340mm 'Big' Brakes
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It seems the high horsepower vans get the 340mm front discs with the larger 2 piston slider caliper.
Yes, you'd need the caliper carriers too, possibly flexi hoses.
Yes forgive me they just look like 4 pots in comparison to the single pot sliders
Drive through the showroom window and then say “oops, sorry - thought I had big brakes” before driving off. That’ll tell them what for.
Thanks Steve I go for original devonports 17”
My 150bhp has the bigger brakes and came with the 17" Devonports as standard
Some on eBay at moment, from Customvanz, 500 all in with delivery, these are the ones taken from their new vans, hope this helpsbeen trying to find a set of t32 callipers as apparently they do but they are like rocking horse
Link bud plzSome on eBay at moment, from Customvanz, 500 all in with delivery, these are the ones taken from their new vans, hope this helps
t32 does not automatically get the bigger brakes, its a common misconception. my t32 has the normal size.If you have T32 brakes then there more than sufficient but as for looks you cant beat big ones
PB brakes are nice Big brakes and 356mm 6 pot Big Brake Kit for Volkswagen T5/T6 | FMBKT5 | Forge Motorsport 405mm 8 pot Big Brake Kit for Volkswagen T5/T6 | FMBKT5405-8 | Forge Motorsport do nice ones for a transporter i think @BognorMotors can supply big brake kits for direct fit .
There are a few calipers that work on a T6 with the correct adapters if you search around
Am I right in thinking that you need at least 17" wheels to fit around a set of these?
Doh, sorry, 18", just clicked the link!
Ha! Harsh but fair...
Very true, I have the larger front brakes on a converted T32 SWB and they are ridiculously powerful, no more stopping power required.
In fairness, I don't actually agree that in all situations, the big T32 brakes are that good.
Yes the brakes are fantastic in normal driving, but from my experience, step down a gear and have a few minutes of fast driving and hard braking, and I can get mine grumbling and juddering to a point that they become useless, and I mean properly useless.
I'm on my 4th set of front discs and even more pads, 2nd set of rear discs and 3rd pads. I've gone from genuine which were around the best for longevity, to budgets that I only put on because that's all they had in stock at the time, then Pagid which were good, but dusted up awfully, and finally to my current Brembo all round, which are probably on par with genuine, but far less dusty pads.
Every single set would brake fade, and go beyond fade to judder when pushed hard for a few minutes. I can pretty much guarantee that I could recreate the problem on demand because I know exactly where the limits are on these brakes.
Is this because I'm a heavy, always loaded T32? Is it because the van is low, handles very well, which encourages you to push it now and again, hard braking, fast cornering.
Maybe its the banded steels that have the poor combination of being very heavy, causing an over gyroscopic effect, and poor air flow to cool the brakes, but I had the same issue on my very light 20" alloys.
Overall the big brakes are brilliant in 90% of normal driving, but that 10% of brain out driving, and they are not sufficient at all.
I'd of upgraded my brakes to an aftermarket setup ages ago, if I thought they'd combat the issues I've always had, but I'm not sure they would unless you started doing major modifications directing air and went insanely expensive setup. I've just learned to live with the T32 brakes and gave up looking for something that you cannot overheat, and concentrated more on what dusted the least, which are the current Brembo's from Eurocarparts.
Yes the brakes are fantastic in normal driving, but from my experience, step down a gear and have a few minutes of fast driving and hard braking, and I can get mine grumbling and juddering to a point that they become useless, and I mean properly useless.
I'm on my 4th set of front discs and even more pads, 2nd set of rear discs and 3rd pads. I've gone from genuine which were around the best for longevity, to budgets that I only put on because that's all they had in stock at the time, then Pagid which were good, but dusted up awfully, and finally to my current Brembo all round, which are probably on par with genuine, but far less dusty pads.
Every single set would brake fade, and go beyond fade to judder when pushed hard for a few minutes. I can pretty much guarantee that I could recreate the problem on demand because I know exactly where the limits are on these brakes.
Is this because I'm a heavy, always loaded T32? Is it because the van is low, handles very well, which encourages you to push it now and again, hard braking, fast cornering.
Maybe its the banded steels that have the poor combination of being very heavy, causing an over gyroscopic effect, and poor air flow to cool the brakes, but I had the same issue on my very light 20" alloys.
Overall the big brakes are brilliant in 90% of normal driving, but that 10% of brain out driving, and they are not sufficient at all.
I'd of upgraded my brakes to an aftermarket setup ages ago, if I thought they'd combat the issues I've always had, but I'm not sure they would unless you started doing major modifications directing air and went insanely expensive setup. I've just learned to live with the T32 brakes and gave up looking for something that you cannot overheat, and concentrated more on what dusted the least, which are the current Brembo's from Eurocarparts.
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