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Reply to "Rear Disk Brakes...Is there really a need? Talk it over."

Danny

I tracked two Miatas (one with V8 power) and spent a fair amount of time trying to improve their braking performance.

The biggest improvement (decrease in brake fade) came from choosing the right pads. Regular, generic pads work great for everyday driving, but for spirited drives or drives on the track performance brake pads are the way to go.

Over the years I've switched to ss brake lines (waste of money), switched to high temperature brake fluid (on the track regular brake fluid can boil after a hard 20 minute session), switched to larger calipers, larger rotors, and performance brake pads.  Performance brake pads gave me the most improvement.

 

During one track session I heated my V8 Miata's front brakes up so much the heat from the rotors melted the front bearing grease, but the brakes didn't fade.

While driving my 2006 Mini Cooper S (stock brake pads) on the same track my brakes faded at the end of the long straight-a-way and I ended up going off the track. 

Very embarrassing.

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