Alcon brake kits

[shane@mbtech]

I have some Alcon brake kits available.





Info on front kit .......


Alcon Advantage Extreme

Spec:
• 6 piston monobloc caliper, manufactured using aerospace grade aluminum alloy delivering maximum rigidity for firm, consistent pedal travel, painted silver

• 365x32mm sealed semi floating disc and bell assembly

• stainless steel braided hoses.

• Billet 7075 aluminum bracket assemblies.

• Ferodo DSP brake pads

All mounting Hardware included



Rear kit....



Alcon Advantage Extreme

Spec:
• 4 piston monobloc caliper, manufactured using aerospace grade aluminum alloy delivering maximum rigidity for firm, consistent pedal travel, painted silver

• 343x28mm sealed disc and bell assembly

• stainless steel braided hoses.

• Billet 7075 aluminum bracket assemblies.

• Ferodo DSP pads

All mounting Hardware included




To fit these a minimum of 18" wheels is required.


£1995 front kit

£1795 rear kit

As most have a prefered pad set up, there are other pads available at additional cost

Pagid, performance friction, ferodo, Carbotech etc all available.

[shane@mbtech]

[shane@mbtech]

[shane@mbtech]

[mr sagman]

This is probably a numpty question, but is it feasible to upgrade just the front and leave the rear as standard for now ? (as Im skint after Xmas), Also can you fit these? If so approx how mucho to fit?

[shane@mbtech]

This is probably a numpty question, but is it feasible to upgrade just the front and leave the rear as standard for now ? (as Im skint after Xmas), Also can you fit these? If so approx how mucho to fit?

That is exactly what my business partner is doing right now. His kit is enroute.

Most do that with the AP set-up.


Yes fitting no problem.

Prob 2hrs labour tops.

[mr sagman]

Im very interested in these.. I've got 2 x Euro trips booked for this year (no track days yet, Just fast road / Mountain passes etc, Opinions are divided with some saying just upgrade pads/ fluid/ hoses and others are saying the standard single caliper system is crap and will fade even off track, I would value any advice on a cost effective way forward.

[chrisburns]

These have the rep of being thee best brakes available. Put it this way, look behind the wheels of most rally cars and its Alcon all the way.

Look awesome Shane !!!

[shane@mbtech]

With a pad upgrade, to a very good pad front and rear, hoses and good fluid, I doubt you will get fade on a euro trip, unless you are doing seriously high speed stops consecutively.

Light track use they will be "ok" too.

They won't stop as well, or resist fade as well due to basic physics.

Once you start pushing on though you quickly find the limits of the standard set up.

I won't tell you a big brake kit is better because it will seem like I'm selling.

My advice is to look at the quick boys on here, see whether they run standard brakes. Ask a few questions, and take on board differing views. I know the answer, so do you

They look great tooartyman:

[shimmy]

I won't tell you a big brake kit is better because it will seem like I'm selling.

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I will, it's e best mod by far on the E46M3and CSL.

Any track unless you drive like Yanto will soon find the limit of the OEM even with pads and fluid upgrades.

If you are going to track more than once and at your limit, get an upgrade now before you waste the track time.

[glendog74]

Any track unless you drive like Yanto will soon find the limit of the OEM even with pads and fluid upgrades.

:supz: :supz:

[mr sagman]

Ha ha , Hope Yanto's not on line tonight lol.. Seems like a no brainer to me.. these brakes look the bollocks, Only decision for me is whether to bite the bullet and bust the credit card now, Or whether to do the first euro trip with upgraded pads/hoses/fluid and see 'how it goes' And potentially buy the F&R later in the year when funds allow and track days beckon. God my head hurts (And my wallet).

[Rick H]

I have these on F & B (in CSL Cup form with RS29 all round - ex-KPNutz) and they're pretty much nothing then everything. I had them fitted at Darren Woods, when I picked the car up the guys warned me I needed to be careful as the pads needed warming up - I drove off and promptly ended up flying onto a roundabout - luckily nothing was coming!!! This wasn't the pads as I've run RS29 since getting the car. The issue was the difference in pedal travel from the stock brakes - the Alcons go right down before they kick in and then they kick in hard.

On the Wales trip, I got the measure of them and they were awesome. I haven't driven APs, but talking it through with Ben, the APs would appear to bite a lot sooner and they are far more progressive as pressure is applied.

Credit to Darren Woods for the fitting and warning, the brakes are awesome as I say but they are a different animal to stock, the pedal needs to go down to get the benefit.

[shane@mbtech]

Fitted a lot of alcons and they need bleeding very methodically. I found the same as you first time round, then re bled with different process, and completely different.

I find the alcons are better for road driving than the AP as they are not quite as aggressive on initial application.

[Rick H]

Fitted a lot of alcons and they need bleeding very methodically. I found the same as you first time round, then re bled with different process, and completely different.

I find the alcons are better for road driving than the AP as they are not quite as aggressive on initial application.

Thats interesting to know thanks, it maybe worth getting them re-bled when the car is back on the road in the Spring. It being DW, I would assume it was a proper job though, they're highly rated by everybody. They have GT1 etc.