"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/03/2016 at 20:45 • Filed to: Miata
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"MarquetteLa" (marquettela)
03/03/2016 at 20:45 • Filed to: Miata | 6
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Little Big Brake kit from Flyin’ Miata. 4-piston calipers all around, upgrading to slightly larger vented & drilled rotors, all while shedding 14 pounds of unsprung weight compared to stock.
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64C10
> MarquetteLa
03/03/2016 at 20:47 |
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NA Miata? I bet it’ll stop on a dime after that!
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MarquetteLa
> 64C10
03/03/2016 at 20:48 |
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2002 NB2, but yep that’s the idea!!
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> MarquetteLa
03/03/2016 at 23:26 |
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Pardon the ignorance, but what benefit does a multi-piston caliper have over a single piston? Better distribution of force across the pad?
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64C10
> MarquetteLa
03/04/2016 at 14:11 |
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Ok I gotcha. Aren’t the mechanicals virtually the same as the NA? And (if you don’t mind me asking), how much did that setup run you? Thinking about some performance brakes for my NA.
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MarquetteLa
> 64C10
03/04/2016 at 14:57 |
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The Miata slowly evolved from 1990 to 2005 with the last NB. So yes, much of the mechanicals are the same or upgraded versions. Add in some additional bracing here & there, too.
Here’s the kit I bought. $975 for the kit, plus $220 for the parking brake, plus $200 for red calipers (which I didn’t even want, but FM is unsure of when they will have more black kits available).
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MarquetteLa
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
03/04/2016 at 15:01 |
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Yep, the caliper itself is a bit larger than stock, which creates room for more brake pad as well as more pistons. More brake pad, more friction. More pistons, more clamping force. Additionally, brake pads are most efficient in the areas where they are directly pressed against the rotor by the piston(s). So more pistons, more efficient pads. In a nutshell.