Elise SC brakes , what should they be like.

[matjk]

So I’ve had a Porsche Boxster 968 before and never really liked the brakes on that , replace it with a 2012 S3 SC and the brakes feel even worse, just feel under powered and if I have to jam the anchors on I seem to gradually come to a stop. I have no reference point , mr other half has a little twingo and the brakes feel so much better , I have real confidence in them unlike the Elise , it’s been like it from new, I had new fluid fitted and recently new brembo pads and it feels exactly the same , are the standard brakes just crap, or am I overly used to heavily servo assisted brakes ? It has also been serviced by B&C and they picked up dropped off the car and obviously thought it was all good, any thoughts on what I should do, maybe someone who know what they should be like could try them out for me ,

[matjk]

Maybe , but they have honestly scared me a few times , like today someone changed lanes in front and I didn’t think I would stop in time , i was pressing as hard as I could but just felt awful, I have a 1962 vw bus with drum brakes and they fell about the same

[matjk]

They where exactly the same before I had the pads changed, the pads where recommenced bu the owner of Elise parts as good road pads that can handle a bit of track so he knows his stuff , maybe I will ask him to try the car and see what he thinks, it might just be me but I would think a light car with good brakes should pull up very quickly , pads are better when warm so I will check and see what’s fitted

[matjk]

You can feel the abs doing it’s thing but it feels like when it’s kicking in that the car could be braking much much harder , the twingo will put you through the windscreen the lotus just feels like brake fade when the ABS cuts in , I had a crappy mondeo for a few months that had some weird emergency braking system and that really would stop you quick, maybe I will time how long it takes to go from 60-0mph , feels like a week

[matjk]

Nothing special , standard rubber , I will do some more research , shame I don’t have a lotus dealer near as I could go for a “test drive” and at least have a bench mark as to what Elise brakes should feel like

[matjk]

Thanks for the reply’s guys. The brakes seem to be getting much better which I’m pretty sure is me just re calibrating to a car that is not hugely servoed. They definitely need heat to get going, hopefully I can try another Elise just to be sure, any volunteers in Hertfordshire, you can try my SC to compare