Re: Custom brake setup question
 

use calipers from an acura legend with the dual piston calipers...prolly pretty regular in some junk yards...not down here in the boot tho there aint ---- in our yards...at least last time i went out

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our yards are not bad when i was gonna do a head swap I went and found 3 civics with d16z6's 2 of which the heads were already gone I went back the next week cause I didn't have cash for it at the time and it was gone I was pissed. this car had everything I needed, head, solenoid, and ecu. oh well I got the y8 now so its all good. Would I risk detonation running a y7 block with a y8 head if I used the a6 head gasket? the compression ratio is suposedly around 9.95:1? I thought it was a bit high, but I figured I would ask the experts.

Re: Custom brake setup question
 

is that what I have in my-00 boxster? whatever kinda brakes it has, that ---- stops.

Re: Custom brake setup question
 

If you get some wrx brakes you can put them on your legacy. Just do some research on Nasioc. I know it doesnt take a whole lot.

Re: Custom brake setup question
 

Multi-piston calipers are hype, not worth the bother. Going with different surface areas (number and sizes of pistons) will offer different pedal travels and efforts, but there is nothing wrong with stock on a Civic.

Get a rotor with more mass (either aftermarket race rotor in OE size, or larger) and get better pads. Done deal.

Re: Custom brake setup question
 

You can do this on pretty much any 10.4" or 9.5" teg/civic setup. NSX/Legend/ITR calipers need the 23T or 25T brackets shaved 0.127" where it mounts to the knuckle surfaces. On a 9.5" hub, you can now use 10.4" discs, and on 10.4" hubs you can use 11.1" discs (Prelude VTEC 4x114 redrilled to 4x100 w/hubcentric spacers). You'll then want the 15/16" or 1" brake cylinder/booster for the larger rotors, and 7/8" or 15/16" for the others. You really don't need dual pistons unless you have a heavy-ass civic with 5 ppl in it and a full sound system. Most light Civics really don't need brake upgrades though.

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I love how they were 10.2" brakes a decade ago, 10.3" brakes six years ago, and now they are 10.4"

Classic.

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the legacy isn't mine. its about my civic. But for now the brakes are put on hold til I get paid next then I am just gonna go with some blank advanced auto parts rotors, and some top of the line ceramic pads in the front and if I have enough left over start looking for the neccesary pieces for a rear disc brake conversion.