SCblkRL
March 18th, 2008, 12:15pm
The first kit on the market that allows you to upgrade the stock, single piston floating calipers you have now to a stronger, lighter, custom 4 piston billet set-up. When looking at the stock brake set-up, we found that the stock rotor size is a great size for most street driven cars. However, we knew there was some room for improvement in the system by upgrading the stock single piston caliper with a fixed 4 piston caliper set-up.
We designed this kit with the concept of reducing the unsprung mass of the car and keeping the rotating mass as low as we could. By using the stock size rotors we do not overly bias the front brakes or increase the rotating mass often found with other brake kits. The big caliper upgrade comes with everything you need for the upgrade, 2 custom DDMworks big calipers in your choice of Black or Bright Red Anodized, 2 Caliper mounting brackets, your choice of brake pads and necessary hardware for the installation. You can re-use your stock brake lines, or upgrade to stainless lines for an even firmer pedal feel.
There is also talk of doing a big brake kit in the future. This is first part, these 4 piston caliper will be reused to upgrade to larger sized lighter rotors and allow for a stepped approach to the upgrade. This will allow some much needed style points to be added to your car. With that style comes some key features:
Billet Aluminum housing design (Superior in strength to cast calipers).
Four Bolt, multi-ribbed housing. (Increases rigidity and reduces deflection for improved pedal feel).
Stainless steel pistons. (Retards heat transfer to brake fluid).
High temperature, square cut piston seals. (Controls piston retraction for zero drag).
Internal crossover brake fluid passage. (Eliminates potential crossover tube damage from debris).
Stock Caliper, bracket and pads weight = 14.5 lbs each
DDM Caliper, Bracket and pads weight = 6 lbs each
That saves 8.5 lbs per side in the front = HUGE
Here is a picture on a RL. :bling
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/SCblkRL/RL4piston.jpg
Here is a picture on a Cobalt with Gunmetal rims. :bling
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/SCblkRL/Cobalt4piston.jpg
Sorry not a crisp clean picture...taken from a camera phone since i left mine at home >:(
K update for price
The initial 20 sets (10 Black & 10 Red) will be priced at $550
To Pre-order please call: Ivy or Dave @ DDMworks @ 864-907-6004 (please tell them that Jason sent you if you order.)
You can visit their website at www.ddmworks.com (http://www.ddmworks.com) They are in the process of setting up for Cobalts/Ions but you can see what they are doing for Sky's, Solstice, Mini, and Miata.
Anticipated ship date for the kits is Tax Day, April 15th, so plan accordingly....
We designed this kit with the concept of reducing the unsprung mass of the car and keeping the rotating mass as low as we could. By using the stock size rotors we do not overly bias the front brakes or increase the rotating mass often found with other brake kits. The big caliper upgrade comes with everything you need for the upgrade, 2 custom DDMworks big calipers in your choice of Black or Bright Red Anodized, 2 Caliper mounting brackets, your choice of brake pads and necessary hardware for the installation. You can re-use your stock brake lines, or upgrade to stainless lines for an even firmer pedal feel.
There is also talk of doing a big brake kit in the future. This is first part, these 4 piston caliper will be reused to upgrade to larger sized lighter rotors and allow for a stepped approach to the upgrade. This will allow some much needed style points to be added to your car. With that style comes some key features:
Billet Aluminum housing design (Superior in strength to cast calipers).
Four Bolt, multi-ribbed housing. (Increases rigidity and reduces deflection for improved pedal feel).
Stainless steel pistons. (Retards heat transfer to brake fluid).
High temperature, square cut piston seals. (Controls piston retraction for zero drag).
Internal crossover brake fluid passage. (Eliminates potential crossover tube damage from debris).
Stock Caliper, bracket and pads weight = 14.5 lbs each
DDM Caliper, Bracket and pads weight = 6 lbs each
That saves 8.5 lbs per side in the front = HUGE
Here is a picture on a RL. :bling
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/SCblkRL/RL4piston.jpg
Here is a picture on a Cobalt with Gunmetal rims. :bling
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/SCblkRL/Cobalt4piston.jpg
Sorry not a crisp clean picture...taken from a camera phone since i left mine at home >:(
K update for price
The initial 20 sets (10 Black & 10 Red) will be priced at $550
To Pre-order please call: Ivy or Dave @ DDMworks @ 864-907-6004 (please tell them that Jason sent you if you order.)
You can visit their website at www.ddmworks.com (http://www.ddmworks.com) They are in the process of setting up for Cobalts/Ions but you can see what they are doing for Sky's, Solstice, Mini, and Miata.
Anticipated ship date for the kits is Tax Day, April 15th, so plan accordingly....