TravMac
Well-Known Member
While I do understand all the view points, I feel as though there's a bit of putting the cart before the horse. In this case - I still stand by trying something new. I had a conversation with another car friend saying how much of a stir it may cause on the forum... I guess I thought it would be more positive to learn something new. Isn't tweaking the car to it's maximum capability half the fun?
From my perspective: I still believe this may prove quite effective in it's thermal management using a "better" pad and rotor combination (without creating something entirely custom and cost prohibitive). This is a fairly easy off-the-shelf conversion towards that goal, while also understanding the basic balance needs for creating an effective package. Now I'm investigating rear cost effective alternatives having learned what I did on the front end.
I have to be clear - I'm not going for a setup to use little pedal, or lock the fronts in order to stop, but to end up with better braking performance overall than the average provided setup. I think with a bit of tinkering and basic physics understanding, this has an interesting outlook that could benefit others too! And if not... I guess it will be learning for the future tinkerers as well!
From my perspective: I still believe this may prove quite effective in it's thermal management using a "better" pad and rotor combination (without creating something entirely custom and cost prohibitive). This is a fairly easy off-the-shelf conversion towards that goal, while also understanding the basic balance needs for creating an effective package. Now I'm investigating rear cost effective alternatives having learned what I did on the front end.
I have to be clear - I'm not going for a setup to use little pedal, or lock the fronts in order to stop, but to end up with better braking performance overall than the average provided setup. I think with a bit of tinkering and basic physics understanding, this has an interesting outlook that could benefit others too! And if not... I guess it will be learning for the future tinkerers as well!