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  • dougie30
    E30 Mastermind
    • Apr 2012
    • 1708

    #1

    brake upgrade for booster less setup

    Nearing completion of my m62 swap I am looking for a brake upgrade. Im running the remote wilwood masters and garagistic pedal box setup. i have driven the car a few times and the brakes are decent. Im just trying to see if i can run a larger caliper (rx7,five lug or any bkk) without messing with the fluid ratio my master is delivering.

    any info would be great.
    M30 is God's motor.....but Jesus drives an M60'd car -slammin.e28
  • FredK
    R3V OG
    • Oct 2003
    • 14739

    #2
    Are you running dual 5/8"?

    I've run E36 M3 front brakes with a 5/8" manual master and the performance is actually pretty good. It'd be a lot more confidence inspiring than stock brakes lol.

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    • dougie30
      E30 Mastermind
      • Apr 2012
      • 1708

      #3
      Originally posted by FredK
      Are you running dual 5/8"?

      I've run E36 M3 front brakes with a 5/8" manual master and the performance is actually pretty good. It'd be a lot more confidence inspiring than stock brakes lol.
      Yes I do have the duel 5/8! this is good information. you obviously had to go five lug with the e36 brake correct?
      M30 is God's motor.....but Jesus drives an M60'd car -slammin.e28

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      • FredK
        R3V OG
        • Oct 2003
        • 14739

        #4
        Yup, I swapped to 5 lug. If you have 4 lug wheels already, I think the Massive BBK makes a lot of sense.

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        • dougie30
          E30 Mastermind
          • Apr 2012
          • 1708

          #5
          Originally posted by FredK
          Yup, I swapped to 5 lug. If you have 4 lug wheels already, I think the Massive BBK makes a lot of sense.
          Yea I agree the only worry I have is the fluid ratio, I think that's what it's called. Like will the 5/8 move the massive bbk pistons like it's supposed to for the stock e30 caliper?

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          M30 is God's motor.....but Jesus drives an M60'd car -slammin.e28

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          • FredK
            R3V OG
            • Oct 2003
            • 14739

            #6
            Yes. The Massive kit uses a wilwood caliper that has multiple options for piston sizing, so you can choose the right one for you.

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            • dougie30
              E30 Mastermind
              • Apr 2012
              • 1708

              #7
              Also massive street kit looks very similar to the rx7-vw brake kit witch could be ha for cheaper. Possibly going that route

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              M30 is God's motor.....but Jesus drives an M60'd car -slammin.e28

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              • dougie30
                E30 Mastermind
                • Apr 2012
                • 1708

                #8
                I guess what I'm trying to get at is what size caliper will work with the 5/8 master..

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                M30 is God's motor.....but Jesus drives an M60'd car -slammin.e28

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                • JoeMadoo
                  E30 Modder
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 936

                  #9
                  I would like info on this as well before I finish everything up

                  I am planning on installing 3/4 bore wilwood masters and using E36 M3 front and E46 325i rear calipers.
                  '86 E30
                  '05 E53 X5
                  '72 Firebird
                  '10 Prius
                  '03 Tundra

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                  • Jean
                    Moderator
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 18228

                    #10
                    Wilwood and probably Massive use the same formulas to figure out the right combination of piston size to MC. Good to know Massive BBK has a selection of pistons! I may be going this route as well.
                    Mtech1 v8 build thread - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho...d.php?t=413205



                    OEM v8 manual chip or dme - https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho....php?p=4938827

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                    • dougie30
                      E30 Mastermind
                      • Apr 2012
                      • 1708

                      #11
                      I contacted lee at massive and he said the 1.375" will work with the single master for the front/rear. I will be ordering the kit soon and will provide feed back on the feel/stoping power.
                      M30 is God's motor.....but Jesus drives an M60'd car -slammin.e28

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