Notices
Motor Sports If you like rallying, road racing, autoxing, or track events, then this is the spot for you.

Another stupid brake question!!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 05:59 PM
  #1  
Jasil's Avatar
Thread Starter
Evolved Member
iTrader: (22)
 
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,327
Likes: 1
From: NO
Another stupid brake question!!

My rotors are shot in the front and rear rotors can be turned all 4 pads need replacing what the hell do I buy? The car will be autoxed 3x a year and I would love to do a roadcourse, but let's limit that to 1 or 2 10min sessions per year the rest is street driving and the strip.

Girodisc one piece
Girodisc two piece
Performance friction
Stock replacement
Rotara

The price needs to be under 325$ per rotor

Haw HPS pads
EBC pads
Feroda
stock

I'm in the dark here. I know horsepower I don't know squat about braking or suspension any input will be appreciated.
Reply
Old Nov 10, 2005 | 06:41 PM
  #2  
trinydex's Avatar
Evolved Member
iTrader: (12)
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,072
Likes: 8
From: not here
see if you can get racging brake rotors for under 325
Reply
Old Nov 10, 2005 | 09:35 PM
  #3  
hagakure's Avatar
Evolved Member
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 505
Likes: 0
From: Sacramento, California
You are very close to being able to get racingbrake 2 piece rotors. They also make a one-piece option. Check their site at racingbrake.com


Percy
Reply
Old Nov 11, 2005 | 09:52 AM
  #4  
tenkra's Avatar
Newbie
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 62
Likes: 0
From: Westchester County, NY
Ferodo ds 2500 all the way man.
I just installed these pads a week or 2 ago(all 4 wheels). The first time I got on the brakes to bed them in I almost smashed my face on the steering wheel. The thing brakes like an F1 car at high speeds now. Some squealing at low speeds (<10 mph) but could partly be because I was lazy with greasing the metal backing plate. Anyway, these pads won't dissapoint, even the cold braking is absolutely fine, and I live in ny/ct.



As for rotors...this is still an issue for me too. I'm trying to brake hard with my tougher pads to try to burn any transferred pad material off, but I'm worried they might truly be warped. In that case, I might look into a nice slotted set later on. However, I think if people were to get a new set of stock rotors and properly bed some street/track pads in, then kept an eye on the pads, warping wouldn't really be an issue...i think it's only been a problem because the stock pads suck *** and reach their heat saturation point too quickly. just my 2 cents. Good luck to you.

Last edited by tenkra; Nov 11, 2005 at 09:59 AM.
Reply
Old Nov 11, 2005 | 10:47 AM
  #5  
jbrennen's Avatar
Evolved Member
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,164
Likes: 0
From: San Diego
For rotors in that price range, you could get the Baer two-piece rotors:

http://www.machevo.com/baertwro.html

I bought some of the very first batch of these rotors; I've had them on the car for over a year and a half. I'm pretty happy with them.

I run Porterfield R4S brake pads. Gruppe-S carries them (and others I'm sure):

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=157614

Like you can read there, these are great pads for light performance duty (autocross, drags, short track session) for a car which sees a lot of street miles.
Reply
Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:05 AM
  #6  
hagakure's Avatar
Evolved Member
iTrader: (2)
 
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 505
Likes: 0
From: Sacramento, California
Originally Posted by jbrennen
For rotors in that price range, you could get the Baer two-piece rotors:

http://www.machevo.com/baertwro.html

I bought some of the very first batch of these rotors; I've had them on the car for over a year and a half. I'm pretty happy with them.

I run Porterfield R4S brake pads. Gruppe-S carries them (and others I'm sure):

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=157614

Like you can read there, these are great pads for light performance duty (autocross, drags, short track session) for a car which sees a lot of street miles.

how much do you track the car?

Percy
Reply
Old Nov 11, 2005 | 11:31 AM
  #7  
jbrennen's Avatar
Evolved Member
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,164
Likes: 0
From: San Diego
Originally Posted by hagakure
how much do you track the car?
Lots of autocross usage. I haven't tracked the car since upgrading the brakes.
Reply




All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:09 AM.