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    1. #1
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      Mar 2009
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      SoCal
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      Upgrade or wait?

      On the first weekend of August, I'll be running my fox body in a NASA HPDE. Because of this, I was hoping to upgrade my front brakes (Hawk HPS pads, Power Slot rotors, and steel braided brakelines) but to my dismay, my current brakes still have quite a bit of life left in them. It seems wasteful to take them off prematurely. The car and its current brakes are bone stock.

      I was hoping some of you could weigh in on whether or not the stock brakes would (safely) handle the 30 minute lapping sessions.

      Other details: The car will weigh 3300 pounds with me in it. If and when an instructor rides along it will weigh that much more.

      The track is the road course-oval combination or "roval" at Fontana:

      https://www.nasaproracing.com/event/954



      So, I have 3 basic options:
      - leave the car as it is
      - upgrade and dump the current parts
      - upgrade and then put the current parts back on after the track day . . . assuming I get around to downgrading my car . . .

      Brett H.

      1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
      1991 Mazda Miata
      2005 Ford Mustang GT

      1987 Ford Mustang GT - Sold 06-29-2014
      1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera - RIP 9-17-2011
      1992 Chevrolet Corvette - Sold 10-12-2017





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