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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 11:18 AM
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Article on Brembo brake package sales

Doing pretty good apparently. Although in the article it says that the rears on Brembo cars are 4 piston. They're single aren't they? Although they are painted black just like the GT500s.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/22/t...igher-than-ex/
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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Aren't the rear brakes exactly the same as the non-brembo models?

Also did anyone ever confirm if the suspension hardware is any different?

Lastly, if aside from the tires/brakes/wheels, the differences are merely electronic. Would it be possible to flash a non-brembo car up to those settings?
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 12:10 PM
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Yeah i have heard that the springs, struts, shocks, bars, trail arms, and steering is different. We need to have someone with a Brembo, and a non Brembo, take the codes off the parts to see. Ronn
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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According to the Canadian Order Guide, the brakes on the Brembo package are the same as the Shelby GT500. So what do the Shelbys have?
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 01:07 PM
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I read an article that said they are different. I test drove a 2011 GT with the Brembo package and the suspension felt a lot different then the car I ordered without it. The Brembo package made it feel too refined to me. Kind of like an Infinity G37 that I test drove. You might want to test drive both if you find both?

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Aren't the rear brakes exactly the same as the non-brembo models?

Also did anyone ever confirm if the suspension hardware is any different?

Lastly, if aside from the tires/brakes/wheels, the differences are merely electronic. Would it be possible to flash a non-brembo car up to those settings?
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 02:12 PM
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You found the suspension of the GT with Brembo too harsh or too soft?
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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The only parts I know that are different are the springs, aside from the brakes. Also, the ESC tuning and EPAS calibration are different for Brembo equipped cars.

I don't know exactly what the rear brakes are on the package either. On the Ford website, they don't list more details other than the wheels and front brakes.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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Yeah I've been trying to get to the bottom of which parts are different on Brembo cars for a while now. You're right we know for a fact the springs are different, and I posted earlier that the LCAs on Brembo cars are painted silver as opposed to black like non-Brembo cars. When I test drove one on Monday is when I noticed that the rear brake calipers were painted black like those on the GT500. All of this leads me to believe that the parts are different, as I don't believe auto manufacurers would make such changes, no matter how small, for no apparent reason.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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I've heard the rear calipers on Brembo cars were twin-pot, as opposed to one-pot on non-brembo cars.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 06:54 PM
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Too soft, too isolated. It's one of the reasons I didn't go for the Infinity......

Originally Posted by newpony
You found the suspension of the GT with Brembo too harsh or too soft?
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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The rear brakes are the same, GT, GT Brembo, GT500, single piston calipers. Good possibility of different pads than a regular GT but the same calipers and rotors.
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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Right from the "Dealer Only" literature:

Brembo
® Brake Package

• 19" Dark Stainless painted aluminum wheels
• Brembo 4-piston high-performance front calipers
and rotors
• Rear 2-piston calipers and 11.8" vented rotors
• Summer compound performance tires
• Tire Mobility Kit replaces spare tire
• Unique AdvanceTrac electronic stability control tuning
• Available on GT models with manual transmission
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