V8 4 Pot or 6 Pot Brakes ?

[Wyn Freeman]

Just a quickie for those that know .... (and have tried)

V8 4 pot or 6 pot front brake caliper kit, as an upgrade for your Esprit ?

Would you buy a 4 pot or 6 pot front brake caliper kit ?

6 pot has it on looks (imho) but does it on feel/stops ?

(Mine is fitted with an oldish Hi-spec 4 pot kit but am thinking should I just buy a more modern? 6 pot kit) 

[Thartje]

I went with 6 piston because they look sexy. My Esprit had the Brembo brakes.

You wont stop any shorter going from 4 to 6. Brake fade on track events would really be the reason to upgrade, and there are other things you can do first. Brake air ducting, dot 5.1 or racing brake fluid

[mike_sekinger]

It depends what hardware you have currently fitted.  If you have 4-pots on the front already, then moving those to the rear and taking 6-pot in the front brings benefits.  If you make this change in conjunction with an increase in disc diameter you will observe a big difference in braking performance.

Building a bracket to mount calipers on the rear trailing arms on not too challenging.

[superdavelotus]

9 hours ago, Wyn Freeman said:

Just a quickie for those that know .... (and have tried)

V8 4 pot or 6 pot front brake caliper kit, as an upgrade for your Esprit ?

Would you buy a 4 pot or 6 pot front brake caliper kit ?

6 pot has it on looks (imho) but does it on feel/stops ?

(Mine is fitted with an oldish Hi-spec 4 pot kit but am thinking should I just buy a more modern? 6 pot kit) 

Hi Wyn,

Your front brake are Monster 6 Hi-Spec calipers not 4 pot see invoice below which you also have. It also has 323mm diameter front drilled discs and bells and 320mm rear drilled discs and bells.

Regards,

David

Edited November 29, 2023 by superdavelotus

[Wyn Freeman]

22 minutes ago, superdavelotus said:

Your front brake are Monster 6 Hi-Spec calipers not 4 pot ...

 

Cheers Dave, I should have checked but yes you did add in your message before to say 6 pot.

That's a bonus then. Will just look at the discs

Can't see me wanting to down grade lol 

 

[Jacques]

On more than one vehicle, I've noticed that brakes, old or new, fewer or less pistons, and small discs or bigger, all benefit from running carbon ceramic brake pads. Maybe try those. They do take a while to break in.

Kind regards,

Jacques

[Wyn Freeman]

1 hour ago, Jacques said:

On more than one vehicle, I've noticed that brakes, old or new, fewer or less pistons, and small discs or bigger, all benefit from running carbon ceramic brake pads. Maybe try those. They do take a while to break in.

Kind regards,

Jacques

Cheers as it goes I've already ordered some new pads. Will see how it goes with those.

Will give them miles before giving them large for sure !