fantasyxiv Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Hi there, I've been told that with the 2010 subaru legacy gt that you can convert the front end braking system to a 4 pot system off a certain era of wrx (cant remeber which year) and I was just wondering if it is possible and if so is it worth the upgrade in terms of the results in braking improvement and stopping power that you'd obtain from the conversion? According to the performance shop that i deal with it achieves according to them a very noticable performnace increase. If i remeber correctly our front end system is 2 piston system correct? Any info will be much apprectaied, i've only seen info about this so far in realtion to the previous 4th gen liberties and nm on our 5th gens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutchard Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I haven't heard great things about the red 4-pots, at least from a performance aspect. About the only thing they have going for them is the ability to fit under 16" wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fahr_side Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 That would be a step backwards in heat capacity as the rotors are smaller than the stock ones on the 2010. Obligatory '[URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/2008-gh8-238668.html?t=238668"]build thread[/URL]' Increased capacity to 2.7 liters, still turbo, but no longer need spark plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 STI brembos are the only step up for us on the front end as far as OEM goes, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nads Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 When I had a WRX moving to LGT stuff was the low budget upgrade and the 4 pots only clear certain 16" wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasyxiv Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Oh i see, thanks for the information everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 The Subaru 4 pots are a step down in performance as compared to our stock brakes. As stated above, STi Brembo calipers are a step up and from 2008+ STi's, they will bolt right on both front and rear with only some mods to our stock backing plates. You will need DBA rotors for them that are Dual Drilled for both 5x100 and 5x114 bolt patterns. KNS Brakes can get you the part numbers or since you are in Oz, you can probably call DBA or a local distributor directly. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferdude1087 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 There are a bunch of upgrades available. Sti 4 pot, ATS/CTS-V 4 Pot, Z06 6 pot wildwood. They all are significant improvements over stock, but require better rotors and obviously different pads. They also require bigger wheels with specific spoke and offsets to clear the bigger kits. Research on this site should yield you the results you are looking for. Our brakes are bigger then all but 2015 WRX so those are a step down. Sti is another story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesedil Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I haven't seen any info about fitting Z06 calipers onto our cars before. Has someone done that yet? Even a 4th gen example would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferdude1087 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I haven't seen any info about fitting Z06 calipers onto our cars before. Has someone done that yet? Even a 4th gen example would be good. My garage does, they do the full kit for $1399 for 13" (335 ) rotors $1499 for 14" (355) rotors Its on the docket for late this year job dependent. I will post pics once it's done These are 05-12 Z06, the new ones are 6 pot brembos Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellesedil Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Sounds like fronts-only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferdude1087 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Sounds like fronts-only? It is. Don't really need rears for our cars though they said if I wanted I could swap my fronts to rear. They did a few years of work testing the setup. A bunch of their STi guys upgraded to these. Look at an M5 rear, it's TINY, most of the weight in braking will be hitting the fronts Sent from my VS986 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutchard Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 ...the 4 pots only clear certain 16" wheels. Well yes, but at least they make 16" wheels an option. Some drag/rally guys prefer smaller wheels for various reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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