Brake Myths

[Hobber]

Found the following article online... interesting!

The Warped Disk and Other Myths of the Braking System

[teK--]

Yeah they have plenty of good (some some not so good) articles on their site.

When I was working at Holden customers claimed "warped" brake discs all the time, even though all the TSBs would agree that disc thickness variation due to uneven pad deposits were to blame the majority of the time, i.e. driver behaviour was at fault.

[swingn]

Have found these guys to have pretty good info on their site... Was also considering buying one of their brakes systems & their sales staff in the USA were really good.

Actually supprised that no Liberty's (Or many other cars) have popped up with their gear... Although maybe there's a reason for it

[tangcla]

Actually supprised that no Liberty's (Or many other cars) have popped up with their gear... Although maybe there's a reason for it

There was one who was about to... then got something else at the last minute.

[teK--]

Have found these guys to have pretty good info on their site... Was also considering buying one of their brakes systems & their sales staff in the USA were really good.

Actually supprised that no Liberty's (Or many other cars) have popped up with their gear... Although maybe there's a reason for it

Pretty sure they have 4 pot fronts which fit into stock (non Brembo) wheels too. If I was going to upgrade I would go larger than those ones which would require wheels and tyres at the same time, which is all $$$ :/

[senator]

I have seen stoptechs in action…… not bad, but one thing which was a little concerning was the blistering of the paint on the calipars after a few high speed runs, also heat transfer was a little high for so called performance calipar.

I find it a little hard to understand why they would prefer a 2 piece over a monoblock.

[teK--]

From what I've read, a 2 piece would outperform a monoblock which is in the same price range. I.e. Monoblocks are for those with huge budgets otherwise it's not worth the compromise.

[vaccine]

From what I've read, a 2 piece would outperform a monoblock which is in the same price range. I.e. Monoblocks are for those with huge budgets otherwise it's not worth the compromise.

from an enginering point of view i would have thought the 2-piece would have been flawed over the monoblock.
alot of people get rid of the STi gold brembos as they are shit under hard conditions.
ie they change color and baloon. similar to the 4-pots on the wrx without the color change.

[teK--]

Yep that's why I said, given the same price range . Good Monoblocks are very expensive.