Originally Posted by velociabstract
I've done a few versions with my brakes and frankly the pad selection and tire width are the biggest contributors to short braking distances. With street/track pads and stock rotors (330 mm) I had more stopping power than grip. With R-compound tires and street/track pads I had a good balance but still more stopping power than grip. On a high speed track I overheated my pads and for that reason I now have a Stopteck BBK 355mm and ST-40 calipers. After using several types of Dot 4 racing fluid, several different pads, different sizes of rotors and calipers, different sizes of tires, now I can tell you that the biggest advantage to a BBK is cooling. I can beat the snot out of my brakes and not have fade or boil the fluid. Gut check time folks. If I had installed brake ducts the BBK would have been unnecessary. The only advantages to a BBK are:
you need less pedal pressure to stop
you have a much larger heat sink so you may not need brake ducts
could be much lighter than the stock components.
A BBK will result in $3000 worth of drool and unintelligible babbling.
Les
les all of that is true . the difference for me is i have much much less than 3000$ in my setup, the rotors in front weigh 9 lbs less than stock and being 2 piece i can replace the outer rings for 200$, i increased the size of the fronts by 10mm and the rears by 30mm allowing for more cooling space. lastly nicks car was able to scrub off 100mph runs to less than 30mph in what seemed like a matter of feet not yards, no science simply butt feel. is car will make the earth slow down when he stands on the binders with street tires.
i will be staying with the akebono ceramics for the rear for now but the fronts get hawk hps pads as the rotrs have a brinnell hardness of 207 to 277! once r/b makes the 2 piece rears( still in design stage) ill switch to them and run hawks all around
and finally its the sickest looking setup i have ever seen!!
