Importordomestic: Brake project!

[Importordomestic]

importordomestic, what was your previous brake setup? did you have aftermarket rotors or pads? What fluid were you using?

88-89 front rotors. SEI rear disk brakes. Front and rear rotors were slotted, with axis pads. In the end there just isnt enough rotor mass to effecively stop the car consistantly after running extended periods on track. Put it to you this way, the front rotors were building so much heat and transfering it to the rim the sticky part of the wheel weights would melt off and throw weights.

[AccordEpicenter]

im really interested to see the outcome of this project, it seems like a well thought out setup

[Importordomestic]

im really interested to see the outcome of this project, it seems like a well thought out setup

Thanks for the support, only time will tell the outcome of the car in general. I have no clue how or when the end will come. Once i have the car fully prepped and in competition a whole new set of things will come at me in a hurry.

[Importordomestic]

Well update to the brake project.

I finally got the wheel studs and the wheel spacers in and brakes installed. WOW just WOW, I have never driven a car with so much brake in my life. There is a great deal of learning the brakes now. I will have to drive it more to get a more consistant feel from them.

I have scheduled an open track day at the end of this month. Hopefully with my high grip tires and some real world track use, I will be able to report a better study.

For now this is scary how much brake this car has. The brakes will physically hurt you when agressively applied without wheel lockup.

[Legend_master]

Well update to the brake project.

I finally got the wheel studs and the wheel spacers in and brakes installed. WOW just WOW, I have never driven a car with so much brake in my life. There is a great deal of learning the brakes now. I will have to drive it more to get a more consistant feel from them.

I have scheduled an open track day at the end of this month. Hopefully with my high grip tires and some real world track use, I will be able to report a better study.

For now this is scary how much brake this car has. The brakes will physically hurt you when agressively applied without wheel lockup.

Alright now that you have tested, and made sure everything was good. Go ahead and box the setup up, and send to my house !

[Importordomestic]

Alright now that you have tested, and made sure everything was good. Go ahead and box the setup up, and send to my house !

OR I could just break them in on the way to your house, Bring my tools and get you going in 3 hours or so.

LOL

[Legend_master]

OR I could just break them in on the way to your house, Bring my tools and get you going in 3 hours or so.

LOL

Well since you would be heading this way, you could just leave the whole car with me .

[Importordomestic]

Well since you would be heading this way, you could just leave the whole car with me .

Since you would have to pry it fomr my dead cold fingers, Please place my corpse in a cozy comfy spot.

[Legend_master]

Since you would have to pry it fomr my dead cold fingers, Please place my corpse in a cozy comfy spot.

Note to self, bring buddy club! So have you come up with anything further on the rear brakes?

[guaynabo89]

yeah hows the bias and pedal travel with these?

worse comes to worse you could go custom rear rotors, but that would be pricey.

Dont know if you made your rear rotor choics already, but heres a site that helps a bit finding rotors from other cars.

http://www.brembo.com/ENG/catalogo_AM/2008/index.html

[Importordomestic]

Note to self, bring buddy club! So have you come up with anything further on the rear brakes?

Not yet, I have my first track event this Friday through Sunday. With my high grip tires i should be able to put the brakes through there paces. I will have a better idea after 3 hours of track time.

yeah hows the bias and pedal travel with these?

worse comes to worse you could go custom rear rotors, but that would be pricey.

Dont know if you made your rear rotor choics already, but heres a site that helps a bit finding rotors from other cars.

http://www.brembo.com/ENG/catalogo_AM/2008/index.html

That brembo link is awesome, and I have a feeling that i will spend some time there in the near future.

OK for now with my street tires its a complete joke. I can over power the tires so freaking easy its funny. im running W rated 195/50/15 all the way around. but my first impressions was that i had overpowered my front brakes. 2 weeks later I believe I have made an excelent choice as I have gotten use to them and can better modulate the brake pedal. also doing 10 consecutive 120mph to 50mph brakeing will bed the pads in and pedal got alot better after.

Currently running the 15/16 master cylinder and brake booster with stock SEI prop valve. I think that I would use a bit more rear bias. I honestly will have a better idea after this weekend is up.