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Hossam
09-23-2010, 06:17 PM
i was confused in determining which calipers i need
i want to get 4 pistons / caliper at front & rear
& have large piston diameter to get high force generated on the brake disc
please suggest types of calipers which have these specifications

Hossam
09-23-2010, 06:17 PM
i was confused in determining which calipers i need
i want to get 4 pistons / caliper at front & rear
& have large piston diameter to get high force generated on the brake disc
please suggest types of calipers which have these specifications

RollingCamel
09-23-2010, 07:11 PM
Hello Hossam,

I suspect you are from Egypt. While I wasn't the brake guy but I want to question you why do you need 4 piston caliper?

Overkill is overweight. We used a caliper with min rotor width of 6.25 mm. So we ended up with 6.5 mm rotors that we didn't use. The caliper size was big and the rotors were thick meaning excess weight.

Search a bit what teams use and the cost table could be very helpful. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif