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I have the '88 brakes on my '86 SPG, and I've been through a bunch of stock and upgrade brake parts, using track days & driving schools to evaluate performance. Here are my current fav's:

- KVR Carbon Metallic pads
- Ate Slotted "powerdisc" rotors
- SS braided lines
- Motul 600 fluid

First off, the '88+ brakes are much better than the '85-'87 brakes, that is one reason I switched them, the other being so that I could run the 16" Aero wheels. I tried a set of X-drilled Brembo rotors with some Hawk pads in front, but after 4 months street use and one track day, the rotors were dead - scored and cracked between holes. I was ready to dump the Hawks anyway because they felt like crap (grinding feeling underfoot) and I couldn't take the incessant sqweaking and squawking anymore!

The SPG will run lap after lap with no/very little fade, and keep good modulation. At the braking limit however, the car can be squirrelly and unsettled, and the max braking force is less than what I have experienced in several Porsches I've been in. I attribute all this to size - the Saab has skinny 205 tires, smallish/narrow rotors, and smallish calipers. So the Saab system is not exactly "race ready" - but you can certainly improve its performance without going $$$ crazy. Damien

• Performance Driving School, MichaelG, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:55:33
  • Re: Performance Driving School, damien, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:34:50 <-- Viewing This Message
    • where do you get your pads? How long do they tend to last? $?, MichaelG, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:40:15
      • Re: where do you get your pads? How long do they tend to last? $?, damien, Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:17:13
    • where do you get your pads? How long do they tend to last? $?, MichaelG, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:40:12
  • Max Stopping Mods, Kevin K , Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:28:05
    • I was only able to get 105... what kind of car are you running?nm, MichaelG, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:54:11
      • Re: I was only able to get 105... what kind of car are you running?nm, Kevin K , Tue, 26 Jun 2001 21:56:39
  • Yep, the brakes suck..., Jeff Cunningham, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:05:29
    • Re: Yep, the brakes suck..., Richard Miller, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:07:14
      • Racing story, MichaelG, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 18:04:15
        • Re: Racing story me too :-), Richard Miller, Mon, 25 Jun 2001 23:49:54

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