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Originally Posted by 70Sixter
Depending on how much power you are adding, bigger brakes are either a good idea or a must...
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Gotta disagree.
More power, in and of itself, is no justification for bigger brakes.
The car w/ base stock brakes stops from 60MPH in 111'. The same car w/ more power (assuming the weight stays the same) will stop in the same 111' from 60MPH - more power just gets you to 60MPH faster. And, there are very few other car models out there that can do this stop in 111' - stock base brakes are EXCELLENT!
The ONLY justification for bigger brakes is track use where fade is minimized due to better heat transfer because of the larger area of the rotor. This is beneficial because of the constant On/Off brake application with little time interval between applications to lose heat.
On a street car, where minutes pass between brake applications, fade is nonexistant. You spend $1400 and get 4' better stopping from 60MPH.
For a street car, in terms of cost/benefit, you may as well go out and buy 1400 Lotto tickets because there's a better chance you'll get something for your money which you actually can use.
The Big Brake pkg. is mostly a
Bling thing for streeters.
Cheers!