Bought a low milage 2009 Clubman last month and have begun my love affair with it. Added KN induction system and MN 4" exhaust Cat back system. Every thing added fit perfectly and met all my expectations. Car performs and sounds great! My mini is the six speed automatic and really woke up with these simple mods. Next I need to enhance Braking simply because living in the mountains and running in sport mode this car builds up speed quicker than the stock braking system can effectively handle. JWC kits appear to be the solution just need to score the best kit price now. Unimog my handle is a carry over from my last toy a Mercedes 406 Unimog
I'm selling a used big brake kit (front only). http://www.motoringalliance.com/forums/1st-generation-parts-sale/14329-big-brake-kit-sale.html#axzz22D2U9wZg
Big brake confusion Now trying to weed through technical jargon regarding my existing brakes and future big brake upgrades. From this forum it appears that my rear Clubman S brakes are identical to what comes in the JCW packages less the beautiful sticker and red paint. Consequently purchasing new front calipers whether JCW or StopTech or Wilwood or another high performance manufacturer is first based on sale price, second features (i.e. rotor design pad costs & performance) lastly a set of big brake calipers that don't require changing my factory 17' alloy rims or install disc spacers. Found JCW kit on Ebay UK at $1,389 new but also read recalls article on JCW big brakes on old inventory from 2009. Wilwood sells complete big brake kit with both vented front and rear rotors in black for $1,600 big question is will it fit stock alloy 17" rims and will reasonable cost pad be available now and in the future. Still searching and love your input, Thanks
I think that you will find the cost of pads for most BBK's to be less than the cost of pads for MINI Calipers. Plus there is often a greater choice of compounds available. Most BBK's use a standard "stock car" pad size that most every pad maker will have multiple compounds available from street to track applications. For example, the BBK on my car is based on an Outlaw caliper that uses the PFC 752 or HB 100 pad type. OK, that is really helpful I hear you saying. So what is the PFC 752 or HB 100 pad type? Those pad types correspond to a known shape of brake pad. HB is Hawks numbering system, PFC is Performance Friction's system. These are standardized across the industry. The HB100/PFC752 is a very common type with a host of compounds. Hawk, for example, has 14 different brake pad compounds for that size pad.
Actually, the pad shape is known as Hawk HB100, Performance Friction PFC 7752, Wilwood 7112, or Carbotech CT7112. For whatever reason, pads for this caliper are ridiculously cheap. I compared a few pad shapes based on pad volume, and the Outlaw-based BBK pads are a steal. Shameless plug: they're the same calipers that I'm trying to sell, if anyone's interested.
For pads we found Carbotechs perform better all around, road and track, and are the most rotor friendly. On our MINI we have Wilwood calipers with two piece directional vained slotted rotors in the front and stock r53 calipers with slotted rotors for the rear. we have had that set up for a while with out problems around town, at the track or autocrossing. Brakes - MINI - Sneed Speed Shop