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FLYING CORSA

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Registered: 3rd May 02
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7th Jan 04 at 17:57

how do you rate the EBC stuff against the BLACK DIAMOND stuff......if i have roughly a budget of £200 what would you recommend i buy if i want to uprate my brakes to grooved/cross drilled disks and better pads, cheers folks

PaulW

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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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7th Jan 04 at 18:04

black diamond

ebc discs aren't up to much, not many people rate them well!

Only decent things they make are the pads

broster

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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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7th Jan 04 at 20:21

i have black diamond combo(drilled and grooved) discs and ebc green stuff pads, on a v6 set up, and tis great!

[Edited on 07-01-2004 by broster]

Kris TD

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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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7th Jan 04 at 20:23

before you do anything like that get some 2l brakes.

Aussie GSi

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Registered: 5th Aug 02
Location: Sydney, Australia. Drives: Corsa B GSi 16v
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8th Jan 04 at 01:49

Fark Broster! That's a nice tight fit for the calipers!

Looks good man.

C

[Edited on 08-01-2004 by Aussie GSi]

PaulW

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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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8th Jan 04 at 01:52

i have some tar-ox discs & greenstuff pads myself, bloody great stoppers

(look in my garage)

[Edited on 08-01-2004 by PaulW]

Adam-D

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Location: Cheshire
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8th Jan 04 at 01:59

i have red.dot disks and ebc pads works well enuff

broster

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8th Jan 04 at 09:56

quote:
Originally posted by Aussie GSi
Fark Broster! That's a nice tight fit for the calipers! Looks good man.

C

[Edited on 08-01-2004 by Aussie GSi]

stops like a dream too! love it, they look amazing aswell!

FLYING CORSA

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8th Jan 04 at 12:39

are the 2.0 litre brakes any better than the 1.6 corsa ones coz i heard that they are only fractionally bigger and not much point in changing to them.....but what about the V6 ones how much am i looking at to do that conversion....do i need to change things such as the master cylinder as well if i have V6 brakes

cheers peeps

broster

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8th Jan 04 at 16:22

looking at £200 for the v6 set up woth standrad re-drilled discs and pads, no need to change master cylinder to be honest, just get braided hoses, cost £40. the 2.0ltr ones are better than the 1.6 corsa ones as the caliper is bigger i believe! id go for the v6 ones(mainly cuz i have them and they are great!)

Fad

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8th Jan 04 at 19:24

quote:
Originally posted by FLYING CORSA
are the 2.0 litre brakes any better than the 1.6 corsa ones coz i heard that they are only fractionally bigger and not much point in changing to them.....but what about the V6 ones how much am i looking at to do that conversion....do i need to change things such as the master cylinder as well if i have V6 brakes

cheers peeps

much better than the GSi set up as the theory goes if 16v brakes can stop a cavalier or an astra it shud stop a corsa dead on a 2 pence pieace. Bit dubious about V^ set up would lock easy in the wet i reckon and also heard stories about dogy pedal feel. Altho Boaster rates them

Kris TD

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8th Jan 04 at 20:17

yes it is worth changing from 1.6 too 2l brake,s the 1.6 uses crappy delco calipers whereas the 2l ones are made by ate. they are a lot better, the discs are wider and the calipers are bigger.

gregwilko

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Registered: 12th Mar 03
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8th Jan 04 at 23:15

i've got the 2L setup with 40 groove tarox discs and tarox pads (G88 i think).

brilliant brakes. nuf said

broster

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9th Jan 04 at 12:26

quote:
Originally posted by fadscorsa

much better than the GSi set up as the theory goes if 16v brakes can stop a cavalier or an astra it shud stop a corsa dead on a 2 pence pieace. Bit dubious about V^ set up would lock easy in the wet i reckon and also heard stories about dogy pedal feel. Altho Boaster rates them

mine dont lock up that easy in the wet, u get used to them, if u stamp on them then yeah they will lock up, but if u stamp on any brakes in the wet they will lock up if they are any good lol! the v6 is spongy if u dont get braided hoses, i got braided hoses on mine and blead them well, and they have a better feal than the standard sport brakes, maybe mine were fucked, i dunno! but they are well worth it, alot of people slate them for being spongy, but when i did a thread about them, asking only people who has used them to reply, all i got was good comments!

Dave A

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9th Jan 04 at 13:28

ive had greenstuff and black diamond. greenstuf disks are shite, ive heared loads of bad thing s about them. mine devloped slight dips in due to a manufacturing fault but it happened with all three sets i had! but ebc did replace them all and refund them in full!

Dave A

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9th Jan 04 at 13:32

have u thought about using brembo max disks? they are great and have had some really good rating from lots of people on migweb. best thing about them is that u get the quality u expect from brembo for only £60 a pair!!! get in touch with a member called carnossiercraig he stocks them.

A_Venables

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Registered: 6th Jan 04
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9th Jan 04 at 15:51

I've got a 1.4 SRi 8v, with the standard 236mm discs the system was OK but from braking medium hard at anything over 50mph they faded and warped badly, afterall you try outbraking a Golf VR6! I've since upgraded to Blackdiamond D&G discs with Black diamonds preditor pads, they are so much better than standard discs, although they still have difficulties above 80mph, If I did it again I would fit the 288mm discs and V6 calipers many companies are offering for £195, afterall the setup I bought cost me £150-160, its only £45-35 more!