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SVT brakes and why I can\'t use them. (All of them!)
Well, last week I installed the SVT front brake conversion. Yesturday I had my first track day with the new brakes. Here's where it gets interesting. Most of you probably aren't familiar with my driving habits at the track. I use every available amount of braking force that I can. Even with stock pads and rotors I was braking as soon as, or a litte later than the porsches and BMWs. (450-400 ft braking mark on the front straight at PIR). With slotted rotors and EBC pads I was braking at about the 350ft mark, which is much deeper than most of the cars. Basically I was destroying my brakes. With a cool down lap and brake ducts my rotors were reaching 537 degrees, and higher (the laser thermoeter would max out!)
That's why I upgraded to SVT Brakes. This is where my problem starts. I can only use about 70 or 80% of there potential before the tail end gets too light, the drums lock up, and I get squirrly. I can now brake at the 250 mark. Much deeper than that and bad things start to happen. Depending upon how I downshift I can hold out to 225 but I'd rather not depend on "perfect" downshifting every time. BTW this is deeper than I've seen any cars in my class brake. "What's the problem then", you ask, well the problem that I know there is more stopping power to be used, I hate that I can't use it! Also even after all this, my brakes weren't even breaking the 300 degree mark!
I am running with no back seat and no spare. I'm sure you're all saying, "well just put those bach in and your be fine!" Well, no! I'm already the slowest car out there in the straights (by a large margin!) I need every little advantage possible.
Just so you know, I can handle as good as, but usually better, than any car out there. Now I can out brake most of them but they are all SOOOO much faster in the straights that it's hard the keep up. I am pulling faster lap times than many of the people in my class, I just want to sqeeze every little bit out so I can finally advance to the next class up! The intermediate class is alway so full and advanced usually has less cars. I've had a few people tell me I should be in advaced, but those were also the people I was passing. I never heard anything like that from the people I couldn't pass!
ANY WAY that's the end of my rant!
Well, last week I installed the SVT front brake conversion. Yesturday I had my first track day with the new brakes. Here's where it gets interesting. Most of you probably aren't familiar with my driving habits at the track. I use every available amount of braking force that I can. Even with stock pads and rotors I was braking as soon as, or a litte later than the porsches and BMWs. (450-400 ft braking mark on the front straight at PIR). With slotted rotors and EBC pads I was braking at about the 350ft mark, which is much deeper than most of the cars. Basically I was destroying my brakes. With a cool down lap and brake ducts my rotors were reaching 537 degrees, and higher (the laser thermoeter would max out!)
That's why I upgraded to SVT Brakes. This is where my problem starts. I can only use about 70 or 80% of there potential before the tail end gets too light, the drums lock up, and I get squirrly. I can now brake at the 250 mark. Much deeper than that and bad things start to happen. Depending upon how I downshift I can hold out to 225 but I'd rather not depend on "perfect" downshifting every time. BTW this is deeper than I've seen any cars in my class brake. "What's the problem then", you ask, well the problem that I know there is more stopping power to be used, I hate that I can't use it! Also even after all this, my brakes weren't even breaking the 300 degree mark!
I am running with no back seat and no spare. I'm sure you're all saying, "well just put those bach in and your be fine!" Well, no! I'm already the slowest car out there in the straights (by a large margin!) I need every little advantage possible.
Just so you know, I can handle as good as, but usually better, than any car out there. Now I can out brake most of them but they are all SOOOO much faster in the straights that it's hard the keep up. I am pulling faster lap times than many of the people in my class, I just want to sqeeze every little bit out so I can finally advance to the next class up! The intermediate class is alway so full and advanced usually has less cars. I've had a few people tell me I should be in advaced, but those were also the people I was passing. I never heard anything like that from the people I couldn't pass!
ANY WAY that's the end of my rant!
