Brakes

[CraigMillwardCroft]

What is the best and size of brake to get for a CSL

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

If I was doing this to a road car that
see's some Track work, I would stick
with the std CSL Discs and find some
6 pot Alloy calipers that have piston sizes
similar to the AP 6 pot.

Then fit uprated flex brake lines to front
and rear,with the ATE super blue fluid, and
the RS 29 front pads, which many hear
swear by.

If you want to you could also fit a brake
bias valve in on the rear lines just of
the ABS under the bonnet or in car.

The std Discs are 28mm thick, most
after market are 32 -35mm, so
with some research on the calipers you
would have a very good set up, that could
be all done for around 1k if your std CSL
discs are good.

By retaining the 28mm std discs rather than
after market you would also have less
unsprung weight on the front, which helps.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[AlexGTT]

Good suggestion Gorilla. Nice ideas.:thumbs:

I'd only add to that by saying if your less inclined to get your hands dirty yourself, the front AP kit is a great off the shelf solution. Tryed and tested.

[shimmy]

What is the best and size of brake to get for a CSL

Big ones.

Reall big ones. :smokin:

[mattCSLnut]

Big ones.

Reall big ones. :smokin:

Don't you get all technical with your advice :whistle: :hahaha:

[AlexGTT]

Big ones.

Reall big ones. :smokin:

It's how Shimmy likes everything, including his trains apparently.:whistle:

[mattCSLnut]

It's how Shimmy likes everything, including his trains apparently.:whistle:

D'oh :bigcry: ... apparently ? :gayfight: Go on, spill the beans :hahaha:

[AlexGTT]

D'oh :bigcry: ... apparently ? :gayfight: Go on, spill the beans :hahaha:

Your showing an uncommonly unhealthy interest Matt.:whistle:

[Bounce]

Don't you get all technical with your advice :whistle: :hahaha:

:hahaha::hahaha:

[mattCSLnut]

Hi,

If I was doing this to a road car that
see's some Track work, I would stick
with the std CSL Discs and find some
6 pot Alloy calipers that have piston sizes
similar to the AP 6 pot.

Then fit uprated flex brake lines to front
and rear,with the ATE super blue fluid, and
the RS 29 front pads, which many hear
swear by.

The std Discs are 28mm thick, most
after market are 32 -35mm, so
with some research on the calipers you
would have a very good set up, that could
be all done for around 1k if your std CSL
discs are good.

By retaining the 28mm std discs rather than
after market you would also have less
unsprung weight on the front, which helps.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

Standard CSL discs are very good :thumbs: but why bother searching in vain for 6 Pot callipers to fit over the OEM CSL discs when BREMBO make perfectly usable 4 pot callipers off Boxter S / Cayman S that are readily available and with a little imagination :whistle: fit snugly over CSL OEM discs :smokin:
BTW, you just knew that pic was coming :hahaha:

[mattCSLnut]

Your showing an uncommonly unhealthy interest Matt.:whistle:

Not interested at all :smt009 just a little surprised to see you knowing so much about Shimm's BIG :gayfight: trains :hahaha:

[Mark CSL]

380 x 32 like these big bad boys

[alexk]

By retaining the 28mm std discs rather than
after market you would also have less
unsprung weight on the front, which helps.

That's not necessarily true.
The AP front discs are similar weight, if not lighter than the CSL discs.
Also, the AP calipers are much lighter than the stock CSL ones.

A list I am compiling

http://clubcsl.com/index.php?option=...d=10&Itemid=11

[MKoop]

This post has got me thinking. I have a set of Brembo 4 pots seating in the shed gathering dust. They were previously used on my rally car. The discs on the rally car were 26mm. I wonder is there have way of making these calipers work on the 28mm discs?

[Mark CSL]

This post has got me thinking. I have a set of Brembo 4 pots seating in the shed gathering dust. They were previously used on my rally car. The discs on the rally car were 26mm. I wonder is there have way of making these calipers work on the 28mm discs?

Thin Pads :hahaha: or get a spacer made for the caliper :whistle: