BBK Comparison thread: Brembo vs. StopTech vs. AP Racing

[Gary_C]

Originally Posted by Mike

I have 5 track days and probably less than 100 street miles on the pads and they are about 80% worn.
3 days @ Carolina Motorsports Park and 2 @ Road Atlanta

I have been running slotted rotors, but am switching back to the stock ones next weekend, as the slotteds are starting to have a lot of stress cracks.

No fade at all with them however

And lastly, I don't mind swapping back and forth, or even driving on noisy track pads on the street, as I drive this car very little other than at track days and the occassional Z meets.

It's actually starting to sound like you may have one of my caliper upgrades rather than a full BBK? I should have asked that earlier. Is that correct? If so, whose brand of disc are you using? Can you post up a current photo of the disc.

The caliper upgrade is great for improving pedal feel and modulation. The larger pad shape improves pad and rotor life, reduces overall temperatures in the pad, transfer to the caliper, and into the fluid, but you are still somewhat limited with the heat capacity of the OEM designed disc.

5 track days with FM1000's is not bad at all, now that I know you still have an OEM (or OEM style) 1pc. disc. That's a pretty significant improvement with FM1000's, and you should potentially get a bit more life out of the DS3000's. If I had to guess, comparatively speaking, you were probably getting 1, or maybe 2, days out of the pads when you had OEM calipers? As long as you are not running a cheap aftermarket Chinese disc, I think you should be fine to take that next step.