Hi, everyone. I'm new to the forum and was hoping to get some good advice on brakes. I've now been able to spend some significant time on the track in my E30/M50, and I must say this car is a blast. However, my one complaint at this point is that the braking power is marginal at best. I'm still running the stock rotors and calipers, but for pads I'm running HT-10's up front and Ferodo FCP296H's in the rear. (ATE Super Blue fluid and stainless steel lines also, fwiw.) Even though I'm running these more aggressive pads, I'm still having trouble with brake fade about halfway through my sessions, which I assume is occuring because of inadequate cooling. It's quite unnerving. I've been told by a couple of other E30 heads that I absolutely need to be running something better than stock ducting, but will that be enough???
Here's the other issue... Brake bias seems to be much more heavily weighted towards the fronts. Going to the stainless lines helped to where I'm not locking up the fronts as easily as before, but the car still doesn't feel balanced with respect to braking. Is this typical E30 behavior? I just feel like this car should be stopping much better, and it's killing my lap times. :(
I've thought about going with a BBK up front, but now I imagine that will only exaggerate my bias problem... What do you guys recommend I do to get things happening on the track? TIA-
Here's the other issue... Brake bias seems to be much more heavily weighted towards the fronts. Going to the stainless lines helped to where I'm not locking up the fronts as easily as before, but the car still doesn't feel balanced with respect to braking. Is this typical E30 behavior? I just feel like this car should be stopping much better, and it's killing my lap times. :(
I've thought about going with a BBK up front, but now I imagine that will only exaggerate my bias problem... What do you guys recommend I do to get things happening on the track? TIA-
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