Brembo 15" on the rear

[mkcotton]

Has anyone installed these brakes: https://www.americanmuscle.com/brem...2-piece-type-1-slotted-rotors-2p2-9049a2.html

I am looking for good instructions or someone that has installed them with the mechanical hand brake option before I drop $5,500.

Thanks for the assist.

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[paulm1]

dont waste your money

 

[mkcotton]

dont waste your money

not sure how that helps without additional context

 

[paulm1]

you are not going to get barely any performance benefit from upgrading the rear calipers and rotors, 85%+ of your braking force is from the front. If you want red calipers paint them red for $20 bucks.

 

[Skye]

I cannot provide feedback on this mod or the product, but can you give us insight for the application? Are you going racing, is the car nose-diving, want better overall performance, etc.? This might be a great mod. Depending on the application, there might be a better solution still. And at a better price point.

 

[Andy13186]

you are not going to get barely any performance benefit from upgrading the rear calipers and rotors, 85%+ of your braking force is from the front. If you want red calipers paint them red for $20 bucks.

Also the added weight will rob some HP. IMO get some baer eradispeed+ rotors and call it a day.

 

[mkcotton]

Also the added weight will rob some HP. IMO get some baer eradispeed+ rotors and call it a day.

you are not going to get barely any performance benefit from upgrading the rear calipers and rotors, 85%+ of your braking force is from the front. If you want red calipers paint them red for $20 bucks.

I am not sure it's 85/15 front to rear, more like 70/30... but in most applications the rear brakes engage first. And while the rear are great for street driving, I notice a bit of fade with sustained corner to corner braking. My set up is already red all the way around.

 

[mkcotton]

Also the added weight will rob some HP. IMO get some baer eradispeed+ rotors and call it a day.

Weight... true.

I have considered the steeda rotor upgrade, but as for baer eradispeed, I am not a fan of cross drilled rotors, slotted yes, cross drilled no!

https://www.steeda.com/steeda-s550-performance-pack-brake-set-2015-2019-555-6034

 

[Andy13186]

I am not sure it's 85/15 front to rear, more like 70/30... but in most applications the rear brakes engage first. And while the rear are great for street driving, I notice a bit of fade with sustained corner to corner braking. My set up is already red all the way around. (Combining answer to other threads)...

What pads are you using? Id think that would be the main cause of fade.

 

[mkcotton]

What pads are you using? Id think that would be the main cause of fade.

Z26 front and rear.

 

[paulm1]

I am not sure it's 85/15 front to rear, more like 70/30... but in most applications the rear brakes engage first. And while the rear are great for street driving, I notice a bit of fade with sustained corner to corner braking. My set up is already red all the way around.

Fade is heat. Cool the rotors (ducting venting etc). Get some hawk track pads. 5 grand on rear brakes makes no sense, hell the gt350 rear kit that includes spindles and half shafts is a lot cheaper than that.

 

[EFI]

I notice a bit of fade with sustained corner to corner braking

$5000 for big rear brakes seems a bit overkill if your issue is "a bit of brake fade". Spend $200 on some bigger deflectors for the front brakes and better fluid and you will fix the little bit of overheating your are noticing for 4% of the cost.

 

[mkcotton]

you are not going to get barely any performance benefit from upgrading the rear calipers and rotors, 85%+ of your braking force is from the front. If you want red calipers paint them red for $20 bucks.

Fade is heat. Cool the rotors (ducting venting etc). Get some hawk track pads. 5 grand on rear brakes makes no sense, hell the gt350 rear kit that includes spindles and half shafts is a lot cheaper than that.

True on the GT350 kit... but for the Magneride it won't fit the front knuckles...

 

[NightmareMoon]

I am not sure it's 85/15 front to rear, more like 70/30... but in most applications the rear brakes engage first. And while the rear are great for street driving, I notice a bit of fade with sustained corner to corner braking. My set up is already red all the way around.

Fix your brake pads selection then. Surface area doesn’t help brakes like it does tires. All your getting is more thermal mass. Higher temp pads get the same result for less than 10% of the cost

That looks like the worst way to spend $5k on a mustang that I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been active here for 7 years.

 

[luc]

I am not sure it's 85/15 front to rear, more like 70/30... but in most applications the rear brakes engage first. And while the rear are great for street driving, I notice a bit of fade with sustained corner to corner braking. My set up is already red all the way around.

So you can feel a bit of fade from the rear… but not from the front?
Can you explain how do you come to this conclusion?
Even if true, and I really doubt it, it’s an issue that can easily be solved with a different/correct rear pads

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