Steel brakes with aluminum
brake disc calipers have been specially contoured for weight reduction and improved cooling.
Not exact matches
It could be incorrectly torqued wheels, loose
disc brake calipers,
brake pad shims, suspension pieces loading / unloading from the weight shift.
The GL63 also benefits from AMG - tuned electric power steering and upgraded cross-drilled
brake discs, measuring 15.4 inches in front and 13.6 inches in back, with red - painted
calipers.
Rather than carbon - ceramic
brakes the LP580 - 2 comes with eight - piston
calipers at the front with 365 mm steel
discs with four - pots at the rear with 356 mm rears.
The front
brake discs have grown to 323 mm in diameter (up by 40 mm) and are now clamped by four - piston Brembo
calipers.
There are also new five - way adjustable dampers, a wider front track, more powerful
brakes (320 mm vented and grooved
discs with four - pot
calipers up front) and 52 kg less weight compared to a standard CR - Z.
Standard Equipment: 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder engine 6 - speed manual transmission Electronic stability control Traction control 4 - wheel
disc brakes with ABS Tire pressure monitoring system Track - tuned suspension calibration Front strut tower brace 19 - inch wheels Brembo
brake calipers Torsen limited - slip differential Air conditioning Power windows / locks / mirrors Leather - wrapped steering wheel Leather shift knob AM / FM / XM / CD / MP3 audio system 6 speakers iPod / USB / Auxiliary input Options on this vehicle: Carpeted floor mats — $ 105 Cargo net — $ 50 iPod cable — $ 35 Key options not on vehicle: Rear spoiler — $ 295
My car has
disc brakes in the rear, and the
calipers have a small lever, which is pulled by the parking
brake cable.
As with the Development Package, the Edition 507 car also includes an upgraded
brake system that includes lightweight
discs (14.2 inches up front), six - piston front and four - piston rear
calipers, and a different friction compound for the pads.
On the inside are massive golden
calipers that straddle sombrero - size carbon - ceramic
brake discs.
The same bolt is used both for mounting the
calipers to the forks, and mounting the
brake discs...
The
brakes — gargantuan carbon - ceramic
discs gripped by six - piston
calipers — have tremendous pedal feel and progression, which you absolutely wouldn't expect in a car so reliant on racing hardware.
Such performance figures have encouraged Lamborghini to categorise the Urus as a «Super SUV» and to underline that performance focus, the Urus comes with carbon - ceramic
brake discs as standard; 440 mm diameter fronts with ten - piston
calipers and 370 mm rears with six - piston
calipers.
Other weight - saving measures include smaller wheel hubs and suspension knuckles, aluminum hats for the steel
brake discs, and new four - piston
brake calipers designed to require less structural bracing, shaving up to 5.5 pounds each.
OPTIONS ON THIS VEHICLE: Premium 1 Package - $ 4000 COMAND system w / hard - drive navigation Real - time traffic data Voice control Harman / Kardon sound system w / HD radio SiriusXM satellite radio iPod / MP3 media interface w / cable Heated front seats Power rear sunshade Rearview camera Sport Package - $ 0 17 - inch aluminum wheels Lowered suspension Sport bodystyling Aluminum instrument cluster surround Tone - on - black interior concept Front
brake calipers w / Mercedes - Benz logo and drilled front
discs Lane Tracking Package - $ 850 Blind spot monitoring system Lane keeping assistance Heated steering wheel - $ 490 PARKTRONIC parking assistance w / guidance - $ 970
Larger wheels and
brakes with blue
calipers and vented
discs can also be seen here.
There are also six - piston aluminum
brake calipers and steel
brake discs with a diameter of 390 mm.
Not only do you get the 8.4 - inch Uconnect screen along with satellite radio by upgrading to the Plus, you also get rear park assist, heated and cooled front seats, power - adjustable heated steering wheel, 20 - inch wheels with wider tires (245 / 45R20 Firestone Firehawk GTVs versus 235 / 55R18 Michelin Primacy MXM4s), and upgraded
brakes (13.6 - inch
discs with two - pot
calipers instead of 12.6 - inchers with a single - piston clamp up front and vented 12.6 - inch
discs with a single piston at rear instead of solid ones at rear).
Brembo answered the call for uprated
brakes with huge ventilated 14.0 - inch - diameter front and 14.4 - inch rear
discs and aluminum four - piston
calipers.
AP Racing twin - piston front
brake calipers and Brembo single - piston rear
calipers; all four
discs are cross-drilled to resist
brake fade
The racing - style, 14.6 - inch, floating
brake discs with six - piston Brembo
calipers deliver predictable (not sudden) bite from the Brembo SPS - 1000
brake pads, and the 20 - inch Michelins will not wimp out in the corners.
The front
brake discs are now 323 mm in diameter and they're clamped by four piston Brembo
calipers.
In addition to having more power, the R coupe also has suspension springs that are four percent stiffer than those in the F - Type V8 S convertible.It comes standard with the so - called Super Performance
braking system, which includes red - painted
brake calipers and 15.0 - inch front
brake discs.
STANDARD FEATURES: 7 - speed dual - clutch sport transaxle Limited slip differential 2 - piece compound front
brake discs w / 6 - piston
calipers Compound rear
brake discs w / 4 - piston
calipers Carbon - fiber composite driveshaft Dry sump engine lubrication system w / external reservoir Full control - arm suspension AMG steering wheel w / aluminum shift paddles COMAND head unit w / 6 -
disc changer SiriusXM satellite radio w / trial subscription Enhanced voice control system Automatic dual - zone climate control Keyless ignition Heated seats Parking assist Bi-xenon headlights w / washers Gullwing doors Alcantara headliner Blind spot monitoring system Rearview camera LED DRLs 3 - stage stability control
Brakes shrink slightly, but remain beefy with 14.2 - inch rotors and four - piston Brembo
calipers up front (the SRT receives six - pot clamps and 15.4 - inch
discs).
«Another really good aspect is the standard
brakes — both the
discs and the
calipers.
Meanwhile, there are big
brake ducts in the front valence, which is probably a good thing, since the Camaro ZL1 features 15.4 - inch front
brake discs with six - piston Brembo
calipers.
If you're on a tight budget you can just upgrade the pads for # 200, but you'll never really be able to get the heat out of the standard
calipers, whereas our big -
brake kit [# 2300]-- the same as on the race cars, with six - pot
calipers and 360 mm
discs — will allow you to lap all day.»
Advanced mechanical features include a carbon - fiber driveshaft, as well as carbon - ceramic
disc brakes with six - piston front and four - piston rear
calipers.
The second system is the regenerative
braking, which inverts the motors when you stand on the
brake pedal to recharge the batteries, and the third is the conventional
brake system, which uses carbon ceramic
discs and six - piston
calipers.
Standard Equipment: 2.5 - liter, turbocharged I - 5 engine 6 - speed manual transmission w / hill - hold clutch Quattro all - wheel - drive system 19 - inch 5 - arm - rotor - design wheels w / summer performance tires 4 - wheel vented
disc brakes, 370 mm front / 310 mm rear, w / gloss black
calipers Air - conditioning w / automatic climate control Power windows Power door locks w / remote Power driver's seat Sport seats Silk Nappa leather upholstery Xenon headlights w / LED daytime running lights 140 - watt, 9 - speaker audio system Steering - wheel - mounted audio controls Tilt & telescoping steering column Body - color, heated power mirrors w / turn signals Cruise control
«The
brakes are a big improvement on those of most earlier M - cars, with proper
discs and six - pot
calipers.
To match the engine's performance a set of six - piston front and four - piston rear Wilwood
calipers with ventilated
discs replace the standard
brakes, the rear driveshafts are swapped for Ford Racing items, and 20 - inch forged wheels wearing Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres are added.
A severe warping can cause the
caliper to move back and forth as it tracks the warped
disc, resulting in shaking of the wheel without the
brakes being applied.
The Cayman's pads and front
calipers have been reworked (the S gets bigger front
discs) and
braking feels markedly better — welcome every time we came around Barking - Dog Corner.
Polestar has also approached a third party supplier for the
brakes, too, with Akebono developing a set of a six - piston
calipers and 400 mm
discs for the Polestar 1.
Up front are 15.5 - inch two piece cross-drilled
brake discs and Brembo six - piston fixed
calipers, while the rear uses 15.0 - inch rotors and four - piston
calipers.
The large four - wheel
disc brakes (with four - piston aluminum
calipers on the front and a single - piston
caliper on the rear), ABS, electronic
brake distribution, and
brake assist are every bit as arresting as the engine or the body design.
There's also a VX Racing
brake kit, boasting four - pot front
calipers and larger 343 mm x 26 mm front
discs, vand an Eibach suspension kit that allows the ride - height to be lowered by up to 15 mm.
The
brakes — a mix of Brembo
discs and Porsche «Big Red»
calipers — also have that indomitable Porsche feel.
Using aluminum hats on the steel
brake discs, four - piston
brake calipers that require less structural bracing, and smaller wheelhubs and suspension knuckles, BMW reduced unsprung weight by 15 percent over the outgoing car.
Four - piston racing
calipers with special
disc brakes replace the stock front
brake setup while the rears are now drilled.
The
brakes have been improved too, and the Super Snake has six - piston Wilwood
calipers and floating
discs up front with four - piston
calipers at the rear.
The Hellcat's six - piston front
brakes have been replaced with four - piston
calipers and smaller
discs.
The standard cast - iron Brembo
disc brakes incorporate molybdenum for better energy and heat dissipation and are acted on by four - piston
calipers all around.
The
brakes are also beefed up, with larger
discs and
calipers.
The headlight openings in the new vented clamshell bonnet should contain bespoke lighting units, while the wheels and
brakes are also consistent with other DBS test cars, featuring larger
calipers and the likely inclusion of carbon - ceramic
discs hiding behind the delicate new wheel design.
All the technical work was carried out by Abarth, including an electrically - operated manual Abarth Competizione gearbox (one of the biggest costs), a set of upgraded Brembo
brake calipers with 305 mm
discs, new Koni dampers and intriguing «variable back - pressure» exhaust system — which «improves engine performance and delivers an inspiring sound above 3000 rpm.»
Hi Charles, I use the key that comes with angle grinders, (to set a
disc on the shaft) and a cheap G clamp or mini sash clamp for getting the
caliper back on rear wheel
brake fixes.
The 911 Carrera S also donates larger front
brake discs (13.4 inches in diameter) straddled by fire - red
calipers and twenty - inch wheels shod with slightly wider tires.