I think the pads are the issue or the pressure isn't right at the caliper... which could be several things stacking up -- pedal ratio -- bore size -- balance.... and perhaps far too hard of a compound. We all want to think we're big time racers and need all this race stuff -- but frankly -- few of us dive into a corner the way race guys do... and we just don't build enough heat into the system..... some of these pad compounds want to see red hot rotors to work well.
Of course - as usual - I'm writing to evoke thought and research - I'm not a pad or brake expert and certainly can't drive worth a damn... just saying that I think there's something more going on here that is giving the hard pedal - or lack of stopping power - or too much effort vs not enough brake.
The manual brakes two piston front / single piston rear BAER brakes on my 4000 lb Nomad would throw you thru the windshield using your big toe... The small Wilwood system in the Mustang is awesome -- except that when driven hard you just begin to feel some fade (they're small - WTF! They can only take so much)... and even then they feel solid. The large by huge/giant 6 piston front / 4 piston rears - Wilwoods on my buddy Pierre's car are crap on the street. Takes way too much heat to get them to even begin to stop... and way too much pedal effort. I keep telling him - that's what you get when you're running race brakes on a grocery store drive.
If it was me --- I'd be putting a pressure gauge on those calipers and getting some numbers before I'd rip the system out and go power.
But then that's just me --- I know Cris is an expert at all this stuff so I'm just talking out my ass. LOL
I would ASSume the pad/rotors were properly bedded.... and that the compounds have been messed with (sometimes you have to get pads from somebody that DIDN'T make the brakes....).
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