14 piston caliper

[jmanbball]

Cool as hell yes... but I dont know if it could get anymore pointless.

A good set of 6 pistons calipers and 14" rotors would lock up the tires faster than the driver could think twice about it...even with race slicks on, rediculously enormous calipers like these are useless if all your going to do is lock up the wheels instantly, they will slow you no quicker than a good average big brake kit... To slow down as fast as possible you must brake on the threshold of your tires without locking them up... tires are the limiting factor in braking performance, the brakes themselves are second.

14piston? seems like a waste. huge brakes are worthless if you don't have tires that will hold traction.

locking up your brakes everytime you stop probably isn't fun.

The point of huge brakes is not to increase braking force, but to allow heat to dissipate after repeated braking. If a BBK does increase the amount of clamping force over the stockers in the front by a significant amount, i.e. locking up your brakes much quicker than stock, they are poorly designed. The point of the 14-piston caliper here is to make the clamping load very even and keep too much heat from building up in the pad.

I personally don't like this setup because it does seem to be overkill. I don't think that the unsprung weight add in the front suspension is worth the benefits.

 

[Chris-Supra]

Yes just like I said, overkill- brakes THAT big, are doing no more good than say Adjusters brakes.