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So, while everyone is stuck on racing techniques, I'm more interested in daily driving. The issue I have to deal with is commuter traffic. You have to stay on the tail of the car in front of you so no one will wedge in front of you while staying far enough back as to be able to out stop the car ahead.
Doing multiple 50MPH to standstill for minutes at a time leaves deposits on the rotors and is giving the "Warped rotor" feel after only a few months. I have always used Subaru pads and rotors because they are relatively cheap and I don't have to deal with parts people behind the counter. I try to have the new rotors turned before installation as the are never truly "true" out of the box. I do a proper bedding by slowing to a coast several times, raise speed, repeat, etc. No engaged brakes on a stationary warm disc during the process, yet the harsh commuter traffic is awful on the brakes. What would anyone suggest as far as pads that leave the least deposits? Doug
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They put me in F/SP because of my mods, specifically the 5MT and the coilovers. Don't know if they picked up on the camshafts. NASA puts the SVX in Class F. My mods bounce me up one class.
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Where do you get your rotors tured Doug? Might want to take 'em to an actual machine shop and ask if they can tell you how much the are off on each. A lot of places will simply take a rotor grind it down to flat rather than even check to see if its bad. It wouldn't suprise me if it has more to do with dirty calipers, pins and sticking pads then the rotors as it happens quite often esp. with OEM style dust makers.
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As for the calipers, I do check the slides because of our wonderful Wisconsin winters require them to be de-sludged and regreased pretty regularly. I'll try the ceramic pads on the front in spring. Thanks for the advice.
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I was just thinking that it'd probably be a safe wager to bet that the majority of people have absolutely no idea what the performance limits of their vehicles are. My old Honda was not able to perform even one hard stop from a hundred. I'm sure rear drums, non-vented rotors, and organic pads had something to do with it though. |
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Great thread. To complete it, how about a couple posts on how/where to lub and with what? What is used to prevent shim squeek and how is it applied?
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Still confused as to why you think I'm making fun of you? Race wheels simply aren't bling wheels. Function over form! They definately aren't pretty!
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mine are
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Are what 10 inches wide?
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LMAO, i wish the STI BBS's were, but gold is straight up blingn' yoez!
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Ah but they're 17 inches or bigger right. Try finding a racing slick in that size, then try finding the "right" slick in that size, finally, find that right slick for under $350 a piece. 16s are hard enough to get slicks for.
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