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Originally Posted by vipzilla
yes but how much of a difrence in braking do you see is it a big noticible diff .. if 80 to 90% of braking is done by the front how big of a difrence will it be by improving the rear brakes???
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The first level question is what you are looking to do with a brake upgrade. On the street, big front brakes on a Gen1 will not do much for you. The reason is that the fronts will lock up already on most street tires with the stock brakes. Without ABS, you'll just lock up earlier. You really need warm tires or a lot of speed to get a benefit out of the bigger fronts. If you're hitting the track, you'll notice a difference with bigger fronts. You'll also want a cooling kit to go along with those bigger fronts, because more brake will generate a lot more heat.
Tom's kit is a very good upgrade, especially on a Gen1. I'd do it either way. The reason is that you'd like to maximize the braking on all 4 tires. The rear tires on a Gen1 are far from locking up under most circumstances. Doing Tom's kit is an easy way to increase the rear braking. You could also try out a proportioning valve for increasing the rear bias, but I'd start with Tom's kit.