Brake booster question

classicauto · 06-11-2008, 03:40 PM

FWIW, the stoptech brake setup on an FD will fucking hang you off the seatbelts. It uses stock rear rotor's and caliper's and (according to Stoptech) maintains the proper ratio between master cyl. bore and caliper piston bore.

But man oh man does it ever stop.

The only thing I see being omitted from this discussion is the fact that power has very little to do with braking capacity required.....sure, more power means you'll be (presumably) heading into a corner with more speed, and therefore need to shave that off. BUT - the larger factor working your brakes over while stopping is WEIGHT.

If you're running a stockish FC TII at the track, you can run into fade issues because you're trying to stop a nearly 3,000lb car. Trim the fat off and the brakes are required to do less work.

06-11-2008, 03:40 PM	#1
classicauto crash auto?fix auto Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 816 Rep Power: 18	FWIW, the stoptech brake setup on an FD will fucking hang you off the seatbelts. It uses stock rear rotor's and caliper's and (according to Stoptech) maintains the proper ratio between master cyl. bore and caliper piston bore. But man oh man does it ever stop. The only thing I see being omitted from this discussion is the fact that power has very little to do with braking capacity required.....sure, more power means you'll be (presumably) heading into a corner with more speed, and therefore need to shave that off. BUT - the larger factor working your brakes over while stopping is WEIGHT. If you're running a stockish FC TII at the track, you can run into fade issues because you're trying to stop a nearly 3,000lb car. Trim the fat off and the brakes are required to do less work.