Brembo conversion - quick question.

[Shale]

Are all four hubs required for bolting on Brembos (considering it is 5x100 now and staying 5x100), or can I get away with just using the rears?

Reason for asking - just spotted an opportunity to grab some, pricy if I go for all four though (grand for a set).

[BC5RA]

 Shale said:

Are all four hubs required for bolting on Brembos (considering it is 5x100 now and staying 5x100), or can I get away with just using the rears?

Reason for asking - just spotted an opportunity to grab some, pricy if I go for all four though (grand for a set).

Fronts will bolt straight up to your existing setup, rears will need the hubs.

[Shale]

Eeeexcellent, just what I wanted to hear. ;D Thanks!

[Guest SPANKU]

yeah im getting me a set also! but its coming with the hubs, but tis 5 hours drive to pick them up each way as they wont send it from Taranaki

[Shale]

Bit like when us crazy Jafas go to Tauranga to pick stuff up

Just getting the rears is gonna make stuff way easier - still gonna rip the front of the car apart anyway, because there's some alloy arms begging to go in.

Fun part is going to be watching the car get even slower for a while, while the poor little 20E drags around extra lard from the GDB bits. :-[

[kamineko]

possible to make adapters to fit brembos to the older hubs?

[Guest SPANKU]

yeah i was told it can be done. awhile back ago i sold a set of rear 2 pots to someone in chch and he said he just made the adaptor for it

[DRFVDR]

 SPANKU said:

yeah im getting me a set also! but its coming with the hubs, but tis 5 hours drive to pick them up each way as they wont send it from Taranaki

I have a guy in taranaki who could pick them up for u

then we should be able to get them sent maybe depnds on how much u wanna pay fo shipping

there is also some guys on here from the 'naki also

[funkytown]

i might also be heading up that way round the new Year time San

[Wiretap]

 Shale said:

Are all four hubs required for bolting on Brembos (considering it is 5x100 now and staying 5x100), or can I get away with just using the rears?

Reason for asking - just spotted an opportunity to grab some, pricy if I go for all four though (grand for a set).

you, IIRC, need type-R rear hubs? as the GDB ones will be too wide? someone correct me here?

[Shale]

Think that was the halfshafts, according to a wrecker. Gerald noticed the GC8 and GDB ones were different lengths.

[Shale]

Thread bump.

Okay. HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING...

Type R gearbox + Type R rear diff + Brembos (incl hubs) + ______ halfshafts = yes?

Blame Funky.

Ninja edit: Anyone in Auckland able to give me a demo of Type R gear ratios etc? They are closer than my puny failbox, yes?

[funkytown]

as i said in my Pm.. and care of Optical.. (so blame him)

You can run the rear brembos on R160 hubs.. the type that take the two pots. you need the special Rotor for the brembo caliper.. (bigger) but takes the smaller R160 handbrake.. DBA do such a thing. then you just bend the stone gaurd a bit.

Rule of thumb -

R160 or R180 required the same in axles/diff/hubs. ie all three bits have to be either R160 or R180 (assuming you dont modify anything)

(info all care of optical.)

[Shale]

Excellent info. Either way it's a conversion for me hence looking at the genuine hubs - I have single pot rears at the moment (version 3 STi).

Sounds like an option though.

[funkytown]

 Shale said:

Excellent info. Either way it's a conversion for me hence looking at the genuine hubs - I have single pot rears at the moment (version 3 STi).

Sounds like an option though.

same here.. im on single rears.. You do need the R160 hubs that at least take the two pots to do what is mentioned about. so il have to change mine out for the newer R160 hubs

[Guest keltik]

On a related note, how do the BH owners fit brembos? Just an adaptor on the rear?

[Swindog]

 funkytown said:

as i said in my Pm.. and care of Optical.. (so blame him)

You can run the rear brembos on R160 hubs.. the type that take the two pots. you need the special Rotor for the brembo caliper.. (bigger) but takes the smaller R160 handbrake.. DBA do such a thing. then you just bend the stone gaurd a bit.

Rule of thumb -

R160 or R180 required the same in axles/diff/hubs. ie all three bits have to be either R160 or R180 (assuming you dont modify anything)

(info all care of optical.)

290mm disc with a 170mm handbrake hub. Off an 01' wrx if you go through Ripco. Not cheap though.

Thats if you run an adaptor with the r160 diff.

[funkytown]

the brembo discs are larger than that arent they?

[Swindog]

depends what year brembos. The early versions were the same as the standard subaru 4 pots believe it or not.

[funkytown]

 Swindog said:

depends what year brembos. The early versions were the same as the standard subaru 4 pots believe it or not.

early versions being... 7-10?

[Swindog]

to be honest i dont know. When i did the conversion on mine the guy from Godspeed in the UK was telling me. Thats when i bought the adaptor plates for the rear r160 upgrade. He has brembo conversion kits too

www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk

[Shale]

On that note, don't the new STis have the same sort of suspension as the BE/BH, and also have Brembos?

[Optical]

 Swindog said:

depends what year brembos. The early versions were the same as the standard subaru 4 pots believe it or not.

what? that aint right

yes GR's have double wishbone rear suspension like the BH'd do. It's a good design

[Swindog]

ok. thats what i was told. obviously its wrong.