New 'premium' Discs

.... reply from dba re dba 5000 series discs.

'...Thank you for your enquiry, we are always interested in customer

feedback and enquiries.

To answer a few of your questions, at present we are not going to make a

5000 series rotor for the BA Premium brake package.

Due to the nature of how a lot of these vehicles are driven we made the

decision to release our entry level rotor a 4000 series. The 4000 series

discs have a number of improvements over a standard rotor. These

improvements include Kangaroo Paw ventilation, Thermal Stability

Profiling (TSP), Thermographic Heat Paint, 6 x 6 wiper slot design or

the unique XS cross drilled and slotted design. Here is a link to our

4000 series web page www.dba.com.au/DBA4000series_specs.pdf .

The 4000 series rotors are able to withstand higher braking temperatures

due to the TSP treating, and the rotor temperature can be monitored

using the thermographic heat paint to assist in pad selection for on the

race track.

Our 4000 series discs were originally developed as a club-spec motor

sport disc but due to the design of some OEM braking systems has become

a much better suited replacement for the standard discs due to their

ability to withstand the higher braking temperatures, thus minimizing

brake shudder issues caused by excessive heat. As you would be aware

Ford has changed to a different rotor setup on the BF Falcon XR6 Turbo,

so the DBA 42104 rotor is now an exclusive to the BA & BA2 XR series

Falcons with the Premium brake upgrade and the BA & BA2 FPV Standard

brake kit.

If you are using the vehicle for serious club track days and want to

have the best brakes possible I would suggest you look at something like

the V-Sport Club-Spec brake upgrade kit which uses a suitable DBA 5000

series disc with AP-Racing calipers.

I hope this information helps but if you have any further questions

please feel free to email me.

Kind Regards,

Aaron Franklin

Product Manager

Disc Brakes Australia Pty Ltd

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