Turner Brake Package

[BeirBrennerE30]

yes, because that is a fun job to do the rear upper brake lines every other year. for what? the fuh raze feel? most street cars would be well off with new lines, whereas a lot of people are "upgrading" to SS lines without consideration of their replacement interval.

as far as area with xdrilled rotors, who knows what he was thinking, but it is true they reduce the material/mass of a rotor, and if they stock-diameter, you are decreasing the size of the heatsink...


just because raceteams use certain items does not mean they would really help street-driven e30s... do you see many custom control arms on daily driver e30s like the prodrive car??

not spec e30, J/K/L/M prepared e30 (where brakes can be upgraded/changed). There are a lot of people who assume BBKs are the way to go with IP e36 m3s, but some intelligent ones know stock do very well already. Not that e30 stock can compare, but fast KP drivers don't need xdrilled rotors or BBKs to do well.

i agree with all of this... race parts on street cars often dont work well... and you hit the nail on the head... the driver is often the limiting factor in the entire equation... its better to know how to use the stock system to its best then to be clueless using bigger brakes...

[Old'n'Slow]

i agree with all of this... race parts on street cars often dont work well...

See post #18. ;)

I think that since the person who originally posted appeared to be changing out the brakes on a street car, apparently a 318is, which I believe was equipped with ABS, we should've been asking him what he's running in the rubber department, before condoning big buck brakes.

I understand why racers want huge brakes. Race cars see harder braking in one race than most street cars ever see.

So, with ABS, while big brakes may feel different, it is irresponsible to believe they can stop an ABS car any shorter....



Cheers.

[CO318is]

... pretty interesting read from most of the posts, I am just looking to firm up my pedal feel, I am not really driving my car 10/10 at the moment but I thought I would probably feel a difference in the pedal if I upgraded to SS lines...