they used Stoptech brakes

 

Why don't you ask Tom himself... they are located at LMC where the also film Dream Car Garage.. its a nice drive and they have some nice cars in the building.. check it out

 

u mean sean hyland?

 

I saw the show. what they said makes sense.
but i wouldnt expect that much power loss...although ive never really thought about it.

what they really need is a hondata reflash on that car.

type S + hondata reflash+ i/e = high 13-low 14's @99-101 mph!

very easy to do and responds very well ...im jealous!

 

IF the rotor's mass is *the same* as the stocker but has a larger diameter then it is easy to swallow that amount of power loss. Like bruno said, those things are heavy suckers.
But they claim that the rotors's mass is *smaller* than the OEM which should help compensate for the larger diameter.
I'm very surprised that the dyno showed such high HP loss with so little additional rotating mass. Scary stuff. I can understand some loss in low-end torque but losing 12 peak horses sounds very steep....

 

its probably the driver like it usually is.