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Brake setups and impressions:
Since there are an assortment of brake setups out there, I thought it might be good if we all shared our different setups: i.e. aluminum 26mm, iron 30mm, Q45's, and whatever MC you might have.
Right now I'm using:
Calipers: 95 Q45's front and back
Rotors: Stock Q45
Pads: Stock Q45
Master Cylinder: 17/16" off a '91 z32
Impressions: Wow... they fill up my 17" wheels pretty nicely. A big difference from the stock 10" rotors (new rotors are 11" front 11.4" rear). I haven't had a chance to really get on them from high speeds yet, but hopefully later tonight I'll be able to report back. Brakes are fully locked by the time the brake pedal is even with the gas pedal. I should have probably gone with the 1" MC, but I'm going to be upgrading to z32 aluminum 30mm fronts and z32 rears. Should be loads of fun.
Best thing about the Q45 brake calipers is that your wheel selection isn't limited like the z32 setup. You can also quite possibly upgrade to z32 30mm front calipers without having to change rotors (still need to check up on that).
Worst thiing about the Q45 brake calipers is that your brake pad selection is very limited. I've heard you can get metal mashers custom made as long as you send in a backing plate, so I might look into that (i doubt i'll have the Q45's long enough to do so though). You can already get performance rotors, though. I'm going to be looking into the rotor offset compared to z32 30mm rotors, as I might use the rotors I have with the z32 calipers (just the fronts, the rears on the z32 are vented while the Q45's are not).
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