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.

[playr158]

you want pad area yes but 1 large piston on a large pad isn't as good as a couple of small pistons on a large pad

1 piston the pressure is more center pad
where as say 2 piston the pressure is spread out more evenly along the pad

This post has been edited by playr158: Aug 25, 2006 - 2:46 PM