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So I took the liberty of calling Stillen and had a chat with resident brake expert, Eric Hayhurst. Understanding what a product does and how it will effect your car before installing it is always a smart idea. And then I realized they were for the rear. I could not believe the awesomeness of which I was gazing upon. The 2-piece floating rotors were nothing short of art. I was six years old once again and this was Christmas morning.

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We had a full four wheel AP Racing brake kit which was made up of a 6-piston, 370mm rotor up front and a 4-piston, 360mm rotor out back with stainless steel lines.

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But I digress.Īfter a full morning of repeatedly stopping distance tests with various other brake upgrade options, it was finally time to open up the Stillen boxes. If you haven’t heard of a motor club before, think of a golf country club, but instead of swinging clubs you’ll be swinging laps along side a field of breath-taking machinery. I met up with Mike Spinelli, Producer at DriveTV and Bill Petrow owner of Broken Motorsports on a beautiful weekday morning at Monticello Motor Club, located just 90 minutes north west of The Big Apple. In exchange, I got to keep the AP Racing brake kit.

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I drove my personal car from Virginia to New York on my own dime to install various brake upgrades and perform braking tests at Monticello Motor Club.

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Because we had no budget, of course.įull Disclosure: Drive TV needed a specific BMW to test brake upgrades and selected mine. Today we’re reviewing the Stillen designed AP Racing Radical brake kit. How big you decide to go is up to your budget. Honda Civic Type R | FL5 2.If turning laps around a circuit track or killing cones in a local parking lot is your thing, sooner or later we know you’ll be shopping for brakes.CNC billet caliper adapters & mounting hardware.Pistons sized properly to allow for seamless integration with OEM master cylinder and ABS system.Every component designed to resist the heat of extended track sessions.

Features AP Racing CP9668 Radi-CAL six piston calipers.

Included in each Pad Tension Kit are four pad tension blocks, which is enough for two AP Racing calipers. They place a small amount of tension on the top of the pad, substantially decreasing its movement inside the caliper. These anti-rattle blocks install in place of the original pad retention blocks in AP Racing's CP9660/CP9668 calipers. 12mm).Įssex Designed Pad Tension Blocks are precision machined from billet aluminium, hard anodized, and topped with a heat-treated stainless steel spring. The CP9668 leverages a 25mm thick pad, while the CP9660 accepts an 18mm thick pad (standard OEM pads approx. The additional width of the CP9668 increases unsprung weight but was implemented to allow for a thicker brake pad to extend pad life. When installed on the same disc as the CP9660, the CP9668 will sit 11mm further inboard, while also extending 14mm further outward towards the wheel spokes. The primary difference between the CP9660 and CP9668 is width.Even though the mounting offset on both calipers is the same (making them interchangeable on the same disc), both halves of the CP9660 are narrower than those of the CP9668. They run on discs of similar size, but that's where the two designs diverge a bit : The two designs also use the same pad backing plate shape, and share the same 180mm mounting centres and 42mm mounting offset on the inner caliper halves.

They also feature internal fluid porting that eliminates an external fluid crossover pipe, and they each have only two inner, and no outer, bleed screws. Piston bore sizes are the same (27mm x 2, 31.8mm x 2, 38.1mm x 2) and both calipers have a hard anodized finish. They share the same ventilated stainless steel, domed-back pistons with anti-knockback springs, and high temperature, low drag internal piston seals. Both are forged, two-piece designs with a removable bridge for quick and simple pad changes. The CP9660 and CP9668 calipers share many similarities, including a close visual resemblance. These kits offer superlative performance for both normal driving and demanding track day sessions.

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Essex 6-Pot AP Racing Radi-CAL Competition Fron Brake Kit CP9668/355mm for Honda Civic Type R FK8 / FK2 & FL5.Įssex Racing designed AP Racing Pro 5000 R Radi-CAL competition brake kit is designed and tested specifically for track day enthusiasts and for drivers who demand the utmost performance from their cars.

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