dc5 brake conversion


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Hi, has anyone ever seen or heard of dc5 brembos bein fitted to ek9. Looking for bigger brakes but trying to keep it cheap as possible
 
are you endurance racing or making really big power that you're overwhelming the stock brakes?
 
I have seen that on ek hatchs around Ontario looks pretty boss but who ever has that upgrade has a k series to go with it =P
 
better to go for NSX calipers
they are 4 pot and bolt straight on
DC5 will need hubs knuckles changed :(
 
yeh bro iv seen this set up that u want to do but as i said they all had like bigger wheels 17 inch liek the rsx type s wheels and such i dunno if you could run smaller wheels seeing as the rotor is so big...
 
Yeah there only two piston callipers.. The 97+ Caliper has 1 larger piston than the previos ones.. The disc should fit 16's too and they have the same size front pads as d pads on the Dc2 nd prelude V-tec i think..
 
the dc5 brakes will fit. one a the friends done it on his civic, its an eg with 5 stud civic brakes. the back ones are the same except the you have swap the right one and the left one cause the spring for handbrake cable is on opposie end and the front ones are the same but you need longer wheels studs... sweet lookin :D
 
well mate i didn't get any pictures yet but i will get some.
for the dc5 brakes to fit he used the ek9/dc2 disks on the front. he needed to get a spacer. i'll find out exactly what size. he put the spacer in behind the disk to bring the disk out and then the brembo caliper just fitted perfect. he might need to get longer wheel studs. its a nice job. as for the back. he got to use the dc5 disk to. he had to put the right caliper on the left side and the left caliper on the right side. he had to do this because the brake line and handbrake cable are on the opposite end on the ek9 and the dc5 :D hope this helps and you can understand it :D
 
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wayne224 said:
Yeah there only two piston callipers.. The 97+ Caliper has 1 larger piston than the previos ones.. The disc should fit 16's too and they have the same size front pads as d pads on the Dc2 nd prelude V-tec i think..
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Having had NSX calipers on DC2 hubs on my EG6, they are 2 pot, run 282mm disks (will fit under lots of 15" wheels that i had over the years) need no mod to bolt on, and use the same pads as DC2's ludes, legend etc.

Jfyi :)

Chris
 
karlEK9 said:
well mate i didn't get any pictures yet but i will get some.
for the dc5 brakes to fit he used the ek9/dc2 disks on the front. he needed to get a spacer. i'll find out exactly what size. he put the spacer in behind the disk to bring the disk out and then the brembo caliper just fitted perfect. he might need to get longer wheel studs. its a nice job. as for the back. he got to use the dc5 disk to. he had to put the right caliper on the left side and the left caliper on the right side. he had to do this because the brake line and handbrake cable are on the opposite end on the ek9 and the dc5 :D hope this helps and you can understand it :D
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dc5 run 300mm but ek9/dc2 are 282mm - are you sure hes using dc2 front discs? cant see how the pads going to be hitting the disc in the right place
 
karlEK9 said:
well mate i didn't get any pictures yet but i will get some.
for the dc5 brakes to fit he used the ek9/dc2 disks on the front. he needed to get a spacer. i'll find out exactly what size. he put the spacer in behind the disk to bring the disk out and then the brembo caliper just fitted perfect. he might need to get longer wheel studs. its a nice job. as for the back. he got to use the dc5 disk to. he had to put the right caliper on the left side and the left caliper on the right side. he had to do this because the brake line and handbrake cable are on the opposite end on the ek9 and the dc5 :D hope this helps and you can understand it :D
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Did the caliper bolt straight on even tho the dc5 caliper is on opposite side to ek9
 
its only on the rear that they are opposite and yeah they do bolt straight on. and yeah i'm pretty sure that he used the dc2 disk on the front but i'll double check:nice:
 
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