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Originally Posted by VR4GUY
Another vote for the stoptech kit (in 355x35mm). It has handled half a dozen hard track sessions at Road America and Gingerman with no fade at all. The only problem now is the guy behind me that is following to close for his brakes  . |
Yeah, I know what you mean. Witht the Stoptechs and the neovas. I know I can stop quicker than 99% of anything out there. And friends ask why I still leave as much room in front of me when I'm in traffic. I have to tell them, "It's not for my car, it's for the guy behind me". Leaving the gap behind me has saved my car from being rear-ended twice. Once in the dry and once in the wet.
Same scenario both times. The car in front slams on their brakes for some reason, I hit my brakes (don't even have to stomp on the pedal for the car to slow down fast) and I'm looking in the rearview mirror at the guy behind me and see them lockup and know they won't stop in time so I let off the brake pedal and roll ahead in the gap I've left in front of me so the idiot behind doesn't slam into me.
I don't care what they drive and whether it takes 30 feet or 300 feet to stop from 30mph, know how your damn car performs (or doesn't) and drive to suit! Why can't people get that?
BTW, what pads did you run at RA and how fast were you going on the front straight before entering the braking zone?
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Originally Posted by lethal_vr4
Max, I had a piston ring let go last year. After tearing down the block and getting screwed over by my engine rebuilder, I have to start from scratch. I decided to do the bigger house mod, so the car will have to wait until the money tree blooms again (or I sell my old house.. two mortagages is painfull).
I love the Bobcats on the street. They are quite and they do not dust very much at all... but admittadly I put very few street miles on them. I've been running Porterfield R4 pads in the rear mainly because they wear like iron, once I go through the rear pads I have I will look for something much more agressive.
I absolutly hate the street pads that came with Jessica's StopTech's. They are squeal free but dust like no other pad I have seen... as soon as they are gone it will be Bobcats replacements.
Storm Strike: when you upgraded to 2nd gen rears did you loose the parking brake or anything tricky?
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Piston ring, ouch. How'd you do that? Detonation? Sorry to hear that though. hopefully you'll have her up and running fine again soon. As for the stock ST pads, you must be talking about the Axxis Ultimates. Heard a few negative opinions about them. Seems they might be decent for light cars, which ours obviously aren't.
Max