Improving braking...best bang for buck?
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Improving braking...best bang for buck?
What would u guys do aftermarket wise? i'm not looking to spend alot. What's the best bang for the buck? new rotors (cross-drilled, slotted)? new pads?..etc
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Re: Improving braking...best bang for buck?
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by badass 2002 z28:
<strong> What would u guys do aftermarket wise? i'm not looking to spend alot. What's the best bang for the buck? new rotors (cross-drilled, slotted)? new pads?..etc
thanks </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pads.
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<strong> What would u guys do aftermarket wise? i'm not looking to spend alot. What's the best bang for the buck? new rotors (cross-drilled, slotted)? new pads?..etc
thanks </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pads.
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Re: Improving braking...best bang for buck?
I'm mainly interested in helping slow down 1/4 mile blasts. Not for road racing or autocrossing or anything that harsh
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Re: Improving braking...best bang for buck?
Pads.....Carbotech, Hawk, EBC and several others make great pads. The street pads are a great improvement over your stock pads (in almost all cases) and the race pads are outstanding. THe race pads make noise (squeak and squeal) and dust....and they can chew up rotors. But, they will stop you....Call the manufacturers and their resellers and see what they recommend (I've had great luck with advice from Larry at Carbotech www.carbotecheng.com). Good luck.
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Re: Improving braking...best bang for buck?
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by badass 2002 z28:
<strong> I'm mainly interested in helping slow down 1/4 mile blasts. Not for road racing or autocrossing or anything that harsh </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Slowing down once or twice from the 105-135 range won't even begin to tax the stock LS1 brakes. You can go full ABS at least once, probably 2-3 times from 135 mph. Are you just looking to spend some money or what ? Just stay completely away from race pads, they require alot of heat to work correctly and you won't have any of that at the end of the 1/4 mile.
<strong> I'm mainly interested in helping slow down 1/4 mile blasts. Not for road racing or autocrossing or anything that harsh </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Slowing down once or twice from the 105-135 range won't even begin to tax the stock LS1 brakes. You can go full ABS at least once, probably 2-3 times from 135 mph. Are you just looking to spend some money or what ? Just stay completely away from race pads, they require alot of heat to work correctly and you won't have any of that at the end of the 1/4 mile.