How good is factory brembo???
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The brembos will last you 3 laps on a track with hard braking before they start overheating and fading...If you plan to track your car, then save up and get some AP Racing brakes, or some Rotoras.
Originally Posted by vince1611
??? Am I missing something here? Brakes work better when cool (that's why rotors are slotted and cross drilled) if that's what you have mixed up.
Originally Posted by FrickU
The brembos will last you 3 laps on a track with hard braking before they start overheating and fading...If you plan to track your car, then save up and get some AP Racing brakes, or some Rotoras.
were they using stock brake fluid?
Originally Posted by sentry65
have you faded the brembos yourself or seen someone do it first hand? or you just repeating some word of mouth you heard somewhere?
were they using stock brake fluid?
were they using stock brake fluid?
No two tracks are created equally. Fade after 3 laps on one track could be 10 laps on another. I think it goes without saying that some tracks are much more demanding on brakes than others. I find it silly to say "fade will occur after X amount of laps", then again, what do I know. 
3 laps... 10 laps... all I know is that my Brembo's with Hawk HPS pads worked awesome after 3 5-lap sesssions. EVERYONE else was having bad brake fade and mine were holding up just fine.
Different brake pads like different temperatures. Some hardly work until heated up (e.g. racing) because normal operating temps are so high. For street use, you won't see that kind of demand, so the pad formula is designed to operate at cooler temps.
Different brake pads like different temperatures. Some hardly work until heated up (e.g. racing) because normal operating temps are so high. For street use, you won't see that kind of demand, so the pad formula is designed to operate at cooler temps.
Originally Posted by bugsbbunny
I think he's talking about "operating temperature"...some bbk needs to be warmed up before they start operating at the most efficient level...
Racing compounds have better bite at higher temps, but tend to be loud, wear through rotors and have poor braking at low temps.
Street compounds will give you better rotor wear, better low-temp bite and less noise... but fail at high temps.
Many of the performance pads people on this forum use (such as Hawk HPS) are a good compromise between these two extremes.
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Originally Posted by ht4
The BBK doesn't matter. This is determined 100% by pad compound.
Racing compounds have better bite at higher temps, but tend to be loud, wear through rotors and have poor braking at low temps.
Street compounds will give you better rotor wear, better low-temp bite and less noise... but fail at high temps.
Many of the performance pads people on this forum use (such as Hawk HPS) are a good compromise between these two extremes.
Racing compounds have better bite at higher temps, but tend to be loud, wear through rotors and have poor braking at low temps.
Street compounds will give you better rotor wear, better low-temp bite and less noise... but fail at high temps.
Many of the performance pads people on this forum use (such as Hawk HPS) are a good compromise between these two extremes.
Thanks, thats the answer I was looking for.
I just finished upgrading my brakes and really love what the results are. I put on EBC slotted and milled rotors with EBC red stuff pads along with stainless steel lines and high temp fluid. I am pretty hard on my car and demand performace from it. After these brakes were installed it was amazing how much more fade resistant they really were. NOt only are they more fade resistant but they have great bite too. I can do repeted stops from 100 to zero and have no problems at all. I have not gotton it on a track yet but I have confidence that this set up should hold up.
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