Bigger brakes?
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Bigger brakes?
I was reading about brakes the other day. They said that larger rotors and larger drums would help out with stopping power.
Having a 94 XLT 4x4 I was wondering if anyone had ever switched the size of their brakes and if so what the largest was that they put on?
They also mentioned that with a new hanger for the caliper even bigger ones could be put on. How hard would that be to do?
My brakes are fine, they stop my Ex, but I was just curious. Extra stopping power never hurts?
Having a 94 XLT 4x4 I was wondering if anyone had ever switched the size of their brakes and if so what the largest was that they put on?
They also mentioned that with a new hanger for the caliper even bigger ones could be put on. How hard would that be to do?
My brakes are fine, they stop my Ex, but I was just curious. Extra stopping power never hurts?
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am running stocks....by putting the bigger brakes will help with stopping, consider maybe a 2, 3 or 4 pistion caliper as well and get the best pads, other wise you will burn them up in like 10k... it should not be that hard to do exspecailly the front, you should be able to just take the old ones off and put the bigger ones on...now the caliper am not sure and the same with the drums....but you will probally have to get bigger rims and tires to go along b/c the rotor or the drum probally wont fit in the stock wheels
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I run slotted rotors, but they are stock size. The only person I know of running a larger size rotor is Troll. He had Brembro make his - cost him somewhere around $5,000...
I don't know of a kit made that is larger than stock...
I don't know of a kit made that is larger than stock...
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Thanks
That's cool
Mine work fine, but I was reading an article that had pro's and cons of swapping out the back drums for discs
They said discs get less dirt in 'em, they're easier to maintain/replace, etc, but don't necessarily add more stopping power, since over 70% goes to front anyway. They said larger diameter rotors, better pads, and even larger diameter drums/cylinders would give better stopping power.
I was just wondering if anyone had put on larger ones. For $5K I'll stick to stock
Thanx again for the replies
That's cool
Mine work fine, but I was reading an article that had pro's and cons of swapping out the back drums for discs
They said discs get less dirt in 'em, they're easier to maintain/replace, etc, but don't necessarily add more stopping power, since over 70% goes to front anyway. They said larger diameter rotors, better pads, and even larger diameter drums/cylinders would give better stopping power.
I was just wondering if anyone had put on larger ones. For $5K I'll stick to stock
Thanx again for the replies
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