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Pete K
 


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England 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Rimini RedDiscovery 3

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Do all Range Rover SportS have these 'V8' bigger brakes? (I know some have brembo 4 pot)  
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Bananaman
 


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United Kingdom 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Lugano TealDiscovery 3

Which one of the V8 upgrade do you recommend, is most expensive better?  
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armalites
 


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I think there are a few things at play here.

Many people do the V8 upgrade when their brakes need replacing so probably even replacing with standard would make a difference.

We have V8 front and rear on ours and one thing to remember is the friction area isn't changed but the disc area is increased so there is better heat dissapation. This makes a difference if you do longer break runs.

We can all argue that if you are driving/planning well it shouldn't be an issue.

Ours felt sharper almost immediately but that had to be due to the fact that everything was new as there would be absolutely no difference in bite from cold.

Before I did it I had a couple of time where on a spirited drive I though I wasn't going to slow down enough for a roundabout, it stopped perfectly fine but it felt very disconcerting. Before that I had never had any concerns and it has never been an issue since the upgrade.

All my calipers have been stripped,blasted and rebuilt so they are out of the equation too. Sticky calipers generate more heat.

In theory the V8 discs should last longer too as there is more metal there. IID PRO
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Disco_Mikey
 


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We have V8 front and rear on ours and one thing to remember is the friction area isn't changed but the disc area is increased so there is better heat dissapation


More leverage on the disc = less pedal effort required = less heat My D3 Build Thread

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Disco_Mikey
 


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Scotland 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

Bananaman wrote:
Which one of the V8 upgrade do you recommend, is most expensive better?


http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic162628.html

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armalites
 


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Disco_Mikey wrote:
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We have V8 front and rear on ours and one thing to remember is the friction area isn't changed but the disc area is increased so there is better heat dissapation


More leverage on the disc = less pedal effort required = less heat


Good point yes as the grip point is moved further out so leverage increased, I hadn't thought about that

The discs are bigger so the disc area is increased, I appreciate what I wrote could be misunderstood as being the pad touches more of the disc but it doesn't IID PRO
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LT
 


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V8 brake upgrade was one of the best mods I did on my 2006 D3. I used oe LR parts, all via TLO with the forum discount. Those were the days! 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
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