To 'S' or not to 'S'

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Today, I feel as if I have S brakes on my base boxster.

I put on new cross drilled rotors and pagid pads and replaced the 104k mile, 11 year old brake lines with stainless steel ones and bled the system with ATE blue and the car has never had better braking... and they're not even seated yet.

Mark, who has ceramic brakes on his 987S was impressed and he test drove it before I did...

Perfectlap, you're right. S brakes are bigger and do stop better. However, I'd love for you to drive my base boxster with new rotors and pads and SS brake lines and tell me how it compares. I am impressed.

What they can do with pad material is pretty amazing. Dialing in initial bite, ultimate friction, heat resistance and dust reduction.

Ultimately, the S brakes' only real advantage is the increase in fade resistance because of the larger surface area. Otherwise, the braking of the two systems should be about comparable.