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Originally Posted by mrbaxr6t
here we go again uprating the brakes will not give you a performance boost or decreased stopping distances if you want to reduce stopping distances leave the PBRs and fit stickier tyres, the reason for this is the PBRs just like the brembos will 4 wheel lockup if you disable the ABS system this means that the brakes' stopping power is applied as a percentage of what they are capable of and this percentage is governed by the ABS to maximize stopping power without sliding, fit slicks and if then the PBRS don't lockup then you need to uprate your breaks brembos are needless showy expensive eye candy nothing more. fitting them will not decrease stopping distances fitting better tyres will |
Having owned two basically identical vehicles, 1) BA Mk2 F6 fitted with PBRs, 2) BA Mk2 F6 fitted with Brembos, both with identical tyres (factory dunlops), both bought new (although the second was an unwanted cars for cancer prize) I found that the stopping distances at speed for the brembos was MUCH shorter than the PBRs.
The brembos held for longer, as in did not fade, in spirited runs on tracks and the like.
In saying this, driving around city and urban roads at 3km/h below the speed limit will really not show any difference at all, but then neither will stripes or bling bling rims.
This is not theory, this is actual practical comparisons not of a single stop in a controlled test but actual day to day driving in the real world.
N.B. real world is regional QLD and NT not inner (insert capital city here)....