EVO 5-9 (Brembo) Front Big Brake Upgrade Kit: 1g DSM

Build your custom EVO 5-9 Front Big Brake Upgrade Kit!

This upgrade uses the much larger 4-piston Brembo calipers that came stock on EVO 5-9 and the matching EVO 5-9 rotors and allows you to install them on your 1g DSM.

This kit starts with our own mounting bracket and hardware kit. You can then add the pads and rotors of your choice. It should be noted that the EVO 5-9 Brembo calipers use a banjo fitting as the attachment point for the brake lines which is NOT compatible with the stock 1g DSM brake lines.

Installing this kit is a bit unusual compared to similar brake upgrades in that in order for the calipers to clear the knuckle and bracket a small amount of material must be removed from the caliper. The area where the material is removed is not a critical structural area, but there's no denying that removing material will (at least in theory) weaken the structure of the caliper. 

There are two methods of attaching EVO 5-9 4-piston Brembo calipers to a 1g DSM:

• (1) The more or less traditional method where the RTM bracket is bolted to the steering knuckle (with bolts passing thru the steering knuckle into threaded holes in the bracket). As discussed earlier, some material will need to be removed from the caliper in order to clear the knuckle/bracket.
• (2) Tapping (also known as threading) one of the caliper mounting holes in the knuckle (with an M14x2 tap) and bolting one of the ends of the RTM bracket to the knuckle with an M14 bolt. This method requires less material to be removed from the caliper than method (1) above.

Each of the methods above offer certain advantages over the other and there is no obviously superior method.  The main advantage of method (1) is ease and simplicity.  It requires no tapping of the knuckle, the brackets are simply bolted to the knuckle with supplied hardware.  The main disadvantage is that more material must be removed from the caliper to accommodate one of the bolt heads. The main advantage of method (2) is that less material needs to be removed from the caliper since one of the bolts attaching the bracket to the knuckle is threaded in from the backside and thus its head does not protrude into the caliper.  The main disadvantage is the extra time and effort of tapping the knuckle.

NOTE: It should be noted that we no longer have stock of the brackets used for method (2) above.  It you wish to use this method, you can simply drill out one of the M12 threaded holes on each bracket for a clearance hole for a M14 bolt. (You'll also need to source two M14x2.0 bolts).  Refer to the detailed images for a photo of these brackets.

NOTE: The basic hardware kit includes brackets, spacers, bolts and washers. Optionally available are a pair of hubcentric rings that may be required to properly locate the EVO 5-9 rotors to the DSM hub.

NOTES on USE of HUBCENTRIC RINGS:
You MAY require hubcentric rings to properly mount EVO 5-9 rotors to your vehicle.  For details, please refer to "EVO 5-9/Genesis Brake Rotor Hubcentric Rings" found in the "Related products" section near the bottom of the page.

NOTE: We should point out that these caliper mounting brackets are very strong units: they're made from 1/2" thick STEEL (NOT aluminium) and are extremely strong. The bolts used are 12mm and grade 10.9. These are NOT weak, flimsy components, they are strong and robust. In fact, we'd wager that under the most extreme braking conditions, the "spokes" on your aluminium rims would shear away from the outer portion of the rim, or perhaps the caliper itself would disintegrate long before these brackets failed!

NOTE: For details on all the various pads and rotors available for this upgrade, please refer to the "Related products" section near the bottom of the page.

THE MORE YOU BUY, THE MORE YOU SAVE!  Purchase either a pair of calipers or a pair of premium rotors as part of your kit, and we will reduce the price of the bracket/hardware kit by $30.00.  Purchase both, and we will lower the price by $60.00.  Add a set of premium pads (Hawk or EBC) and brake lines, and we will reduce the price by $90.00!  You will be getting the brackets and hardware at well below our cost!

Application: DSM (1990-94).

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