Bobby57
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I have been toying with the idea of going with the GT350R brake kit though, honestly, it would wind up being the most irresponsible purchase I ever made given that the car may never see the tract. The forces pushing me towards this kit are:
1) The PP and Bullitt brake kits (same brakes/different colors) add a good amount of weight.
2) I have not seen any literature as to differential weight of the GT350R set-up.
3) The GT350 kit comes with beefier replacement half-shafts which is attractive given that I currently have 670HP at the crank and will be raising this, and will soon be putting on very grippy tires. This somewhat offsets the high cost of the brakes, themselves
3) I am not comfortable with other big brake kits such as from Baer and Wildwood, both for reasons of cost and reputation, and these kits seem to be far less complete than those offered by Ford Performance
4) I am not about flash (I would actually get the black caliper version of the GT350 kit) but, at the same time, I really do not like the look of the stock GT calipers and rotors, and, besides, the stock rotor design is heavy and poor at dissipating heat.
5) I am not sure about PowerStop-like solutions due to them not publishing their weight specs and uncertainty as to their durability and performance.
6) I do not like the look of hand painting the existing calipers
7) It makes no sense to me to have the exiting calipers powder coated; I would rather put that money toward the GT350R kit.
I just cannot bring myself to pull the trigger on a $4K brake modification....but I had no problem putting out that kind of money for the supercharger.....
1) The PP and Bullitt brake kits (same brakes/different colors) add a good amount of weight.
2) I have not seen any literature as to differential weight of the GT350R set-up.
3) The GT350 kit comes with beefier replacement half-shafts which is attractive given that I currently have 670HP at the crank and will be raising this, and will soon be putting on very grippy tires. This somewhat offsets the high cost of the brakes, themselves
3) I am not comfortable with other big brake kits such as from Baer and Wildwood, both for reasons of cost and reputation, and these kits seem to be far less complete than those offered by Ford Performance
4) I am not about flash (I would actually get the black caliper version of the GT350 kit) but, at the same time, I really do not like the look of the stock GT calipers and rotors, and, besides, the stock rotor design is heavy and poor at dissipating heat.
5) I am not sure about PowerStop-like solutions due to them not publishing their weight specs and uncertainty as to their durability and performance.
6) I do not like the look of hand painting the existing calipers
7) It makes no sense to me to have the exiting calipers powder coated; I would rather put that money toward the GT350R kit.
I just cannot bring myself to pull the trigger on a $4K brake modification....but I had no problem putting out that kind of money for the supercharger.....
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