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Old 02-18-10, 08:59 PM
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Will my potential setup have a bad Bias??

I was looking on racingbrake.com and thought of a brake setup I might do on my FD, but I wanted to know if anyone has tried this and if so what is the braking bias.

I was thinking of rebuilding all my stock calipers and buying the two piece front rotors from racing brake. I also wanted to buy the rear big brake kit which uses stock calipers and a larger two piece rotor. I would use Hawk HT-10 pads all around.

Any thoughts/suggestions would be welcome.

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Old 02-19-10, 12:50 PM
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No point in buying a big REAR brake kit unless you do a big FRONT brake kit.

Yes you will have bias issues if you only do the rears.

What issues are you having with your current setup that makes you want to make changes?
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My current brake setup is non existent. I have stock calipers and drilled and slotted oem replacement brembo rotors and hawk pads with steel braided brake lines. The calipers are leaking and desperatley need a rebuild, the rotors have developed cracks around the drilled holes (i'll probably never buy drilled rotors again) and that hawk pads need to be replaces anyway. The steel lines are doing just fine .

My old setup at full function worked fine for the street, but I want to start tracking my car and I'm looking to beef up the braking ability. I've been doing some research and talked to the people at racing brake (they were very helpful by the way) and they said using stock calipers with two piece front rotors, upgraded pads, and one piece rear rotors I would have a track worthy brake system.

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Old 02-19-10, 03:45 PM
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For the most part, they are correct provided you have the right brake pads. There are instances where you may still need more cooling for your braking system (depending on the track and your driving level).
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
For the most part, they are correct provided you have the right brake pads. There are instances where you may still need more cooling for your braking system (depending on the track and your driving level).
Well my driving level = low

and I would be on the tracks close to here, those are lime rock and englishtown.
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YOu don't need big brakes for either of those tracks at your skill level. The speeds are pretty low there. I'd follow RB's recommendation of their rotors and get some ET800 pads. The ET800s are actually quite good for a combo street and track days until you get more experienced (and faster).
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Sounds good to me.

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Here is a front only option:

http://pettitracing.com/rx7/index_brakes.htm

There is also Stoptech for near the same price for the front only.
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