GT PP Brembo Brakes Cheap "ish"

[Boddie]

Hello,

So I have been considering switching out the non GT PP brakes for the GT PP brakes, and it seems the prices vary all over the place from ~$1120 up to ~$1320 for the kit. With this in mind, I considered if it would be cheaper buying the components of the kit individually.

Firstly I went to find the rotors and pads, and I found them together as a set here for $267.82.

Then through Tasca, I searched out the shields and calipers which came out to $609.16.

Together this comes to $876.98. This seems like a huge savings over buying the kit from a vendor, but I am wondering if I am missing any of the components? From what I read on these forums the hardware, master cylinder, and brake lines are the same for either brake setup.

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[craig.martell]

Just curious why you want to upgrade? For daily driving, the 4 piston Akebono brakes are great. For track, I suspect that the PP brake set-up is insufficient. If I decide to track my base GT (with FRPP Street Pack installed), I think the better move is to upgrade all 4 brakes with Wilwood's or equivalent.

Given that race Brembos vary between $4K - $9K/axle, I am suspect to the quality of $1100 Brembos. (See American Muscle's "Big Brake" page)

Would love some hard facts to help.

Craig

 

[Boddie]

Just curious why you want to upgrade? For daily driving, the 4 piston Akebono brakes are great. For track, I suspect that the PP brake set-up is insufficient. If I decide to track my base GT (with FRPP Street Pack installed), I think the better move is to upgrade all 4 brakes with Wilwood's or equivalent.

Given that race Brembos vary between $4K - $9K/axle, I am suspect to the quality of $1100 Brembos. (See American Muscle's "Big Brake" page)

Would love some hard facts to help.

Craig

I plan to start tracking down the road, but for the most part it is a dd. Just slowly grabbing parts for when I do decide to take it out and also gauging some prices. Although it is mostly subjective and maybe biased to people that have them, I heard they are better for repeated stops over the base 4 piston brakes as they wouldnt fade as much. Sadly I don't have any facts to give.

I am also into appearance of the car as well, and the Brembos add to that department with the bigger rotor setup and painted calipers (not that I can't paint my current ones). I figured if I can get them for cheap and they will satisfy maybe the occasional track day down the road what is the harm?

 

[ForTehNguyen]

FR3Z-2001-C are the 6 piston brake pads

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44785

 

[Boddie]

FR3Z-2001-C are the 6 piston brake pads

http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44785

Interesting that they pair them with the gt pp rotors then. I did verify that as the non pp pad, but those numbers for the rotors show them as the 15 in GT pp rotors.

 

[Boddie]

[MENTION=9199]LevittownFordSuperCenter[/MENTION] any idea why in this kit it mixes the performance pack 15 in rotors (paired with the Brembos) with the non-Brembo brake pads?

 

[Todd15Fastback]

Just curious why you want to upgrade? For daily driving, the 4 piston Akebono brakes are great. For track, I suspect that the PP brake set-up is insufficient. If I decide to track my base GT (with FRPP Street Pack installed), I think the better move is to upgrade all 4 brakes with Wilwood's or equivalent.

Given that race Brembos vary between $4K - $9K/axle, I am suspect to the quality of $1100 Brembos. (See American Muscle's "Big Brake" page)

Would love some hard facts to help.

Craig

wrong.....Unless you are racing competitively for money, points and championships, the GTPP brake setup is very, very good. It gets even better with different pads and a fluid change. There is tons and tons of feedback on this forum and these 6 pot Brembo's. Some very hardcore track folks that post here have upgraded to these brakes on their EcoBoost Mustangs that they race very, very hard.

These calipers are not cheap quality either.

 

[Boddie]

Has anyone tried the StopTech pads for the performance pack?

 

[andrew.k]

Would love to see some pics and any challenges you may have had.

I am temped to add these to my V6 as it comes with base brakes.

It has been proven that the GT brakes bolt onto the V6, however, I have not seen the 6 pot mounted onto a base model.

This would be good analysis, and rid speculation.

Keep us updated.

Thanks,

 

[Boddie]

Would love to see some pics and any challenges you may have had.

I am temped to add these to my V6 as it comes with base brakes.

It has been proven that the GT brakes bolt onto the V6, however, I have not seen the 6 pot mounted onto a base model.

This would be good analysis, and rid speculation.

Keep us updated.

Thanks,

Have not done the switch yet, but planning on it. Attempting to figure out the most affordable solution. Did contact Tasca and was fortunate to find out the calipers listed come with the bleeder screw and caliper retainer kits, so that will save some money. Right now trying to figure out pad options and pricing.

 

[M3Convert]

Just curious why you want to upgrade? For daily driving, the 4 piston Akebono brakes are great. For track, I suspect that the PP brake set-up is insufficient. If I decide to track my base GT (with FRPP Street Pack installed), I think the better move is to upgrade all 4 brakes with Wilwood's or equivalent.

Given that race Brembos vary between $4K - $9K/axle, I am suspect to the quality of $1100 Brembos. (See American Muscle's "Big Brake" page)

Would love some hard facts to help.

Craig

The six-pot Brembos on the PP are remarkably good in track day applications. I ran them off the shelf and they were superior to the E9X M3 brakes with full race pads and fluid over 20-25 minute sessions. I was stunned and it took a while to trust their performance because stock systems shouldn't work this well. They are great value. I can't wait to try them with race pads and fluid.

As for quality, they are made of lower grade metal, probably in China, but they do have the Brembo name on the side. Would they last a season of professional racing? I doubt it, but I also believe they are more than enough for weekend warriors. Brembo are not going to ruin their reputation with shitty OEM supplied brakes and f-up their aftermarket business with their top end stuff.

 

[LevittownFordParts]

[MENTION=9199]LevittownFordSuperCenter[/MENTION] any idea why in this kit it mixes the performance pack 15 in rotors (paired with the Brembos) with the non-Brembo brake pads?

You passed the test

Our bad not sure where this came from but we will update it.

Thank you,
Benny

 

[RockStang]

Anyone swapped the gt350 brakes on yet

 

[Anthony@HTM]

wrong.....Unless you are racing competitively for money, points and championships, the GTPP brake setup is very, very good. It gets even better with different pads and a fluid change. There is tons and tons of feedback on this forum and these 6 pot Brembo's. Some very hardcore track folks that post here have upgraded to these brakes on their EcoBoost Mustangs that they race very, very hard.

These calipers are not cheap quality either.

At the moment the GT PP caliper with an AP two piece rotor is really hard to beat.They perform extremely well. It's nice that I didn't have to spend 4K+ on an aftermarket kit!

 

[Anthony@HTM]

Anyone swapped the gt350 brakes on yet

No you need gt350 knuckles

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