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| + | After meeting several Zone members and discussing brake options in some detail, I've been asked to put together a little peice on uprgreading the E30's braking system | ||
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| + | Firts off, ensure the calipers are in full working order(no sticking pistons, seals etc) and the brakes hoses are in good condition before embarking on any upgrade | ||
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| + | The 1st modification IMO would be to change to Goodridge type braided lines and replace the existing fluid with ATE Superblue | ||
| + | which is about the best performing fluid on the market, with the exception of Castrol SRF for a road/trackday oriented car. | ||
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| + | Next up would be a change of brake pads. | ||
| + | There are several available in the current marketplace desighned for fast road/trackday and pure race situations | ||
| + | Unless the car is spending all it's time doing trackdays or racing then there is no need to opt for the race spec pads,better to go for the likes of Mintex M1144/1155 or some of the fast road spec offerings from EBC/Ferodo/Pagid etc. | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 6 July 2008
C'mon baddave - do your stuff :)
After meeting several Zone members and discussing brake options in some detail, I've been asked to put together a little peice on uprgreading the E30's braking system
Firts off, ensure the calipers are in full working order(no sticking pistons, seals etc) and the brakes hoses are in good condition before embarking on any upgrade
The 1st modification IMO would be to change to Goodridge type braided lines and replace the existing fluid with ATE Superblue which is about the best performing fluid on the market, with the exception of Castrol SRF for a road/trackday oriented car.
Next up would be a change of brake pads. There are several available in the current marketplace desighned for fast road/trackday and pure race situations Unless the car is spending all it's time doing trackdays or racing then there is no need to opt for the race spec pads,better to go for the likes of Mintex M1144/1155 or some of the fast road spec offerings from EBC/Ferodo/Pagid etc.
