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Long story short, a friend bought a gem of a BBR Turbo NA. He wants to retain the car in as stock as possible form but the brakes could use an upgrade.
I am quite sure that the NB Sport brakes will not fit under the daisies, so what is the "biggest" setup he can fit in there? My guess would be regular NB/NB2 brakes, but are there any other inputs?
FM's Little Brake kit, but NA8 and NB1 regular brakes are the only stock brakes that will fit.
Maruha I think had a small, multi-piston setup too. I haven't looked it up in a while, though.
Thanks Steve! He is after OEM options only.The Maruha calipers are rebranded Wilwood AFAIK.
There are generally more brake compounds for the non-sport 1.8 version, at least here in the US. They were on a lot of different cars here. Given the influence of Spec Miata, I have been able to buy rotors and racing pads at the tracks near me at average prices, in a pinch.
I think 1.8 brakes are a must-have for an NA6 turbo as a minimum upgrade. It still plays nice with 14” wheels I had on mine (Watanabes, Enkei, etc.)
I believe Chikara Motorsports uses the OEM 11" Rotors and pads from the ND miata?
True, but no way these will fit under the stock 14"s. Goal here is to have a completely OEM look and preserve originality as much as possible (car has less than 20k miles and it is bone stock besides the BBR fitted kit).
only 20K miles !! :shock:
I am demanding pictures of this BBR.
Big brakes aren't really required imho. I run standard size on a supercharged 1.6 no problem. Just buy decent pads and rotors. If tracking the car a lot invest in brake air ducting.
Fitting bigger calipers and rotors just increases unsprung weight.
My B-spec is a 93 but was upgraded to NA8 Brakes and it feels fantastic and brakes very very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by OnePaintedMan
OP I think NA8 brakes is the move.
Planning to run FM2 turbo and honestly the 1.6 brakes suck when you add boost. Mine was formally SC but I took that off