Housed within the 18 - or 19 - inch alloy wheels, the Hyundai Veloster N features standard 330 mm
brake discs up front and 300 mm discs at the rear.
New Brembo brakes handle the stopping with 400 mm diameter two - piece ventilated
brake discs up front and 350 mm ventilated discs at the rear, paired with 6 - piston callipers up front and 4 - piston callipers at the rear — all painted yellow.
Chassis-wise, the GTI's track widths are up 36 mm over the standard 208's, while there are 302 mm
brake discs up front, 249 mm rear.
Not exact matches
The four
brake discs (with vented 12.6 - inch rotors
up front) keep the 3000 - pound Focus in check.
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.
Stopping power comes from 11 - inch
disc brakes up front and drum
brakes in the rear for the cheaper base models.
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.
It's not just a re-map though, the upgrade also includes larger front
brake discs, and a form of limited slip differential
up front — said to reduce understeer.
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.
Other cures may involve improving the earthing between components with bonding straps - had to do this on the front suspension components on several cars due to static build -
up from the
disc brakes!
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).
It's not so much a «warming
up» that causes the noise to recede after a few
braking sessions, more a «polishing smooth» as the
brake pad buffs the surface of the
disc.
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 option for the Cup is the new cast iron and aluminium composite front
brake disc set -
up, which results in a total saving of 3.6 kg in unsprung mass.
Brakes from the previous - generation Corsa VXR — with 308 mm
discs up front and 264 mm rotors at the rear — bring proceedings to a halt.
The bright orange metallic paint revs it
up, of course, as do the fake
brake - cooling vents in the front valance, but the small rear
discs look comically lost behind the skeletal 17in wheels.
This mind - boggling, energy - squashing performance comes via carbon - ceramic
discs the size of manhole covers, custom Michelin tires boasting a top - secret compound, and the riveting regeneration performance of the hybrid
braking system, which can pull
up to 0.5 g.
Customers can even spec things
up a notch, upgrading the standard 163bhp engine to 178bhp, fitting Koni front suspension, and adding Brembo front
brake discs with Ferodo front
brake pads.
As the
discs heat
up they warp more and push the
brake pads out.
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 giant wheels, which measure 20 inches in diameter
up front and 21 inches at the rear, have special carbon - fiber fan rings that «blow» cooling air onto the carbon - ceramic
brake discs at speed.
For a # 980 premium, buyers will receive the extra power as well as a limited - slip differential and larger ventilated front and rear
brake discs: 340 mm front and 310 mm rear (
up from 312 mm and 300 mm respectively).
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.
Brakes are vented
discs in the front and solid
discs at the rear, and suspension components include a coil spring and strut assembly
up front with an all - new multilink rear suspension.
Keep in mind as I answer here that I have no idea how Fiats are set
up as far as
brakes go, but I wouldn't think that front
brake disc replacement would be necessary in your situation.
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 GTs came with
disc brakes up front.
The
brakes are also beefed
up, with larger
discs and calipers.
There's no head -
up display, no composite
brake discs, and — perhaps most significant — no available all - wheel drive, which can be ordered only with the V - 6 XJ.
This is a bull on the loose, its
disc brakes liable to lock
up at random on slippery turf, the fat fifteen - inch tires constantly struggling to convert 385 hp and 294 lb - ft of torque into traction.
EDIT: Practically, Some people have reported that this system works, It sort of does work if you are new to bikes with a
Disc brake since on drum brakes you need to apply a lot of pressure to stop suddenly migrating to a disc will obviously make you lock them
Disc brake since on drum
brakes you need to apply a lot of pressure to stop suddenly migrating to a
disc will obviously make you lock them
disc will obviously make you lock them
up.
Disc brakes will lower the reservoir level as the pads wear, this is normal as the caliper pistons move out and takes
up more fluid.
Audi's sport differential — which continually varies the torque spread between the rear wheels to benefit agility — is standard equipment, as are the firm's new weight - saving «wavy»
brake discs (now an RS staple) with a ceramic set -
up a pricey option.
Responsive four - wheel
disc brakes, ventilated
up front and solid at rear, don't deliver sports - car - like pedal feedback — but neither does the pedal feel like stepping on a sponge.
It's a similar story when checking that the contrast stitching on the bucket seats is
up to scratch, or inspecting the vast
brake discs, which are very obviously of the carbon - ceramic variety.
Beefier
brakes — 300 mm
discs up front, 262 mm at the rear — serve
up the best
braking performance of any Kia ever made, apparently.
A new
brake set -
up at the front comprises six - piston calipers and 330 mm vented
discs.
Brakes have grown too, with 320 mm
discs up front (previously 296 mm) and ventilated
discs at the rear.
All that power warrants a big set of
brakes, and Ebrahimian fit his car with Wilwood six - piston calipers
up front and Cobra
disc brakes in the back.
To haul all the extra grunt in, the
brakes are
upped to 330x26
discs with 10 - pot calipers, «for absolute yet controllable
braking power», apparently.
Behind those lurk 17in Brembo
brakes front and rear, with four - pot calipers
up front and two - pot calipers on the rear
discs.
The front
brake discs have grown in diameter,
up from 288 to 310 mm.
Backing
up that performance are carbon - ceramic
disc brakes (which are now standard on all Ferraris) and a chassis that features a new multilink rear suspension.
The basic Cayenne and S come with cast iron
discs with six - pot calipers as standard, but there are two other
brake options: Porsche Carbon Ceramic
Brakes (PCCB), a familiar carbon - ceramic set -
up and new coated cast iron
discs called Porsche Surface Coated
Brake (PSCB) with 10 - piston calipers.
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Electric - assist rack - and - pinion steering takes the muscle out of parking lots, and the front - wheel
disc brakes are more than
up to the task of bringing this 1,550 - pound package to a stop.
It has power
disc brakes up front with dual master cylinders and 3.08 posi - traction highway gears.
The same is true of the
brakes, with 335 mm
discs and four - pot calipers featuring at the front, with a 300 mm two - pot set -
up used at the rear.
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