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Originally Posted by surewhynot
Thank you for the responses. Please excuse my ignorance with brake selection. To calculate the effective piston area is it piston size squared on a 2 piston caliper? That is my plan to use the largest rotor possible. I have 17" american racing ansen sprints currently. From what i gather c6 rotors are the biggest i can accommodate, i may be wrong and if i am any suggestions are welcome.
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The "effective" piston area of a caliper is calculated as the area of all of the pistons in a floating caliper design, or half the pistons in a fixed caliper design. The formula for the area of a circle is A = pi*r^2 where pi = 3.14 and r = radius in whatever units you prefer, typically inches or millimeters.
Maximum rotor size cannot be determined without knowing what caliper you intend to run with it, since the caliper is always larger than the rotor radially, and often axially speaking as well. Most 17" cast wheels will have brake fitment concerns when considering performance brake options.
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