Well.... after a day at the tracks, streets of willow, i realized to the full extent of how TERRIBLE our stock brakes are at handling that kind of abuse. Currently, i'm running Axxis/pbr ultimate pads on all four discs along with motulrbf600 fluids and a set of falken rt615's. the first 10 minutes of the 1st session, brakes held up just fine, felt great. the rest of the time after that till closing, brakes held like crap. brakes had incredible amount of fading in lower speed turns. Throught the entire day, could not seem to hit abs, assuming my tires out gripped the ablilty of my brakes. after pitting in the first session, brakes came back smoking, blue, and the fronts seem to have glazed the entire disc. i'm thinking that one thing i definatly should have done was to use better pads, but instead....
i plan on upgrading to the fastbrake wilwood 4 piston superlite caliper with 12.2 rotors. sure, some will say it is not needed, but all in all, the only negative feature is the cost. total, the entire setup will still shave off pounds compared to the stock application, give the brakes higher resistance to heat and the ability to maintain braking stablilty.
also thinking about upgrading my rear discs to a larger 11 inch rotor.... but that is something i'm speculating.....
and another thing to add, i'm currently running Enkei RPF1 17x7 +35 with 215/45/17.... plenty of grip but always room for more rubber, better play it safe with more rubber than no rubber haha. anyways, Nitto NT01's came out with 215/45/17... YAY so i'm pondering weather i should run them or just stay with street tires. another option that i'm looking foward to doing is getting a set of Work emotion CR kai 17x8 +32 with 235/40/17.... YES that are INCREDIBLY wide, but i've done some guesstimated measuring and it seems to boarderline fit with my height and alignment. -2.6 front, -1.7 rear, fender lip in rear have been SHAVED completely. with my current wheels, having the rear wheel compressed and cambered in on a driveway tip-top, there seems to be a little less than an inch gap.... with the +32 and 235/40/17.... you do the math, theoretically should be able to make it (if not i'll raise the car)
anyways....i still need people's opinions, based on performance gains, asthetics, or fitament.... i need your comments
please let me know what you think.....
while your at it... here are some pics
video will be posted tonight
