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Originally Posted by Lil bastard
It's a falacy that more power requires bigger brakes.
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Bleh!  I took my Boxster S for a spirited drive this weekend and the brakes performed wonderfully. I could not imagine though having the weak brakes from my Honduh CRX on the Boxster. There is NO WAY I could have enjoyed the car as much with weak brakes like that. It's all about balance - matching the engine performance with appropriate suspension tuning and braking performance. With my Boxster those performance limits are pretty high and I need brakes to match them. I guess I could have driven it okay with the weak CRX brakes, but I would have had to use half of the available power.
Likewise my weak CRX brakes are okay for that car as it's barely even pushing 100 HP and only has to stop 1850 lbs, but even then they are maybe marginal. I already have a full suspension in the CRX (roll cage, bracing, torsion bars, springs, adjustable shocks, etc.). If I added 200 more horsepower, no weight, and left the brakes the same I'd have to throttle it back and either still drive it the same as I do now or end up dead from overrunning the brakes....
Just for grins... here's my CRX daily driver:
Kirk
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2000 Boxster S - Gemballa body kit, GT3 front bumper, JRZ coilovers, lower stress bars
2003 911 Carrera 4S - TechArt body kit, TechArt coilovers, HRE wheels
1986 911 Carrera Targa - 3.2L, Euro pistons, 964 cams, steel slant nose widebody
1975 911S Targa - undergoing a full restoration and engine rebuild
Also In The Garage - '66 912, '69 912, '72 914 Chalon wide body, '73 914
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