Brake Kit from Ireland Engineering

[cbouchez]

Brake Kit from Ireland Engineering


Does anyone has experience with it? I was going to get the BBK from Massive but now I need to replace the rear brakes and my exhaust manifold needs to be replaced due to a leak…


The price seems pretty good and I’ll be adding stainless steel brake lines.


Should I get cereamic or semi-metallic?


This is a daily driven car that will see some action on the track once or twice a year.


Brake Kit Upgrade - Front & Rear - E30 325

SKU: e30brake upgrade
Price: $330.00
in cart: 1
Quantity:
Other models available:
"ix" model +$30.00
Pad Compound:
Semi-Metallic Pads
Ceramic Pads
Complete front and rear brake upgrade kit for the E30 325 (1984 to 1991). Nice brake upgrade without making the jump to an after market big brake kit.

Kit includes:
4 premium cross drilled and slotted rotors,
2 sets of either ceramic or semi-metallic pads
2 wear sensors and
1 container of high temp Ate Blue brake fluid



Link: https://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/E30...e+upgrade.html

[jlevie]

In terms of performance, the best brake rotors you can get are the plain OE types. As for pads, a High Performance Street pad is a good upgrade over stock on the street. Switch to a race pad (I like PFC01 or PFC08 pads) for the track. That combination is more than enough to overwhelm r-comps on a stock E30, meaning that a BBK really isn't needed. Well at least until you drop in an S52 (or greater).

ATE Blue can stain the reservoir. ATE Type 200 is the same fluid w/o the dye and (in my opinion) is the better choice. I've seen enough failures of SS lines and none from OE lines that weren't way overage that I don't use SS lines anymore. There is no detectible difference in brake feel and less chance of brake failure.

[cbouchez]

^^ Thank very much for your input.

Seeing your credentials in your signature I'll definitely take the route that you offer. I do see a the PRO3 group running close to stock brakes.

Thanks,
Christian

[VinniE30]

I've seen enough failures of SS lines and none from OE lines that weren't way overage that I don't use SS lines anymore. There is no detectible difference in brake feel and less chance of brake failure.

I've never heard this before. What's the reasoning behind SS brake line failure?

[CircuitMonster]

I know turnermotorports has a brake kit if you want something simple and it has options. I've been looking into too since now I need brakes on top of shocks and springs. =\

[cbouchez]

I saw it. It doesn't look to bad

[jlevie]

I've never heard this before. What's the reasoning behind SS brake line failure?

All of the failures I've seen have been separation of the hose from the end fitting. And usually on a front wheel. That kind of makes sense. The liner of an SS line doesn't have the compressibility/resilience that the OE lines have and the motions of the front wheels are continually stressing the lines.

[seatown88]

^^ Thank very much for your input.

Seeing your credentials in your signature I'll definitely take the route that you offer. I do see a the PRO3 group running close to stock brakes.

Thanks,
Christian

Yup, we (PRO3) have to run stock brakes(race pads though), but honestly like jlevie mentioned before the stock brakes are more than sufficient for our cars.

[SkiFree]

generally speaking for brake pads....

Ceramic pad = less dust but less braking performance (slower wear)

Semi-metallic= more dust, higher braking performance (quicker wear)

And I once again disagree about the lines, Stainless Steel brake lines (at least decent stainless) will last longer, I see a fair amount of worn out/ failed rubber lines.

There is also a replacement kit listed on the IE site.



I guarantee that if different brakes were allowed with the SpecE30 and Pro3 classes, that a fair amount of people would use them (or at least using the stock disks with something OTHER than the stock sliding-style caliper).

[jlevie]

And I once again disagree about the lines, Stainless Steel brake lines (at least decent stainless) will last longer, I see a fair amount of worn out/ failed rubber lines.

I see a lot of bad OE brake lines also, but all of them are 20'ish years old and were what the factory put on the car. The OE soft lines are like the other rubber parts and should have been replaced at least three times since the car was built, but haven't been.

Pro3 and Spec E30 racers might use a BBK if the rules allowed, but that would be more for longer life from brake pads than from a need for greater brake performance.

[xxlbimmer]

check out blunttechclassic.com for a replacement brake kit!! top notch stuff, great price, even better people!!