Brake callipers upgrade

[CTE]

Absolutely right, the standard brakes were designed for a car which weighed up to 2 tonnes fully loaded, plus a trailer, so for a tiny sports car which weighs no more than 1300kgs fully loaded the standard brakes are fine. Obviously standards and expectations have changed, but if you can lock the front wheels.....I have been generally very happy with my standard brakes, and when used with EBC Green stuff pads, have never suffered from fade, despite numerous trackdays.
I am however looking to upgrade primarily because I do a couple of airfield trackdays in my year, and my car is fitted with a BOA V6 and it`ll hit 150mph, so there are certainly a few hair pins approached at 130mph where the added stopping power would enable me to leave my braking even later!!

My car is fitted with drums at the rear, which are fine with most of the braking effort coming from the front due to weight transfer etc. There might be some benefit with fitting discs at the rear, but for me the jury is out on this one (they would look nice though).

[cominoc]

Ok, I've installed my new 17" rims...
This is what I mean when I say that with these rims breaks disks are microscopic...

Edited by cominoc on Friday 25th September 13:21

[techbotics]

Those wheels look great.. it looks like they are 7.5 wide but I could be wrong.. much better.

Wow the brakes do look small though... best get big ones.. lol...

Are those 17x7.5 then.. what offset and tyre size are you running.. also you say the handling has improved.. are you running standard or after market suspension..?

Sorry for all the questions.

Damian

[cominoc]

techbotics said:

Are those 17x7.5 then.. what offset and tyre size are you running.. also you say the handling has improved.. are you running standard or after market suspension..?
Damian

No, they are 17x7.
Tyres are 215/40.
Suspension are the standard ones