What front brake setup to go with? Options

[Coomer]

I'm unsure of what brake setup to go with for the front of my car. I'm putting rear discs from a fifth gen. ST184 in the rear, but for the front I have these options:

1. ST185 Single Piston Calipers and 10.9" Rotors - Bigger rotors, but a single piston caliper.

2. ST165 Dual Piston Calipers and 10.0" Rotors - Smaller rotors, but a dual piston caliper.

I've read both ways on this, so I'm not sure which would provide better braking performance...what do you brake gurus suggest?

Oh, by the way, both are pretty much free to me at this point. I'm getting some ST185 single piston calipers and pads and rotors in exchange for some spare parts, and I have stock AT200 rotors which work for the ST165 calipers, and ST165 calipers and pads.

[creis]

i'ed go with the single piston 10.9's pad size makes the diff as long as its not a really small piston on a big pad that would cause uneven preassue, and boosted_K2 is exactly right figure out the surface area of the piston, but 1 big piston will do just fine on a biger rotor.

also may not be a big deal but look at pad brands and sizes for each, make sure you can get the pads you want (like ceramics) for each, could be that you cant get a good product range of pads for one of thoes setups, may change your mind about em.

This post has been edited by creis: Aug 25, 2006 - 2:34 PM