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Posted by sloopjohnb (more from sloopjohnb) on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:12:13
In Reply to: Brakes upgrade for 1988 SPG, 900 AERO JET, Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:04:14
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Until you max out the pad issue, bigger brakes are just cosmetic.
Also, the tires are the real limiting factor to stopping the car.
You'd be surprised what a set of gumballs will do for your braking distances.
You can put ceramic pads and rotors on your car but as long as you have crappy (18" is irrelevant) tires/compounds or old tires you'll still have long stopping distances.
Geometry and weight transfer matters too...if your front end goes down and changes the camber/toe-in radically (like worn suspension or radical camber changes) that tilt the tires from flat you'll also end up skidding or unbalanced braking, all of which will lengthen stopping distances. About all I've ever seen from bigger brakes is faster reaction time or quicker time-to-maximum braking torque or the torque necessary to skid the tires. If you don't have abs you still have to modulate the system to threshold brake, perhaps bigger brakes are easier to modulate as they heat up, but then you're back to the real issue, i.e, pads.
Track pads will definitely give you a braking capability but they generally have to be heated up to maintain it. Bad for street.
Hawk HP+ seem to be a very good pad, almost as good as my OEM BMW M3 pads. And other guys even pan the OEM BMW pads for the track.
Bigger brakes are not the answer for your SPG util you've gone through pads unless you're purely into aesthetics.
posted by 68.55.43...
Posts in this Thread:
- Brakes upgrade for 1988 SPG, 900 AERO JET, Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:04:14
- Re: Brakes upgrade for 1988 SPG, Montana Tom
, Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:26:39 - Hawk HP Plus pads., sloopjohnb, Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:12:13 <-- Viewing This Message
- ^^^^ = voice of reason nm, Hans, Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:27:49
- Re: Hawk HP Plus pads., 900 AERO JET, Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:20:03
- No offense meant, don't read too much, SloopJohnB, Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:22:39
- Take a little time..., Chad, Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:55:41
- Hey now....*long*, Drew, Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:10:30
- Re: Brakes upgrade for 1988 SPG, GM, Fri, 9 Mar 2007 16:30:36
- Re: Brakes upgrade for 1988 SPG, SteveY, Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:51:09
- Re: Brakes upgrade for 1988 SPG, Chad, Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:09:09
- Re: Brakes upgrade for 1988 SPG, Simon S, Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:18:36
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