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Try sourcing a replacement engine from ford just to check if it’s an availability issue or your dealer being lazy.

Would be the first time anyone has tried to tell me that repair costs on a BMW are comparable to a Ford. That being said I can understand that domestic vehicles are catching up to the "hostile to repair" category that luxury german cars have been in for while now which drives up labor costs...

I thought of all the options around BMW and how stupid easy it is to get monster power , plus out of the box handling is all already there. Powertrains are usually super beefy stock already if you pick the right model/engine combos as well to handle extra gobs of power unlike the ST. With all...

Ugh, ohwell.

Yea it hurts. I went down the path trying to source the parts to put together a GT350/500 upgrade. I'm just bad at finding stuff I guess, so a lot of it is assurance/support/convenience of a purpose designed kit and all new parts. I've kept my last few cars for 10 years+ and plan on that with...

Ah yea meant to say 3K

Spoke with Bruce over at Superforged. Asked about only doing fronts for "fun" street driving on empty backroads and whether it will be a problem with the rear being stock. He said not at all, he offers the whole kit that sure will be better but the fronts alone he said I would be very pleased...

Hah I had it in my Walmart cart yesterday and went to purchase this morning, Out of Stock. I guess everyone here ran and ordered it up!

Thanks i'll have to go fire up Facebook I guess lol. Even the GT350 will be a score. I just feel the stock fronts especially are just way too weak for a 450HP+ (modded) vehicle of this size.

Yea ideally just to improve overall brake performance not hardcore type stuff that would get me into trouble being unbalanced. I wouldn't mind dropping $1500 on a GT500 setup. I checked ebay but didnt see anything. Recommend sites to look around on for stuff like this?

OK yea i can see that affecting things in an unpleasant manner. The full Superforged kit looks to be the way, tough pill to swallow when it comes to the $$ even though I'm sure you get what you pay for.

Amazing value!

Is there a serious saftey concern? I mean won't the ABS keep doing its job as always preventing front lock-up?

Awesome thanks for all your work and linking the thread! I priced a GT500 front left caliper alone and its $700. This option will add up super fast to be the price of the Superforged front BBK at this rate. I suppose the cost savings is if I can find some used GT500 front brake sets.

I had a 15' Forester XT that was cobb tuned. Loved that little SUV, definately a little sleeper with that WRX engine under the hood (albiet a bit de-tuned more for low end torque). Still was a fun vehicle and surprised every passenger with how she moved. I moved into the ST when checking out the...

You may need to adjust all the clamps evenly to get to the desired tip position , just keep that in mind. Better to adjust a few a little then try to make up all the room with just one set of clamps leaving not much between pipe ends. Oh I know NJ cold. I grew up in Woodbridge not far from you.

Oh you have my attention I was unaware of this option. I really want to do the GT500 swap. I read (https://www.explorerst.org/threads/explorer-st-modding-101-guide.7324/) here about it but have no idea on what to purchase and where the best places is to go to for this stuff and not having luck...

Not talking about clearing to "fix" anything, just to read the specific code to understand more accurately what is going on. In my example case clearing the code was fine because I know what happened and it wasn't due to something broken.

Would just getting the front Superforged BBK be OK. I'm not racing, just want better braking performance for "spirited" street driving. Does the rear really need an upgrade being most of the stopping is done at the front?

Curious did you use stock pads or went with an "upgrade" , if so what did you use and how do you like them?