K-Tec 285mm 4 pot kit, opinions?

[Martin_172]

anyone got the 285mm 4-Pot brake kit from k-tec? think its a highspec one? looking at getting it to finish off the car since ive got a 172 rear beam coming with a disk conversion, along with k-tec's uprated rear 172 disks.

i remember a guy had the kit on his black 1.2 with turinis?

any other kits on the market that are better/cheaper?

cheers
martin

 

[16v_jon]

k-tecs rear disks are utter gash, IMO i cant see 4 pots being any better than the set up already on yours with decent disks, pads and fluid

 

[Peperami]

Overkill?

 

[john182rs]

leave the k-tec out of it mate they look like something ive just drop from my crack

 

[Matt@Stealthsport]

What's the point unless your going to be running over 200+ bhp and doing trackdays?

 

[john182rs]

he's after the look kind of thing on them not just for the power of stopping.

 

[Neil G]

Overkill?

That's the word

 

[Chris G.]

I love my 4 pots

overkill yeah maybe but who cares if you can afford it just go for it.

http://www.shedmotorsport.com/brakes.htm

Cheers

Chris

 

[Englebert]

It was me who had the kit. Think i was the only one! I sold the kit to Fred afterwards, i think he still has it.

They are a huge amount better than the standard setup, providing a lot of confidence. Especially good with more people in the car.

Hi Spec certainly aren't the be all and end all but you can't knock the VFM. I actually thought this was my best modification, that is including the FKs which as you know are great. Basically if you bought the kit you wouldn't regret it.

I did a trackday at Brands and was lapping the same time as a Focus RS and my dad's Alfa GTV V6. Remember i only had 75bhp!

The only thing i'd do is swap the pads for something better, like Ferodo or Mintex.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i was running £12 QH pads in them (they're volvo 240 pads that hispec use!)

they're good calipers, but massivley overkill