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theDreamer 09-29-2010 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 742697)
But do you need more? Considering you say you don't track your car, I really doubt that you do!

This, I have a SC on my car and the stock brakes are doing ok so far and can tell they are fading slowly. But a quick simple fix is new pads, lines, fluid and maybe rotors if you want those.

M.Bonanni 09-29-2010 01:32 PM

Its a common misconception that a BBK will stop your car in a shorter distance. Pad compound, pad surface area, tire contact patch, and tire compound are what denote the stopping distance of a car. Big brake kits, are mostly just more resistant to heat. So if you find a BBK that has more pad surface area then that might help, but adding wider and/or stickier front tires will do much much more for stopping distance than a BBK will. Same goes for adding a more agressive compound pad to your stock brakes. A BBK will just mean that you can make more repeated hard stops in a row, but if you're not going to track your car, spend your BBK money on pads and tires if you want a shorter stopping distance.

NeverBoneStck 09-29-2010 01:37 PM

Wilwood super lite bbk on my g37. Saves 30 lbs per corner.

wishihadnav 09-29-2010 02:13 PM

yeah this poll needs to be locked...

ClemsonWill 09-29-2010 03:22 PM

I think the OP just wanted to start a poll. :stirthepot:

Honestly I bet you can find the weight of each kit if you look hard enough. It may take a Japanese interpreter but I'm sure it can be done. You might even get some monster rep if you post it up on the forum!

shabarivas 09-29-2010 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks (Post 741715)
It's all unsprung weight, the entire mass that moves with the wheel assembly is counted. Rotating mass is just the wheel, the hub and rotor. Reducing rotating mass helps accelation, reducing unsprung weight helps the suspension responsiveness.

But as you pointed out you can't really make a poll out of this. Asking for factual information would be far more useful.

Ahh unsprung weight not rotating mass - oops :)


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