Brake size upgraded with Sasquatch?

[Erock]

What size pistons? The Bronco has twin 2” pistons on the front... so not too bad.
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[Dads_bronze_bronco]

What size pistons? The Bronco has twin 2” pistons on the front... so not too bad.
@Dads_bronze_bronco

Ok - then just bigger rotors and calipers- which makes it least expensive.

I couldn’t find a brake upgrade on FPP for the Ranger as a proxy.

 

[VelocityBrew]

This thread is funny

 

[BroncoAZ]

That is not the Bronco spec, here it is.

Rotor diameter/thickness, Front 311 mm (12.25") x 34 mm, Rear 308 mm (12.12") x 24 mm

2021 Ford Bronco Full Tech Specs

Certainly an improvement over the 11” front rotors and rear drums on my 87 Bronco. With 35” tires it didn’t stop great, but the rear disc conversion helped.

 

[Razorback]

Has anyone heard whether Brembo will have brakes for the Bronco?

 

[BigMeatsBronco]

Has anyone heard whether Brembo will have brakes for the Bronco?

They are working on in now. Lethal Performance has some ranger raptor ones that likely fit but they have to do more testing to confirm.

 

[nwGTS]

Has anyone scoped to see if the upcoming Bronco Raptor has an upgraded brake package? If it uses the same hubs, it would be a relatively easy and accessible upgrade through Ford itself.

 

[Exomodo]

Yeah, that's too small for 33" or 35" tires. I bet they upgrade them next year. I read the Wrangler is 12.9" front/rear, and the Sahara and Rubicon get heavier duty than the standard 12.9" so I'm sure Ford will follow suit.

There are SCCA classes that have settled on 12 inch rotors as spec because that is the largest size available on 1990s Camaros and Corvettes...
I'm the first person to admit I'd rather spend money first on brakes before the ability to sprint to sixty, but considering my usage case for the Bronco, if you're doing 80 mph on 37s, your priorities are out of whack. 12 inch rotors are capable of living inside 16 inch wheels, 13s in 17s, 14s in 18s, etc. Wherever possible, increase rotor diameter and piston count/swept area, but also understand the primary mission of the vehicle. If my rig will never exceed 50 mph unless it's on my equipment trailer, brakes aren't critical to the intended use case. The Bronco with 12 inch rotors allows for the most popular sizes and the lowest cost, see TFLs Land Rover disaster as evidence otherwise.

 

[Gtrekker]

Interesting how pedal feel and stopping power will compare between models with the smallest tires and those with the largest. Stopping with 37's might be awful on stock brakes!

Hey, I'm running 37 KO2s on my 2dr Wildtrak and the braking is very good!!! I will upgrade my pads n rotor when they're due. I believe I saw PowerStop currently have upgrades from factory.

 

[skiborsy]

F150 Raptors come with 17s and 350mm front brakes (13.8"), so Ford has bigger brakes which fit 17s in the parts bin: https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North America/US/product/2021/f150/raptor/pdf/2021-Ford-F-150-Raptor-Tech-Specs.pdf

Looks like the Bronco Raptors are using the same or similar https://media.ford.com/content/dam/...or/pdf/2022-Ford-Bronco-Raptor-Tech-Specs.pdf:

 

[BR0NCO]

Has anyone scoped to see if the upcoming Bronco Raptor has an upgraded brake package? If it uses the same hubs, it would be a relatively easy and accessible upgrade through Ford itself.

It does have bigger brakes from the F150

 

[North7]

Bronco's us the same brakes on all models so the 16" wheels should be fine.

However, you have to take into account the thickness of the aluminum wheel vs a steel wheel. A thick wheel may hit the calipers so fit check first before buying and be sure to leave some clearance for caliper cooling.

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