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Hey mate, is that a Safebrake braided line kit? Did you have alignment issues with the rear bracket rivet holes?

I would be looking at a 325mm rotor and C6 caliper premium brake upgrade for the front.

Washed it and decided to take some pictures of it. Phone camera plus some poor HDR filter don't help mask my lack of photography skills :D

I agree Steve. Even the 355 rotors look small. But the rims are epic, I love them. raband, will give it a wash tomorrow and get some pictures.

Part two of the brake upgrade. Decided to fit the front this morning and it was painless and straight forward just like the rears. Did not have to get the grinder out this time, but the extra bleeding required meant they still took about the same time per wheel from start to finish. As before, here are some pictures I took during the swap. Factory FG front brakes look a little less ridiculous behind the 20inch wheels compared to the rears. Factory FG front brakes with the wheel off. Factory FG front caliper next to the 4 pot Brembo. The 4 pot Brembos are considerably bigger as expected. Factory FG front rotor next to DBA T3 355mm rotor. The black paint they use on the rotor hubs comes of real easy, so gotta be careful with the brake cleaner. New rotor and Brembo caliper all fitted up and brakes bled. Final photo with the wheels back on. Finally some decent brakes to fill out the wheels Overall I am very happy with how it all went and from initial run around the block, there is a lot more bite with moderate brake pedal pressure. Still early days as I was doing the usual beading-in procedure, but towards the end once they got some heat into them they really performed well. Pads are original Brembo fronts that came with the calipers and Bendix GTC rears, so nothing special but will do for now. I could not find much info on the Safebrake braided line kit. I had an issue with the rear bracket rivet holes not lining up so had to elongate the brakes a bit, so will be passing on my feedback to Safebrake with some pictures. But apart from that all good.

Hey Aaron, one photo I did not take was me holding the bigger caliper in place to show how they hit the backing plate (wish I did now). The Territory caliper is a lot wider, you can see in the photo of the two calipers, from the two mounding holes the body is a lot wider at that point. If I did not trim the backing plate it would have pushed the plate against the inner disk face. I am pretty sure it is only necessary to trim the backing plate when going from the small caliper to the Territory or Brembo. Your F6 would have had the bigger Territory caliper from the start? Here is a better picture of the original rear caliper. I priced up a set of FG F6 rear backing plates from Covs, but at close to $100 a side I decided to just trim mine. Got a couple of cans of Bendix brake cleaner (awesome stuff) and cleaned the disks a couple of times, both the brake surface and also the inner handbrake section. Brake cleaner came is handy at the end also to clean everything down so there is no brake fluid anywhere and everything was clean and dry before the wheel went back on. Also cleaned the hubs with wire brush drill fittings, but they were pretty clean to start. I got a few more photos on my phone with the in-between steps but did not put them all up

Christmas came early for me and my FG XR6T, the new brake package is all together finally 4 pot Brembo fronts with DBA T3 355mm rotors and PBR upgraded rear calipers (Territory and FPV) with DBA T3 328mm rotors and a set of Safebrake braided brake lines. Picked up the brake lines for AusPost earlier today and got stuck into doing the rears straight away. The whole package. Factory FG rear brakes look ridiculous with big wheels. Factory rears with the wheel off. Factory FG rear caliper next to the bigger rear Territory caliper. I bought the rear Territory calipers from a wrecker, cleaned them up and gave them a few coats of caliper paint. Factory FG rear solid rotor next to DBA T3 vented 328mm rotor. For anyone doing this upgrade, you will need to trim the backing dust plate that sits behind the rotors to accommodate the bigger calipers. I cut approx 15mm away from each side. New rotors and caliper all fitted up and brakes bled. I forgot to take the little magnet of the rotor from the one man brake bleed kit in this photo. Both sides done and wheels back on. Took thge opotunity to wash the inside of the wheel while they were off. The 20's still make the new brakes look small. I have a few more pictures, if anyone is interested ask away and I will try and answer any questions. Will do the fronts early on Boxing day I think and update with pictures.

Anyone got a spare or leftover FPV rim that will clear big brakes laying around that they want to sell? Not too fussed about type or condition as it will be used as a spare.

No have not used it before, but keen to buy some and give it a try. Will have to order a batch I think.

^^ White looks so mint when clean and swirl free Mick, do you buy Iron X locally?

Installed GT6 today and did a few races. Definitely an improvement over GT5 and new tracks are awesome.

RDA rotors ftw by the look of it. Those are some serious cracks in that rotor.

Ask your tuner about fuel pump. Otherwise if you want to supply or fit yourself you can get one of these http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=290601707527 They also have e85 pumps and bigger cradle pots etc. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261241856172

Going to pickup my copy of GT6 this week. Huge fan of the series and good to hear the latest is an improvement

As Aaron suggested United 100 is another option and probably easier yo get our way compared to e85. Problem is though if it is not the fuel then it could be a waste of time and money getting it retuned. If you google fuel testing Perth, there are a couple of places that do it but it's not cheap. Mick, if it was me I would also change the intake pump. You can get a replacement drop in cradle for around 300 with a high flow welbro pump. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

If it was me Mick, I'd get the fuel tested to put my mind at ease. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

I am sure it will all work out Mick. Your peak power is in range of what these things make with the mods you have done. I've said it before, but I think the torque is what makes all the difference. Yours may be down on torque if timing had to be pulled. Best to speak to tuner though and get to bottom of it. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

Over in Victoria for a week atm and God do they have some fun roads here After driving the Mrs around vineries all day I took the Maroondah Hwy from Healesville to Buxton and back. What an awesome drive! Wish I had the XR6T here with me. Off tomorrow to drive the Great Ocean Road for a couple of days

How does it drive now after the tune Mick? You don't sound too happy with it? Interesting the difference in boost between the two above graphs. With 16psi yours must feel a lot stronger when boost comes on?

Looking forward to your feedback old_mate. I am most interested in the SparkMax results.

Yea 695 sounds a bit rich, but people have been buying 500-600 for intakes that do SFA for a while now There are also many online test between the KB and JMS voltage boosters.

Great result, must be happy with that. I have also never seen more then 7.5 psi in all the data logging I have done on my FG. Will be interested to see you torque and boost curves if you have them on the dino printouts.

^^^^^ http://www.masters.com.au/product/900033457/909-26cc-petrol-line-trimmer-lt26

I know that XFT have got over 350rwkw out of a baby turbo FG on E85 with the Euro 4 cat.

Thanks ratter, looking forward to your feedback and findings.