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Originally Posted by RCZ And yes, I would lean towards the AP's as well. Personally, I don't think you need a BBK though...I think you just need some rotors and
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It's a common misconception among the lesser-informed that BBKs actually lower stopping-distances and make for better/safer brakes on the street. That couldn't be farther from the truth (aside from extreme cases, from say 100+ to 0 MPH). To some extent, big-brakes actually increase stopping-distances on the street due to more aggressive and track-oriented pad-compounds included in the kit which work at their optimum level at higher temperatures vs. factory brakes designed to function in a wider temperature range. While cruising on the freeway for 10+ minutes with relatively cold brakes, if the need for a panic-stop were to arise...I'd rather be on stock brakes. Big-brakes are only beneficial on the track under repetitious hard braking. After numerous laps, a proper setup should perform just as well as the first few, where as the factory brake would have been bien cuit at that point. ![]() Yeah...BBKs bought solely for bling tick me off. ![]() |
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Brembo,PMU, AP, or Stop-Tech.
Brembo Mono-6 or PMU Racing 6 pot, if you want the performance and the Bling. The AP's are more of a value. There what were running on our car and performance wise seem to be plenty for circut duty. Lots of other options on the market to consider b4 Rotora's ![]()
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Why? Smoke em if you got em. If you have the money what else you are you going to spend it on? Hookers? I can't wait to ge the Z jus to put tons and tons of money into. It will get track time but willow springs is so far away and we only go 1 to 2 times a year anyway. Anyway the way I see it is it is your car and when people see a car with a BBK they always... and i mean always knock it. most of them don't have one themselves so you can figure it out on your own.
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![]() On a serious note the sport brakes were more than the tires could handle in my case but then again I'm a trail braker. It's gets a little shaky up front for my liking so i would do a tire upgrade first before brakes. I here good things about the nitto NTO5's? might be NT5's not sure on that. The 1's looked like track only at least the 5's had some tread. |
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