and for the ease of pad swaps, and lighter weight.
I just did a trip to the Dragon a few weeks ago and I was really impressed with the performance of the brakes. No matter what I threw at them I could not get them to overheat, and zero fade. Very confidence inspiring when you get into a tight situation. I'm running the Spoons with Carbotech 1521 street oriented pads and drilled & slotted one-piece rotors (M-sports).
When I ran my oem brakes, rotors, and pads in similar driving conditions I would get some fade, with the current setup it felt like my brakes could take stop me under any conditions. I was thoroughly impressed. A friend of mine who also ran the Spoons at the Dragon reported similar results, where he couldn't get them to overheat or fade under any conditions he could throw at them. Despite them not being a true BBK, they do still offer some performance upgrade.
I just did a trip to the Dragon a few weeks ago and I was really impressed with the performance of the brakes. No matter what I threw at them I could not get them to overheat, and zero fade. Very confidence inspiring when you get into a tight situation. I'm running the Spoons with Carbotech 1521 street oriented pads and drilled & slotted one-piece rotors (M-sports).
When I ran my oem brakes, rotors, and pads in similar driving conditions I would get some fade, with the current setup it felt like my brakes could take stop me under any conditions. I was thoroughly impressed. A friend of mine who also ran the Spoons at the Dragon reported similar results, where he couldn't get them to overheat or fade under any conditions he could throw at them. Despite them not being a true BBK, they do still offer some performance upgrade.
