JRitt
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- Location
- Charlotte NC
- Website
- www.essexparts.com
- Vehicle(s)
- S550 GT, PP
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Hello Gents,Is there anything in the pipeline from Stoptech or AP racing yet? I deleted the GTPP from my order. Plan is to turn my GT into a track car so I figured I would have ended up replacing most of the components in the GTPP anyhow.
My company, Essex Parts Services, is the exclusive North American importer and distributor for AP Racing's line of competition brake products (as well as Ferodo, CL Brakes, Spiegler, etc.). We have a number of brake products planned for the 2015 Mustang, including at least one track-focused big brake kit (and possibly multiple variants). We purchased a Mustang GT a few weeks back, and expect to have it in about a month. At that time we'll dig into the project.
We currently offer our Essex Designed AP Racing Competition Big Brake Kits for a number of other popular track platforms including Corvettes, M3's, BRZ, etc. The goal with our brake kits is to bring the latest racing technology to the average enthusiast. Our kits are loaded with features that aren't offered by the OEM or other aftermarket suppliers: Ventilated stainless steel caliper pistons with anti-knockback springs, ultra-lightweight calipers, fully floating 2-piece 72 vane endurance racing discs, common pad shapes so it's easy to find any compound you want, low iron disc replacement costs, etc. Our goal is to make our customers' cars go faster, run longer, and cost less to operate on the track.
While the OEM Brembo packages are nice, they are still very much street brakes. If you'd like to see more about how the components we use are different, please check out this blog post I did on Brembo Road Calipers vs. AP Racing competition calipers.
You can read customer reviews and impressions on our Essex Blog.
Here is a bit more about myself and our company:
Personal Background
I've been the High Performance Division Mgr. at Essex Parts Services for roughly six years. Prior to that, I was the sales mgr. at StopTech for approximately 5 years. I've been autoXing/tracking cars since 1999, and my stable over the years includes or has included: '98 Integra Type-R, '03 350Z, '03 Z06 Corvette, '92 Miata, '04 CTS-V, '05 Legacy GT Wagon 5MT, etc. I've also been participating in online automotive forums since roughly 1999. You can find my posts under the screen name jritt across a wide range of forums: honda-tech, my350Z, corvetteforum, ft86club, m3post, etc. You can read my bio here. Chances are, there is someone on this forum who I've helped with brakes at one point or another.
I've also authored several articles and videos about high performance brake systems. Hopefully you'll find them helpful:
How to choose the best street and track brake pads
How to bed-in brake pads and discs
Big brake kit benefits you may not have considered
Essex Parts Services Background
Essex Parts Services is located in Charlotte, NC and has been in business for roughly 30 years. We are the exclusive importer and distributor for a number of high-end, mainly European brands including: AP Racing competition brake products, CL Brakes pads, Ferodo brake pads, Scorpion Exhausts, Spiegler SS brake lines, etc. You can read more about us here. Historically our focus has been on professional racing. More recently however, we've been working on bringing the technology from our professional racing experience into the aftermarket, and making it available to the average enthusiast. Many of the exclusive products we sell have either been used in professional racing, or contain a number of features that in the past have only been available at the higher echelon of racing.
Competition Big Brake Kit Project Background
A few years ago we began developing a line of brake systems geared towards heavy track users. We call them our Essex Designed AP Racing Competition Big Brake Kits, and we currently have applications for a host of popular racing/track day/AutoX/time trial cars: e36/e46/e92 M3, STI, Evo, BRZ & FR-S, C5/C6/C7 Corvette, Focus ST, S2000, etc. These systems are designed with the sole mission of making you go faster, and use the latest racing technology to improve performance. They focus on ultra-low weight, extremely durable materials, and inexpensive and readily available spare parts (pads and discs). They are built around components by AP Racing, arguably the top performance brake manufacturer in the world.
You can see some threads I've either started or participated in on some of the other forums for markets we support. They should give you a pretty good idea of how these projects typically take shape, as well as the end results we produce. As I mentioned at the beginning of this thread, we purchased our own GT, and we're all in for this platform. We are going to produce some killer brake products for these cars. If you have any intentions of tracking your Mustang, you are going to really like our products.
Forum post on our Essex E92 M3 Competition Big Brake Kits
Forum post on our Essex FT86 Competition Big Brake Kits
Forum post on our Essex Corvette Competition Big Brake Kits
If any of you have any specific requests or products that you'd like to see, feel free to contact me via PM or email.
Below are some pics our customers have sent us of them enjoying our products. At this stage we've amassed all sorts of race wins, lap records, and championships.
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