Hi,
After a long wait rebuilding the motor, I had an awesome time at Sebring this weekend in my J-Stock E30 with fresh rebuild, mark d, injectors, headers not cats ect. I was running Hoosier R6 so as you can imagine I was having lots of fun.
I'd say the only weak spot was the brakes, even with drilled rotors, blue fluid, ss lines and Hawk HPS there was no bite whatsoever. It does stop but the brakes have no feel at all. They faded quickly and were quite scary at some points. I'd say it definitely got me past my limits in terms of speeds carried so in a way its a good thing.
Bear in mind I'm comparing them to my other track car with much bigger brakes using Pagid blacks, but I'm wondering if this is a common opinion among other e30 owners or is there something specific to my set up.
My plan now is to add a brake duct kit and switch to whatever Pagid pads will work with my car.
My immediate goal is to not have to do a full brake, wheel ect conversion.
What's the ideal brake set up using the stock set up?
After a long wait rebuilding the motor, I had an awesome time at Sebring this weekend in my J-Stock E30 with fresh rebuild, mark d, injectors, headers not cats ect. I was running Hoosier R6 so as you can imagine I was having lots of fun.
I'd say the only weak spot was the brakes, even with drilled rotors, blue fluid, ss lines and Hawk HPS there was no bite whatsoever. It does stop but the brakes have no feel at all. They faded quickly and were quite scary at some points. I'd say it definitely got me past my limits in terms of speeds carried so in a way its a good thing.
Bear in mind I'm comparing them to my other track car with much bigger brakes using Pagid blacks, but I'm wondering if this is a common opinion among other e30 owners or is there something specific to my set up.
My plan now is to add a brake duct kit and switch to whatever Pagid pads will work with my car.
My immediate goal is to not have to do a full brake, wheel ect conversion.
What's the ideal brake set up using the stock set up?
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