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Subject just looking at piston area, it appears the 6 pot is going
     
Posted by LJZTT on September 07, 2017 at 6:40 PM
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In Reply To Not really any different from an akebono swap IMO posted by TyTyIsFly27 on September 06, 2017 at 06:48 PM
     
Message to preserve pedal feel/pressure better than the 4 pot, even if only ever so slightly
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For reference, OEM total piston area per front caliper is approx. 8 sq inches even (8.04), so your guess is as good as mine if an additional half square inch or slightly more will affect pedal feel/pressure in any tangible way. If I understand my braking fluid sciencey physics stuff properly, as you go bigger up front in terms of piston area, all else equal, then you require more pedal pressure to exert the same amount of clamping force at the front pistons...meaning you will have to push the pedal harder.....and that extra force at the BMC is now also being transmitted to the OEM rear brakes...or maybe it is the reverse, someone will correct me I am sure...See how this gets really fucked up really fast if you dont mod appropriately?

You simply cannot go grabbing brake system component off cars designed with caliper/rotor/wheels/tires/lines/BMC's that dwarf Z32 gear and mix and match according to the bigger-is-better philosophy. They are a system that needs to be in balance. If you replace just one part you must take care to not unbalance the formula too much otherwise you wind up with a mess.

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