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Brembo Big Brake Kits

The Brembo Gran Turismo High Performance Braking System (Brembo Big Brake Kit) offers significant advantages over the OE manufacturers system advantages far beyond what's simply known as big brakes. As the braking systems primary function is to dissipate heat, larger, more sophisticated discs are used in order to increase the fade resistance of the system.

Advantages of Brembo Big Brake Kit Rotors:

The Brembo Big Brake Kit discs are directionally vented for enhanced cooling, as well as drilled or slotted for improved consistency, continuously cleaning and refreshing the pad surface. In most applications, a two-piece floating disc assembly is used, with a cast-iron disc specially mounted to a billet aluminum hat. One of the advantages of this type of construction is reduced weight. By making the center-section of the disc out of aluminum, a great deal of weight can be saved in a key location, as it is both un-sprung and rotating. The greatest advantage, however, lies in the float itself. The brake discs must cope with extreme temperature levels. In the case of a non-floating disc, thermal stresses develop which lead to warping of the disc and cupping of the braking surface. With the full floating system, the disc is free to grow relative to the bell, and can remain straight and true.

Brembo Big Brake Kit Calipers:

On nearly all the vehicles for which there is a Gran Turismo system available, the OEM caliper is of a sliding design, with the piston or pistons on only the inboard side of the disc. While this type of caliper is inexpensive to manufacture, it is generally extremely heavy, and inherently flexible, both of which are to be avoided on a performance braking system. Conversely, Brembo's calipers are fixed mount, opposed piston calipers cast from aluminum alloy. Despite being much larger and many times stiffer than the original caliper, they are also much lighter. The calipers are equipped with differential piston bores in order to eliminate pad taper. Without this feature, the leading edge of the pad will wear more quickly. This can cause problems such as cocking the pistons in their bores, which can damage or seize them.

Gran Turismo system includes:

In addition to the above mentioned Calipers, and Rotors, each Gran Turismo system comes with high performance brake pads, aircraft quality hardware, DOT and TUV approved Goodridge stainless steel braided brake lines, instruction manual and dye cut stickers for your car. The net result is a braking system, developed specifically for each vehicle application by Brembos immense technical resources, that insures high quality as well as high performance.

Your Source for Brembo Brake Kits

Above All Motorwerks is proud to offer Brembo brake kits as part of our extensive inventory of high performance auto parts.

We've used Brembo brake kits in the cars we have raced and we know they are the best you can get. These high performance systems are unlike anything else on the market and we wouldn't race with anything else.

Get the Advantage of Brembo Brake Kits

Not everyone wants to drive a race car. Not everyone is concerned with how quickly their car goes from 0 to 60.

However we all care about how fast our cars go from 60 to 0.

Whether you drive a high performance sports car or a family car, Brembo brake kits give you an advantage over a stock brake system.

When you need to stop, you need to stop fast and you need to stop safe. A few extra feet of braking distance can be the distance between a little scare and a major accident. Safe braking is means your car doesn't skid or fishtail so you keep full control even when stopping suddenly.

Although Brembo brake kits have a racing pedigree, they are becoming more common in passenger vehicles. They are still primarily aftermarket components, but manufacturers such as BMW and Porsche are using Brembo brake kits as stock components.

Brembo brake kits have their humble beginnings in a small auto mechanic shop in Bergamo, Italy. The owners' skill with mechanics and metallurgy came to the attention of Alfa Romeo who was interested in Brembo brake kits for their racecars.

Within a few years, Brembo brake kits were being sold as aftermarket parts, the first Italian brake discs ever produced. Over the years their skill spread throughout Europe then throughout the world.

Today, Brembo brake kits are standard in cars and motorcycles competing in all levels of motorsport, including Formula One racers.