MC recommendations...

[roguegeek]

Baer recommends a 15/16” master for manual, 1” power, 1 1/8” hydro. It seems like a lot of racers prefer manual because of the pedal feed back. Then next would be power brakes. I’ve never driven a hydraboost brake car, but from what I’ve heard those are more like an on-off switch. But to really give you the absolute best answer, you need to know the caliper piston area and pedal ratio. If I recall, Baers have a relatively small piston area, which makes me think a power brake set up is the way to go, to really get the most out of them.

Ok. Good feedback. I guess I should start researching pedals then. Any recommendations here?

I’ve got Baer 6 piston brakes/14” rotors on the front and 4 piston/12” rotors on the back of my 68 Camaro. I run the Baer Remaster in 15/16” and their prop valve. The car sees about the same amount of track days, maybe a few more then yours will and is driven regularly on the street and I love the feel of the manual brakes. You get excellent feedback and it’s easy to tune. Pedal ratio is important and you can play with different brake pads to dial things in as well. What you DON’T want is anything locking the brakes up, that’s easy enough to do momentarily as it is (especially on the track) and you’ll ruin your tires quickly if it becomes a habit. The one item that I didn’t fully appreciate until after having the car on the track the first time (and plan to change at some point) is the full floater setup for the rearend. The pad knock back is definitely noticeable and will happen whether it’s manual or power brakes but it causes me to have to give the brakes an initial “pump” going into hard turns to get the pads in their best position to bite hard. It may not be as noticeable with power brakes, not sure, but I can see why the hard core guys go full floater. As far as the street, the brakes are awesome, the pedal feel to me is not much different then power brakes except it doesn’t have the sensitivity to get used to when you switch vehicles and there’s never been a time that I’ve been concerned about not being able to stop or given it a second thought.

Thanks for the feedback. Manual brakes it is then for this car. At least initially. My car has the Dutchman 9" without the full floater. It was a debate for me as to whether or not it'd be worth the upgrade at this time, but I will keep this in mind as I'm driving the car and feeling out the characteristics.