4 pots or fiesta brakes under 10s
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Right im at a crossroads for brakes, do I just plunge for the fiesta option as its the cheepest or are the 4 pots from the likes of minisport, minispares etc a better option! Im building a turbo engine for the road and i want to have decent enough brakes! Does anyone have any experience of these 4 pots?

I think both will be good,

you need to weigh up the cost against the unsprung weight.

When i decided to use the Fiesta brakes a few months ago, I found that I could not get hold of the sliders that hold the calipers.

All the Mk2 Fiestas around my way have been scrapped and the sliders are no longer available from Ford.

In the end i went for the Cooper S 2 pots.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I've a set of minisport ones, they are five years old and I would do it again.

I had that thought about the fiesta brakes, that in a few years if i need anything there may be no parts about!

I wonder is cooper s/4 pots the same debate as mini brakes/metro 4 pots - you know 4 small pistons compared to 2 big pistons and not a whole pile of difference!

Has anyone changed from cooper s to the likes of minisport or minispares 4 pots?

Edited by bertieboo on 25th Jan, 2008.

Two small pistons vs one big? same debate? The people debating that obviously preferres 2v engines I guess...

Well, from what iv heard and what i have seen, that on 4 pots there are 2 small pistons compared to the 1 big piston on each side, conlcuding that there wasnt a big difference at the end of the day!

Tell me if im wrong, thats just what people over here have said

Edited by bertieboo on 25th Jan, 2008.

Assuming you got for alloy ones you get better heat disapation and lower unsprung weight. The 4 pot pad is bigger than the S pad so more swept area.

Edited by Jay#2 on 25th Jan, 2008.

I can't use either the Fiesta conversion or the MiniSpares 4 pots because I have 10" Mambas and they are one of a few 10" alloys that will only fit over the "S" setup (confirmed by others for the Fiesta conversion and stated on the leaflet inside the MiniSpares box as these "may" not fit under Mambas so I wasn't going to take the risk). So beware, not all 10" wheels are equal !!!

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

even pressure on the larger pad also helps alot on four pots.

I can't help but wonder how many people, who fit ali 4/6 pot brakes at great expense, have the opportunity/ ability to drive their car fast enough to gain any benefit from them.
Is it just another thing to spend money on?
Are standard brakes with the right pads good enough for all but out & out race use?
Regards
Dave

well,

I havent found a set of brakes i can't cook yet.

loads of people say S brakes are fine for race use so must be fine for road use, but for road use you must remember that the braake will be subjected to stopping rather than just slowing.

currently i have S brakes with 1144 pads and no servo and can fade these.