RPW 294mm Brake rotor Upgrades

Mitsiman · Post by **Mitsiman** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:57 am

RPW is in the final stages of manafacturing a 294mm front brake rotor upgrade kit for the FTO vehicles.

The kit will come with a new knuckle arm, slotted rotor, brake pads twin piston calipers, EBC green stuff pads, rear shield protector etc.

WE are going to be fitting some soon to a FTO to confirm final fitment and if all goes to plan should work verynicely.

David THomas
www.rpw.com.au

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 8:43 pm

whats the point of these brake kits ? they dotn make u go quicker do they ??

WILL · Post by **WILL** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:52 pm

What...twin piston calipers? No four? I presume they will fit with the standard 16inch wheels.

Also how is the turbo kit going??

MattG · Post by **MattG** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 9:41 am

whats the point of these brake kits ? they dotn make u go quicker do they ??

Maybe RPW should make a Mitsubishi FTO Power Pole or Mitsubishi FTO Brick Wall to smash into, for those people who forget to upgrade their stopping power.

Actually a around a race track they would help to bring down your lap-times if you are able to brake later into corners, and reduce brake fade.

M@

elmo · Post by **elmo** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 1:43 pm

Anyone who still hasn't had trouble with brake fade and needs me to run through the exercises again should just sell their car.

The stock brakes are crap. Anyway, I take it you have made an uprgrade kit for the magna too then David?

Mitsiman · Post by **Mitsiman** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 11:43 am

Yes we have just finished taking the magna from 276 to 294mm rotors and EBC pads and our next plan after that is to go to the 320mm with the four pot Brembo caliper package.

But whilst we were doing the magna we were able to research the FTO (I had a 2nd hand set here) and we beleieve we have everything we need to manafacture a set for the FTO.

Just need a car to fit it all up to.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:24 pm

Great Idea David,
Have you got a rough idea on cost and to ship to Brisbane?
Jeff

WILL · Post by **WILL** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 4:15 pm

Right

If it does contain the 4 pot brembo calipers in the package then, yeah I m intrested.

MattG · Post by **MattG** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 6:32 pm

Jeff,

Email Dave directly for pricing.

See the contact details for Dave Thomas at RPW here:

http://www.rpw.com.au

M@

elmo · Post by **elmo** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 2:12 pm

will these fit inside standard 16 inch wheels. Sorry my maths is shite.

Mitsiman · Post by **Mitsiman** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:50 pm

I can't give pricing yet as we are waiting for thebalance of our components to arrive and then we have to fit it up to the doner FTO who is getting the conversion done on his car.

We aer hoping to do it either end of this week or early next week.

Once done then I will post more pricing and information.

Yes this will fit into 16" rims.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:31 pm

David,
How is the the brake upgrade kit coming?
Any idea on when, and how much?
Jeff

Mitsiman · Post by **Mitsiman** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:18 am

The components arrived but our test vehicle has had other work being and he has run out of money.

So we are looking for another test car to fit them up to - the new calipers, rotors, hub assembly, backing plate, brake pads etc are all here ready to fit up to a vehicle.

kaveman · Post by **kaveman** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:33 pm

hi people

i had my brake on my GR (256mm) upgraded to the GPX (279mm)

i now have more brake pedal travel as the GR was only single piston and the GPX twin

would you need to upgrade the master cylinder

it now stops a lot better and harder

robert

elmo · Post by **elmo** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:23 pm

mmm... that brake upgrade kit looks nice...think i'll have that!

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