oem four piston calipers
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Originally Posted by TTExpreSS
Wondering if there is a decent and available OEM caliper that I could retrofit to my 01. i know about the porsche stuff. Is there anything else?
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Originally Posted by jargan04
No. The best thing the to do would be a wilwood setup.
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Stoptech makes some quality big brake kits for the money.
http://www.stoptech.com/cgi/search_c...20Brake%20Kits
http://www.stoptech.com/cgi/search_c...20Brake%20Kits
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Originally Posted by TooSlow02
How do you know if they can be made to fit when the car hasn't even been released yet?
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Originally Posted by jargan04
One you are going to pay out the *** for someone to design and make the adapter kit. Two I dont think they will even fit. If you were able to get them to work, you are going to spend a lot more then a Stoptech, Wilwood, SSBC, Brembo, Porsche, or Baer setup.
How much you would spend depends on how much the calipers are. It isn't hard to get discounts on GM parts. Ever try that with Brembo, Porsche (which are actually Brembo calipers), or Baer? My work retails Brembo kits and we don't even get a discount. Besides, he asked about factory stuff.
I had the Wilwood kit for a while. I think it's crap. It looks good if that's what you're after, but there's way too much flex in both the caliper and the mounting brackets, not to mention the amount of taper wear I got. I noticed a huge difference when I switched to a four-piston Alcon setup from Baer. Brembo and StopTech are two other quality kits. If you can swing it, I'd recommend the StopTech kit. Brembo quality and about a grand cheaper. We installed this kit on all of our Mini track cars and it's proven itself time and again (and they give us a discount ).
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If I'm not mistaken, Cadillac website mentions that the CTS-V calipers are Brembo's, probably manufactured to GM's specs.
http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/...e=brakes&year=
Oh, not to mention, the CTS-V Brembos appear to be two piece calipers with support bolts, as opposed to the Porsche 996TT Brembos which is a one-piece design.
http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/...e=brakes&year=
Oh, not to mention, the CTS-V Brembos appear to be two piece calipers with support bolts, as opposed to the Porsche 996TT Brembos which is a one-piece design.