WTB: 2 piston brakeset / pads

[Mr. Moose]

Anyone have a set of "big" 2 piston 93-94 or GVR4 front brake calipers/brackets for sale in good condition?

Also need a set of upgraded aftermarket pads, suggestions on what is the best pad available for these calipers, and good places to buy them.

Thanks for reading.

[Carl Morris]

I have always been happy with the Porterfield R4S pads. Fine on the street, a tiny bit of squeaking once in a while. No unusual rotor wear. Capable of lapping indefinitely at SC if you back off every other lap, or can do 3-5 hard laps in a row starting from cold. Doesn't sound like much but it's a big step up from most street pads. You can get the direct from the mfg, or cheaper from the usual DSM vendors such as Road Race.

[Mr. Moose]

Thanks, Carl! How about the R4-Es? Anyone with experience using those?

[Carl Morris]

All I've heard is that they eat rotors at street temps, but are great on the track.

[drcustom]

I've got a set. Only problem is someone bought them from me over a year ago and never picked them up...I'll send him an email and if he still wants them they're his...but if I don't hear back I'd sell to you. It's complete with rotor and everything you would need, but has stock pads.

[Mr. Moose]

LMK at your convenience.

[drcustom]

I only have an email contact for this guy, and he hasn't got back to me. I can find these from time to time so I'd be ok selling them to you and finding him another set if he gets back to me. I'm hoping to get $150 for everything if that sounds good. It's the brackets, calipers, rotors, and i even think the old pads are with it. Everything you need to bolt up and go.

[Mirage]

I'm pretty sure I have a set of 1g 2-piston calipers around here somewhere. Gotta find them though.

R4-E's are considered a very aggressive street pad or a midrange track pad.

They dust heavily and squeak like mad when cold, but when they get to operating temperature, they stop like a mutha. On a 3200 lb AWD Eclipse on BFG R1's, the braking setup was only the factory 2-piston brakes with these pads. Under braking, the car was tire limited. That's amazing enough to me.

Be sure to use a good hi-temp fluid, otherwise you'll boil it sooner than you'll get pad fade.

For a moderate street pad that will last beyond what Metal Masters will, try the Akebono ceramics. I have a set on my Talon and am liking them so far. Great cold stopping power, Great overall bite, last longer than Metal Masters and they can withstand a lot more heat before fading than Metal Masters.

By what I've seen, heard and tried, the R4-E's will chew through 1 rotor for every second pad change.

Marcus