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Originally Posted by Vegas69
Opinions are like assholes. Manual brakes are great for threshold at high speed. For autocross or street, I'd prefer boosted. This after 3 different pad types and two master cylinders. I didn't have a choice so manual it was.
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The difference is that we actually own cars.... and use them.
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Originally Posted by 57hemicuda
I do think the pad compound, and master bore size are key. I had the best Baer had available at that time (15" 6 piston, really good stuff) and couldn't figure out why I had to stand on the brakes so hard to get the car to scrub speed. Wasn't sure that in a super panic stop I could push hard enough to get the car to stop the way I wanted.
After talking to the folks at Carbotech, they explained why that was, and what I could do to fix it. Power brakes was one of the options, the other was a lot easier. The normal compounds Baer, wildwood etc. use are kind of designed for power brakes. Once I got the masters sized right, the guys at Carbotech hooked me up with several different compounds. I settled on one which I call my Superman brakes. Different compound front to rear, but it was like putting on a cape, never thought about power brakes after that. I found if you go too aggressive on compound, you can't get enough heat for them to work right either, you end up back to needing a lot of pedal pressure to stop that way too.
They told me running the wrong pads can work with power brakes because the power assist will allow enough pedal pressure to achieve the desired brake feel, usually harder on the brakes though. I do think, what ever makes the driver more confident with pedal feel is what you need to do.
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Thus my earlier post about all of us running the big boy full race stuff.... but there's problems with that because we run 10 or 20 LAPS --- or go out hot on an Auto X course... with ZERO chance for heat to begin to work.
Carbotech my suggest some girlie Ceramic pads for Karls "chicken legs"....
Or Cris can put a bandaid on his problem.