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are they worth the effort and money? AEM for example, it uses your factor caliper and pads, only bigger rotor, does it make any sense to get it for better braking?

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if you have 10" rotor front hub then you can use an itr caliper with a redrilled 11inch rotor
if you have a 9" rotor front hub then you can use an itr caliper with a stock 10" rotor.

personally i dont see a point in going bigger than 11"

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You may need a center ring also.

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yeah but is AEM worth the money. or effort, to get ITR parts would be more expensive than getting AEM, I have stock 10" rotors

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93 h22 Prelude Rotors, Re-Drilled,
93 Accord Wagon Calipers.

Instant type-r brakes for junkyard/bottem barrel pricing.

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this sounds more feasable, what do you mean by redrilling? arent the bolt patterns all 4x100? will the accord calipers bolt up to a civic hub assembly?
I've done the rear disk conversion stuff with Itr+booster ms and gsr brakes+ steel braided lines+plus cross drilled rotors etc. but I still need to step my braking game. its really hard to stop after a 1/4 mile pass. maybe I need a parachute ;D ha ha

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The prelude rotors are 4x114
Caliper bolt right on.

Let see if I can find the link:
http://hybrid2.honda-perf.org/tech/bigbrakes.html

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this is a lot of work, I might just save some money and buy a brake upgrade kit with dual pistons and ----

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what year is your car and which knuckle are you using?? (i remember you mention something about a knuckle swap before)

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my car 95 civic ex coupe. original knuckle, I ran the hatchback knuckle temperary because the studs where stripped in the original ones, I replaced them now I am using them. rear I have Gsr rear disk assembly.

its very hard and expensive to find anything here, so all the options I got are more expensive than just buying a upgrade kit. this place sucks!

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how much can you get the aem kit for?

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Do you AutoX or something? Unless that's the case I would say the money could be spend on something better than the AEM BBK. You'll have a little better stopping distance but that's the only street applicable advantage. The heat reduction issue is mostly for racing applications.

I upgraded my pads to AEM, got Xdrilled/slotted Brembo rotors and SS brake lines and it's good.

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Not really alot of work.

I would do it, but my13" Race rims wont fit then.

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no autocross. just daily driven drag racer. I seen a AEM kit on ebay for $200, but I might look into a different company, one that replaces the original caliper with a dual or bigger piston.

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---- the aem kit stay oem, cheaper and more reliable and also easier to get replacement parts.

i have da knuckles on my crx with re-drilled prelude vtec 11" rotors and nsx caliper(these have twin pistons) can't wait to see how they stop, i hear its one of the best oem brake upgrades available, you also use a 95 legend coupe caliper its the same as the nsx but it doesn't say nsx of course, you also will need the bracket from the nsx or type R 23T is the part number of the bracket also the same as the accord 95-96 wagon

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I like this idea better, would to get some dual piston calipers. do you have a parts list and what car I can get them from?
I would have to lurk ebay to find them but I can start now. what if I use the complete control arm from the nsx, and just change hub to 4x100?

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no you can't use any other part off the nsx only the caliper.
you need:

2- front nsx calipers, or legend 95 2dr coupe complete with mounting bracket
1- set of pads for nsx or type R
1- set of rotors from a 92-96 prelude vtec 11"(re-drill them to 4x100)

thats all you need IF you already have 10" brakes from a integra the nsx caliper and bracket will only bolt up to integra knuckles as far as i know

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found a single nsx caliper on ebay, looking for another

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---- re-drilling. Corrodo vr6 rotors ftw.

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good old brain hastycakes :)

www.fastbrakes.com

damn, didn't know the OG Hybrid links still worked......

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Ya had to Google it. I used to have the address to the site memorized, but i didn't work when I typed it in.

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wow! this dont seems like its gonna be that hard as I thought it would be, I am in Germany corrados are German, so they wont be too expensive to get rotors for, just need to round up some accord rotors and brakets and I am set. or just ----- out and get the wilwood upgrade kit.

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if the accord wagon calipers are the same as the itr ones then you dont need brackets for a 10" hub
just 11" rotors

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same part # and all!!!!

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all years of accord vagon?

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oops... don't buy those vr6 rotors yet. I was wrong. It's the pre92 corrado g60 rotors. The vr6's were 5 lug.

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check the link.

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so far I found everything, but instead of solid rotors I want slotted/drilled. and need to go to the junk yard and pull the calipers and rotors, I found a old German spec legend in the junkyard with calipers, and also an accord. found the old school corrado. but these fuckers want 80euros each for the calipers, and 30euros each for the rotors, so I am watching ebay. as ya'll know I spend mad dough on my car parts but I will not spend too much on junkyard parts, or stuff I can do myself. what ya'll think about those prices? 76 euro cents=$1

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i can get the itr calipers for 90 canadian the pair
80 euro each is nuts

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Damm what does a parts store want for some rotors?Those prices are steep but so is everything in Euro land. :3