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Re: Can I...? Biggest brakes on 15" rims...?

TMK-001, do you have a name?
My front brakes are Wilwood 160-7705/6 310mm x 21mm rotors with 120-8070/1 Superlite Narrow Radial 4 Pot Calipers (No servos). Not hit the road with them yet, but sure they will be more than adequate. The 310 disc gives the largest brakes which fit comfortably inside my 3 piece 15in wheels (365mm ID)
On the question of choice and brake balance, I started by choosing the rear brakes first because the handbrake issue was more difficult to solve, and also ended up with 310mm discs, but used hispec 4 pot handbrake calipers. When I looked at the front brakes, I considered the 6 pots, but they have significantly less total piston area than the 4 pots and so did not give a good front / rear brake balance for me, more than adequate though as Dean has demonstrated on the track.

Dave
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