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Big Brake Kit

XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volvo 850 TURBO FWD (1991-1997)

SKU: XYZ-BRK-BKF-VL-007-FRONT

  • IncludesFront axle pair (2 discs + 2 calipers)
  • PositionFront
  • Disc Ø304–444 mm
  • Caliper pots4 / 6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • Lead time10–15 working days

Fits Volvo 850 TURBO FWD (1991-1997)

Brake pad compound

Street: quiet, low-dust, strong cold bite for road driving. Sport: higher temperature range and more bite for fast road and occasional track. Racing: maximum fade resistance for sustained track use (noisier and dustier cold). Match the pad to how hard you actually brake.

Disc size

Caliper grade

Hollow is the standard caliper: a lighter hollow-body forged caliper with a dust cover and a 5-year warranty. Hollow Racing drops the dust cover for sustained high-temperature use (rated to 1000°C, 2-year warranty) — the track-grade choice.

Caliper colour

Painted colours are included. Polished-forged finishes are mirror-polished forged calipers (Titanium, Gold, Silver); candy colours are a deep, mirror-reflection paint. Both are premium upgrades — fuller detail further down the page.

Painted — includedTell us the exact Pantone (PMS) code you want the calipers painted.Polished forgedCandy
Disc style

Drilled discs (cross-drilled holes) vent gas and water and look aggressive; slotted discs (surface grooves) wipe the pad face clean and resist fade under sustained hard use. Same price — choose on looks or how you drive.

Centre bell

The centre bell is the CNC-machined aluminium hat that joins the disc to the hub. Standard anodized is included; a two-tone bell adds an anodized accent ring in your choice of colour; titanium is the lightest, forged option.

Carbon-ceramic rotor

Carbon-ceramic rotors are a special-order track upgrade: far lighter than steel, fade-resistant at extreme temperatures and extremely long-lived. The price follows the disc size you choose above. The standard two-piece steel rotor is included.

Configured price£1,800.00Inc. VAT

Lead time: 10–15 working days from payment


£1,800.00

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XYZ Racing Hollow Front Brake Kit — Volvo 850 TURBO FWD (1991-1997) — 304 mm
304 mm

The Volvo 850 Turbo carries its transverse five-cylinder turbo high and forward, planting most of its mass over the driven front axle. That is precisely where the standard brakes start to fade on a fast B-road or a track day, and it is the load this XYZ Racing front big brake kit for the Volvo 850 Turbo FWD is built to absorb.

This is a front-axle upgrade for the boosted, nose-heavy 850, the heir to Volvo’s BTCC saloons and estates, aimed at owners who keep the torque flowing and want the stopping power to match. Supplied as a matched pair of left and right front corners, its two-piece floating disc sheds rotating mass at the hub while holding a larger swept area against the pads.

What this big brake kit does for your 1991-1997 Volvo 850 Turbo FWD

On a heavy front-drive car, the first thing you feel is a firmer, more progressive pedal that does not sink as the heat builds. Larger discs and a stiffer caliper give you more bite and far better resistance to fade when you stack up corners or haul the car down from motorway speed. The two-piece floating disc with its hollow-vane casting trims unsprung and rotating weight at the front wheels and clears heat faster, which sharpens turn-in on a chassis that already pushes wide under load. With three pad compounds, Street, Sport and Racing, you can match the friction level to how the car is actually used, from quiet, low-dust daily commuting to repeat track sessions.

About the Hollow Front Big Brake Kit

The kit replaces the 850’s front discs and calipers with a larger, higher-capacity assembly. The caliper is hollow-bodied as standard, cutting weight at the wheel, and the two-piece floating disc removes material from the rotor’s internal structure to drop rotating mass without giving up thermal capacity, so the brakes heat up more slowly and shed that heat more readily. The caliper clamps a bigger pad against a larger swept area, raising the kit’s torque ceiling over the original front brakes. Pad choice spans Street, Sport and Racing compounds, letting you trade outright bite against noise, dust and cold performance. Calipers are finished in your choice of Red, Yellow, Gold, Black or Anodized Black at no extra cost, with a Custom Color in any Pantone, premium polished-forged Titanium, Polished Gold and Polished Silver, and candy Teal, Blue, Red and Orange offered as upgrades, plus a Hollow Racing caliper rated to 1000C with a two-year warranty for serious track use.

Fitment for the Volvo 850 Turbo FWD (1991-1997)

This kit is specified for the front-wheel-drive, turbocharged Volvo 850 built from 1991 to 1997. It is a front-axle kit only. Confirm your wheel clearance before ordering, as the larger discs and calipers need adequate room behind the spokes. Discs come drilled or slotted at the same price, and centre bells can be upgraded to two-tone in five anodized colours or titanium at checkout.

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Choose your pad compound and caliper finish and configure yours using the options above.

What’s in the kit

Front axle kit — supplied as a complete bolt-on assembly.

  • 2×Two-piece floating discs — 304–444 mm: you pick the exact diameter with the "Disc size" option
  • 2×Lightweight aluminium centre bells
  • 2×Forged aluminium calipers — 4 / 6 / 8 / 12-pot
  • 2×High-stiffness mounting brackets
  • 2×Braided stainless steel brake lines
  • 4×High-performance brake pads (1 set)
  • 1×Fitting hardware & tools pack

Choosing your spec

Every kit is built to order around the choices you make above. Here is what each option actually changes, so you can spec yours with confidence.

Brake pads — Street, Sport or Racing

Every kit ships with a full set of high-performance pads; the compound is your call.

Street is the right default for fast-road driving — a strong, progressive cold bite with low noise, low dust and long disc life. Sport raises the working temperature and adds bite and fade resistance for hard road use and the occasional track day, while still behaving on a cold morning. Racing is a track compound built for sustained abuse: huge fade resistance and bite once heat is in it, at the cost of more noise and dust when cold. Match the pad to how hard you actually use the brakes — there is no benefit to a race pad that never gets up to temperature.

Caliper grade — Hollow vs Hollow Racing

Hollow is the standard caliper on every kit: a hollow-body forged caliper, lighter than a solid one, fitted with a dust cover and backed by a 5-year oil-leak warranty. For most fast-road and spirited track use it is all the caliper you need.

Hollow Racing is the track-grade upgrade. It runs the same hollow body but without a dust cover (so there is nothing to melt at sustained high temperature), uses a twin-metal piston that isolates heat travelling from the disc to the oil seal, and is rated to 1000°C. Available 286–380mm (front). Warranty is 2 years on oil leaks and 10 years on appearance. Built for professional racing and repeated track days.

Hollow Racing caliper

Caliper colour & finish

Painted colours (Red, Yellow, Gold, Black, Anodized Black) are included at no cost. Want an exact match to your car? Custom Color (+£150) paints the calipers to any Pantone code you supply (15–20 day lead time).

Polished Forged finishes are the flagship: a forged caliper given a mirror-polished surface treatment that shifts colour with the viewing angle. Beyond the looks, the polished surface dissipates heat better, resists rust and stands up to the weather. Choose Titanium (neochrome, +£350), Polished Gold (+£300) or Polished Silver (+£250). They look their best paired with a titanium centre bell. Care: clean only with a dilute neutral cleaner or water.

Candy colours (+£200) use a deep candy-paint and polishing process for a mirror-reflection, boutique finish — pick Teal, Blue, Red or Orange (shown below right).

Polished forged caliper finishes
Candy caliper colours

Centre bells

The centre bell is the CNC-machined aluminium hat that joins the disc to the hub. The standard anodized centre bell is included. The Two-tone bell (+£200) adds an anodized accent ring — choose Red, Yellow, Orange, Purple or Silver right here at checkout. The Titanium centre bell (+£500) is a forged titanium bell (bolts not included) that finishes off the polished-forged look.

Two-tone anodized centre bells
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