The go to choice for many has been to upgrade to stock GT brakes. You'd be going from 2 pot to 4 pot calipers up front and larger rotors too. On the rear you'd see a slight increase too but still single pot calipers. You can find used 4 pot gt calipers around the $220 range for a front set. It's a very inexpensive big brake upgrade.
Will they bolt right up without any modification? If its a bigger rotor I assume that the calipers won't mount up in the same holes and the stock ecoboost caliper holes?
Its a direct bolt up on the Eco. Stock GT brakes are what you get on a PP Eco. I think you might need to remove the dust shields and replace with GT dust shields but that is about it. Id get a set of powerstop extreme pads and rotors for the front and rear at the same time and youll have a budget friendly BBK. Check out parts farm for used calipers.
Do you have a set budget? I have the base GT calipers on the HPP but I did swap out the stock pads the first week , couldn't stand how dusty they were. I use powerstop extreme z26 pads and Baer Radispeed 2 piece rotors. The z26 pads don't have the initial bite the stocks did which I didn't like anyways, get the z26 pads a little warm and they are perfect in my opinion for spirited sreet driving. The Baer rotors are pricey and only got them because I found them on sale for around $400 less than full price. They are lighter than stock rotors also.
Sweet set up. Price is definitely a factor. There's a company called R1 CONCEPTS out of California that I use for my wife and kids' cars. Their rotors and pads are very reasonable and excellent quality and performance. I will get the gt calipers with their GEOMET carbon rotors and pads.Do you have a set budget? I have the base GT calipers on the HPP but I did swap out the stock pads the first week , couldn't stand how dusty they were. I use powerstop extreme z26 pads and Baer Radispeed 2 piece rotors. The z26 pads don't have the initial bite the stocks did which I didn't like anyways, get the z26 pads a little warm and they are perfect in my opinion for spirited sreet driving. The Baer rotors are pricey and only got them because I found them on sale for around $400 less than full price. They are lighter than stock rotors also.![]()
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That kit was like $450 last month, prices are getting stupid!!
💯 Prices are crazy indeed!!!!
I just ordered a set of 2019 GT calipers 4 piston front and rear calipers from ebay-- Then I cancelled my 2019 base order from carvana and ordered the 2019 PP Premium. So i no longer need these. they are for sale if you need some.
I did my 4 pot upgrade a while ago. I'm working on getting my build finished and running so I can dial in my big turbo tune.
ok cool. No Problem
Please keep a very close eye on those rotors. Drilling metal fatigues it and will lead to stress cracks between the holes on those things. I don't trust them any further than I can throw them.
Thanks for that Squid, it's a good point and fair suggestion. It does however lead to a huge amount of questions around the popularity and performance aspects of drilled/slotted rotors, and why they are used in so many high performance applications. I'm not at all disagreeing with your statement, clearly you guys do a ton more track and SCCA racing than I do, so this is coming from a place of ignorance, but if this is the case then what should we (or I) be looking for in a good set of performance brakes? I'm not necessarily looking to do the GT upgrade, but from a shade tree perspective what exactly are the downsides to a kit like the power stop kit or any other drilled or slotted setup?
I've seen a LOT of Porsches and other cars at the track with cracks in those drilled rotors. The owners are also surprised that it is happening. GT3 and other professional race teams swap rotors like we swap Ozarka bottles, so they aren't on long enough to suffer from cracking altho they do crack due to the heat.
Awesome info Squid, thanks for the explanation.
