Lets Talk Brake Kits

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With the right pad compound you can accomplish a .48μ from 70 degrees to about 1000, while this is short of the .59-.65μ that race pads will have at heat it is more than enough to overwhelm street tires. I would argue that the additional weight and MUCH higher polar moment of inertia of the big brakes is much more detrimental than any gains seen from the additional lever arm on the kits were talking about.



There are a number of good papers that talk about how he accomplishes what he does with the calipers, are you a member of the SAE?

I guess my question would be...then why would ANYONE run Baer, Brembo, Alcon, Stoptech, Wilwood etc...if stock is fine with a pad change...IMHO that is crazy. Is the stock setup an economical one, absolutely, but dispite the breadth of technical knowledge you have provided, I would have a hard time believing that C6, or CTSV or aftermarket setups arent more formidable. I have spoken with the editors of GMHTP about their "sti killer" build. They have had stock ls1 brakes, Baer 6 piston, CTSV, and 5th gen camaro rotors with C6 zo6 calipers...so far the latter has been their favorite setup....so IDK how stock can be adequate?