Outlander Front Big Brake Upgrade: EVO 1-3

This upgrade is designed for people who wish to upgrade the braking performance of their early EVO. This is a more modest upgrade than the Cobra, VR-4 or EVO8-9 brake upgrades we carry but it's a very inexpensive one. The premise behind this upgrade is that if you take a caliper and move it further out from the centre of the wheel hub, braking performance increases. Even if the size of the caliper and pads remain the same, braking performance still increases. As it happens, Mitsu designed one of their vehicles to take advantage of this simple concept: the Mitsubishi Outlander. The Outlander uses the exact same dual-piston caliper found on an AWD DSM but it uses a caliper bracket that spaces the caliper 10mm further from the centre of the hub. Of course, the Outlander rotor is also larger in diameter to match (296mm vs. 276mm).

For those DSMers that already have dual-piston calipers, the only components required for this upgrade are the Outlander caliper brackets and the Outlander rotors. That's it. DSM dual-piston calipers (either 1g or 2g) will work with the Outlander brackets. The basic upgrade kit includes Outlander calipers with brackets, or brackets only, and your choice of Outlander rotors and pads. We offer the Outlander calipers and brackets in your choice of four finishes: bare cast iron, or painted one of three colours: gloss red, gloss black, or flat black.

NOTE: Photo is for display purposes and depicts a full kit with rebuilt calipers, pads and StopTech slotted rotors.  Be assured that your order will correspond to your selections in the drop-downs.

NOTE: Outlander caliper brackets will work ONLY with DSM DUAL-piston calipers, they will NOT work with DSM SINGLE-piston calipers.

NOTE: It should be noted that the brackets we offer in painted finish are NOT powder coated or painted at the factory. We purchase them in a bare cast state and spray paint them to order. The results are similar to what one would expect if they painted the brackets themselves. It should also be noted that we paint these calipers and brackets only when an order is placed, we do NOT stock pre-painted brackets and since it takes a full day for painted brackets to dry, any order that includes them will be shipped out one day later than it would otherwise.

NOTE: These brakes will NOT fit with all stock or aftermarket rims. We know they definitely clear any stock DSM 17" rim and we know of several styles of stock DSM 16" rims that clear. However, we're also aware of a few stock DSM 16" rims that do NOT clear. We know of no 15" rims that will clear these brakes. Most (but not ALL) aftermarket 16" or 17" rims will clear these brakes. Of course, since the offset and style of aftermarket rims can vary widely, RTM has no way of knowing if your particular rims will clear these brakes. It should be noted that most interference issues with most 16" rims are very small and can usually be remedied by removing a small amount of material from the calipers.

NOTE: As many of our customers are aware, RTM Racing has on its premises and operates a machine shop. For this reason, we have often been approached by our early EVO customers and asked to convert various rotors with a 5x114.3 bolt pattern to the early EVO friendly 4x114.3 bolt pattern by drilling out the rotor hat. We've always been reluctant to do so out of liability fears. The idea being that four bolts clamping down the rotor (and wheel) is not as strong as five bolts. It is due to these liability concerns that RTM will insist that a liability waiver be accepted by anyone who purchases 4x114.3 rotors.

RTM LIABILITY WAIVER: I understand there is a reason that larger wheels/brakes are generally fastened to the car with more bolts than smaller wheels/brakes. I am undertaking this modification to use larger brakes than my car was designed for at my own personal risk, and the vehicle is to be used for offroad use only. I will NOT hold RTM Racing in any way liable, as this modification has been performed at my own request and insistence. Additionally, any rotor that we modify to the 4x114.3 bolt pattern CANNOT be returned.

Application: EVO 1-3.

Kit includes a pair of brackets and a pair of rotors (if selected), plus calipers (if selected) and pads (if selected).

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