10 MINUTE TECH BIG BRAKE KITS
“Big brake kits offer vastly superior braking performance and are particularly suitable for track driving”
WHAT ARE BIG BRAKE KITS AND WHAT DO THEY DO?
Big brake kits (BBKs) are essentially bigger, stronger and often lighter versions of your car’s existing brake setup. They consist of a pair of discs that are often considerably larger in diameter than OEM items, are often of a two-piece construction with a central ‘bell’ bolted to a ventilated outer disc (or ‘rotor’ if you’re American). The other parts of a BBK are the callipers, which contain multiple piston arrangements – four, six, eight and even ten or 12-piston designs are available – and a pair of application-specific extended mounting brackets for the calliper. Some kits also contain braided brake hoses too.
ARE ALL BIG BRAKE KITS THE SAME?
While practically all big brake kits use the same basic principle of
