Biggest Brake Rotors?

[platano]

what's the biggest rotor size i can fit on an 8G with evo 8 Brembo calipers?

how many millimeters? And will a dif manufactuerer such as Project Mu's(for example) rotors work with Brembo calipers?

[rez887]

I can just go out and measure my rotors, but have you bought the brembo calipers yet?

[platano]

already have brembo calipers yes. same exact ones from an evo 8.

[rez887]

sent a message.

[pinoyesv6]

The biggest you can fit is the factory size rotor. You can put on a bigger rotor but you will also have to relocate the caliper to accomidate the bigger rotor.

[9G]

why would you want to go bigger rotor over the stock evo8 rotor? have you seen one? they are huge compared to our galants. Also why would you want to add more rotating weight?

advise, stick with the regular size evo rotors.

go to evolutionm.net and see what they use.

[ShiZnitH]

DAm i wish we had 5 bolts instead of 4 bolts. I want the Evo brakes on mine aswell :(

[boostzealot]

ok if you dont track the car all you are doing is showing off. even with the stoptech stage 2 two piece rotors, you would have a bunch of rotor you wouldnt even really need. i hope you bought all four calipers as well otherwise you are doing nothing more than offsetting your brake bias. even the stock bias is not optimised for the evo setup. thats one of the reasons i got rid of my ABS after i did the swap. think about it, you are going to press your pedal down as if you had your stock brakes and the master cylinder and brake booster are going to send the stock amount of pressure to the pistons right? then think about how much more the evo calipers will move in that moment than the stockers, much more. so if you dont watch yourself you can get into a lock up condition much easier. these brakes are nothing to take lightly. they have been herald as some of the best least fadding brakes on any production car under $50k. i know they look badass but just stick with the stock sized evo rotors of maybe the slotted variant or cross-drilled and slotted. really, there is no real reason to buy bigger than the stock evo sized rotors. hell even my rear stoptech slotted rotors are vented better and bigger than my stock fronts were.

[platano]

thanks 4 the feed boost, and the rest of u guys. u all had valid points. i'm just gonna get some OEM Brembo replacements and call it a day. now wether to get slotted and drilled, or just slotted. :)

[Gtorque]

lol you know i got the slotted ones.didnt feel like waiting 3 months for the drilled to come in.slotteds good...i like them bro

[platano]

well, i know where to get the rotors that's both drilled/slotted, they just won't be Brembo brand. i dont care if they are not Brembo rotors anyway.

[Gtorque]

i got u...then you should get those.

[qnz]

are you even sure you can fit the calipers on? before you invest in rotors and lines and pads, you should see if its possible for you to install the calipers at all.
from the looks of the questions, you havent put much thought into the brake upgrade besides purchasing the calipers. you should mout them on your car first and see if they even clear your wheels. Most likely you are missing all the hardware also.

[platano]

my wheels clear them no prob. what specific hardware do i need?

[boochieboy]

Check into R1Concepts rotors....we get a good price and I've heard good things,,,,,,,,,bout to order mine right now.

[6G72gearhead]

The stock EVO brakes will outperform even the stickiest of track tires that I own, I'm pretty sure no one else has run their galant on r-comps, so trying to upgrade a system that vastly outperforms any tire ever to be put on a galant, is a waste of time.

[boostzealot]

i plan on putting my car on R888's or NT-01's this summer for time attack, autocross, and lap battles. so ill see how they perform on those R comps and do a write up on them. the hankooks love them as long as you dont have a heavy brake foot.

anyway, as far as getting some cheap drilled and slotted rotors, you should consider the fact that the rotors that are expensive are expensive for a reason (reason being R&D and actual racing application) and the reason that the cheap ones are cheap for a reason as well (no real racing application and no real R&D). not to mention the typical ebay type drilled rotor was simply a stock rotor that has been drilled as opposed to a rotor that was designed as a drilled rotor and can fully benefit from the holes in the rotor. but IMO, slotted are the way to go for sure. drilled is for aesthetics IMO.

[6G72gearhead]

Boost is right, especially when you add in the fact that most are not drilled properly which causes cracking under high stress use. I doubt either one of us would be able to get a cheap ebay rotor to hold up for very long.

I personally do not like drilled rotors, I prefer slotted, as the slots do a much more efficient job of evacuating gasses while maintaining enough integrity to not crack or warp.

[boostzealot]

I personally do not like drilled rotors, I prefer slotted, as the slots do a much more efficient job of evacuating gasses while maintaining enough integrity to not crack or warp.

+1

[6G72gearhead]

Anyone who has come off of the big straight into a corner knows how much strain and heat track rotors need to be able to undergo. I know mine have been glowing cherry red a time or two. Guess what, I'm on stock calipers and powerslot rotors with some DOT 5.1 fluid.

The stock caliper seals as I am finding out don't hold up well to that kind of heat for very long, and I would love to do an Evo caliper swap my next brake job. That probably won't happen as I don't have much funds as of late, but hey its a goal.