 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  12-02-2007, 03:13 AM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 |  BIG brake kits?
i need new front brakes and i was thinking of something better than stock so i was thinking in some big brake kits or whatever so give me some solutions  __________________  5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO |  |  | | 12-02-2007, 04:11 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
The solution is E46 3XX brakes. __________________ ...steven
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| | | | | 12-02-2007, 05:24 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
Since you have 17" wheels, the E46 330 front brakes would be a good upgrade. You'd go from a 286mm x 12mm solid rotor, to a 325mm x 25mm vented rotor. The E46 328 or E46 325 will bump you up to 300mm x 22mm vented. The E46 323 has 286mm x 22mm vented rotors like the "normal" E36s, so it's the most meager upgrade. Dig around on www.car-part.com, and I'm sure you'll find a good set of calipers and caliper carriers. You'll probably want new pads and rotors though. | | | | | 12-02-2007, 06:11 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 |
kool but i want maybe something like brembo or rotora __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | | | 12-02-2007, 06:15 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 |
330 is a good one so what year of 330 and model or they're all the same __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | | | 12-02-2007, 06:19 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Damascus, Maryland Posts: 434 |
My dad has an '02 330i with the sport package..believe their the same brakes as the E46 M3? Correct me if I'm wrong? __________________  | | | | | 12-02-2007, 06:29 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 |
330i 325mm x 25mm m3 325mm x 28mm __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | | | 12-02-2007, 06:30 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Damascus, Maryland Posts: 434 |
Pshhh. Might as well be the same thing __________________ | | | | | 12-02-2007, 06:31 AM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 |
so what parts i need (parts #) for the 330 setup? is possible to install e46 m3 brakes? __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | | | 12-02-2007, 11:46 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Land of the Vikings Posts: 2,700 |
discs , calipers and carriers (that hold the calliper to the damper leg) then you need a e36 M3 slave cylinder to accommodate for the extra fluid travel to the new larger calipers. the set up is no harder than this  __________________ 
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thanks dude __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | | | 12-03-2007, 12:33 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
If you get the E46 325/328 brakes, you won't need a new brake master cylinder. The those calipers use the same size pistons you already have. | | | | | 12-03-2007, 02:06 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 |
i think im going with brembo 320mm 1 piece __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | | | 12-03-2007, 05:23 AM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: 43609 Posts: 3,425 |
The true mini-BBK is the e36 m3 setup. Larger piston, vented, about 3-5mm wider, and about 1.25" larger diameter than the original ti rotors pre 04/98. The 330 setup has a larger rotor, uses the same size piston, and is vented, an upgrade, but not as much as the E36 M3. The E46 M3 front brake carriers must be modified by milling 6-7mm of material off the face of the carrier which mounts to the kingpin. This corrects the offset of the caliper in relation to the 325mm rotors.
Most people look for a way around spending time to do the work rather than spending money for something easy. M3>330, E46M3, just forget it. All you need are the spindles, rotors, calipers, pads, and carriers. 16's will fit the 330 and m3 brakes, has been proven. __________________ 1995 Hellrot Clubsport 318ti -Gone 1996 Schwartz II Sport 357ti - 5.7L V8 LS1/6 1997 Moregrun Metallic 318ti - Gone
1998 Schwartz II sport 318ti - M50TUB25/5 | | | | | 12-03-2007, 06:03 AM | #15 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,814 |
true but the whole thing to get new caliper, rotors, pads and carriers for the 330 is going to be around 1g and the brembo kit is 1.7g so is close enought and i get a kool looking brakes __________________ 5/96 318TI Sport BIG TURBO | | | | | |
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