hiya does anyone know of a relatively cheap big brake conversion for the miata/mx5 im currently running drilled and grooved 1800 discs pads and calipers on my 1600 but need to go bigger

any suggestions

thanks lee

 

What pads and how much power are you putting down that you need bigger?

 

ditto what chad said and

the 01+ sport brakes

 

get rid of the drilled and grooved discs and youll gain some brakeing

 

£450 worth of ceramic mintex made to order discs and matching pads that were £150 and once hot work a treat but are only designed for sprints not trackdays and the pads begin to fade and i like the look more than anything else of a big brake behind a wheel
powers gone well through the roof since i first registered if any of you read my post

1600 mk1
hks t25 ball bearing turbo with fancy internals
ported and polished head
3angled valves
titanium valve springs
obx high lift cams
obx vernier pulleys
weisco pistons
H beam rods
lightend, balanced, knife-edged crank
xtd 3.9 kg flywheel
75 shot of nos
fmic
rc 550 inj
f-con pro hks ecu

17psi of 319 rwhp w/out nos

 

www.chikaramotorsports.com

I have their BBK and it's pretty cheap($949)compared to the others out there.

 

There's always the wilwood conversion. If you want something that looks awesome behind your wheels it doesn't get much better than Wilwood.

 

edited to remove retardedness.

 

Call or email Brian Goodwin at www.good-win-racing.com
I think he's one of the more knowledgeable people around about brakes.

 

I've always wanted to mill my own brackets and run some wilwoods. you can get used nascar wilwood calipers for mad cheap on ebay, or even 6 and 8 piston used indy car stuff moderately priced. one of these days...

 

Try the Carbotech XP10 front pads and the XP8 rear for street tires, and the XP12 front and XP10 rear for race rubber. I doubt even 320 whp will hurt the XP12/XP10 combo. Granted the brakes are bigger, but we run those pads at 500whp in a 3200 lb STi...

Siegel

 

if you're at stock power, then 1.8 brakes should be more than enough. My 1.6 brakes are just fine on a local brake-heavy course with hawk hp+ and seriously doubt anyone drives that course harder than me.

 

what part of 320rwhp do you not understand?

 

I think the part with numbers and letters

 

nah even at stock power the goodwin brakes will improve your lap times I bet.

 

yeah, this changes things dramatically.


Get ready for big wheels to clear those huge rotors.

 

i have a set of fds3 rx7 4pots just hard to find discs that are the right off set and correct pcd

 

In addition to the BBK, you've got to factor in the cost of tires capable of handling the brakes. No sense getting a braking system that will easily overpower the tires.

 

Also if you go big brake make sure they clear your rims (15 or 16" will be required).

 

More than likely this guy is a good candidate for a 17 inch race rim. I have heard alot of good stuff about the willwood's and I would most def talk to Goodwin racing about your options they know about tracking a miata and are one of the leading experts in the wheels tires/brakes it takes to make us whao fast and be reliable. + they are just nice people over there.