FD Brake Upgrade provided by Emblem

[Contigo]

GTS owners, these look good!

 

[Spartacus]

ooohhhh .. fancy !

 

[dickygrace]

They look good; what do you know about specs and prices Phil?

 

[midlifecrisis]

Shineee but let's see the after a few trips around track/1000miles...

And that's on a 2018/19 GTS too..look at the nose

 

[FF1078]

I think I would have worn the old ones out first rather than fitting them to an almost barnd new car?

 

[Navcorr]

I'd be certain the originals would be kept for refitting when the car is sold on.

 

[Contigo]

A little background.

The owner of the Grancab was used to performance cars and felt (I agree) that the car was underbraked. Emblem contacted Larinisystem (UK supplier of FD products) and they have a big brake conversion for the later 4.7 cars. The kit in on their website. Apparently they work very well over OEM but they don't fit 4.2 and early 4.7's as their calipers are smaller so best to check with Martin at Emblem or read up on the website below before ordering.

http://www.formuladynamics.com/products/granturismo_s_fd_bbk/granturismo_s_fd_bbk.php

In the kit you also get the braided brake lines which really improve the brake pedal feel (harder and less travel).

 

[Ryandoc]

Much like. Be good to see some pics with the wheels back on.

Performance obviously key but still be nice to see.

 

[Contigo]

Ta da!!!!

 

[Felonious Crud]

That's the big brake kit you say, Phil? Certainly seems to fill the wheel better judging by that photo.

 

[Doohickey]

Interesting to compare price with OEM. Any view on how much that might be? Perhaps I don't try hard enough but generally the standard brakes are OK for me.

 

[bigbob]

Shineee but let's see the after a few trips around track/1000miles...

And that's on a 2018/19 GTS too..look at the nose

Good spot and that means there are some lightly used OEM brakes available (?).

 

[bigbob]

A little background.

The owner of the Grancab was used to performance cars and felt (I agree) that the car was underbraked. Emblem contacted Larinisystem (UK supplier of FD products) and they have a big brake conversion for the later 4.7 cars. The kit in on their website. Apparently they work very well over OEM but they don't fit 4.2 and early 4.7's as their calipers are smaller so best to check with Martin at Emblem or read up on the website below before ordering.

http://www.formuladynamics.com/products/granturismo_s_fd_bbk/granturismo_s_fd_bbk.php

In the kit you also get the braided brake lines which really improve the brake pedal feel (harder and less travel).

The Cab weighs 110kg more than the coupe and the brakes are unchanged so I can see where he is coming from.

 

[Ryandoc]

Ta da!!!!

Even more like. My car is a 2009 I couldn’t really see on the website what would be involved / cost for older cars.

Think I’ll drop them an email as very interested in this

 

[Chrisb2015]

A 380mm BBK would fill the wheel quite well, but probably not at much as you would think based on my experience. This is however a comparatively cheap way to get bigger and better brakes compared with what you would need to spend normally to get this size. Its clever they have utilised the existing caliper to keep costs down.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Interesting to compare price with OEM. Any view on how much that might be? Perhaps I don't try hard enough but generally the standard brakes are OK for me.

You seriously don't want to know the cost of the FD Big Brake kit. It will make your eyes water!

 

[Contigo]

You seriously don't want to know the cost of the FD Big Brake kit. It will make your eyes water!

It's on the link, reasonable I think.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Depending which kit you go for you're starting at 4 grand.

 

[mjheathcote]

Depends whether 'big brake' refers to 'big discs with standard caliper' (like done here), or 'big caliper and big discs', which are then, £££ or should we say $$$ !!!

 

[Doohickey]

Depending which kit you go for you're starting at 4 grand.

The price in the link is about $3400 which didn’t seem that bad.