23 replies to this topic

[mulejones]

Im looking to upgrade my brakes, with out spending an arm and a leg, but i have no idea where to start. At the minute im just runnig the standard disks and pads.

Any suggestions will be helpful

thanks

[Puddings]

Get some drilled and groved disk's and fast road pads like mintex or greenstuff

[Retro_10s]

mintex pads + shoes are very good and once bedded in are lovely even when caned! not sure about disks, I suppose you could get vented discs but i don't see the need for them on a road car.

Green stuff are meant to be good when warm...

[Puddings]

links

Disks

Pads

Hope this helps

[robson]

if you are feeling adventurous, you could fit some metro 4 pot calipers which wont cost too much (second hand) and will be noticeably better

[minipip]

i would say dont get drilled discs as they are weaker between the holes and tend to crack, just go for groved ones, and yes 4-pots thats prob the best you could go for on a road car, but if u want to go full with an arm and a leg and mabie a lung too go vented.

[stickycreambun]

also maybe want to consider braided hoses, mainly just improves the 'feel' of the brakes a bit. oh and i presume you have rear drums, could think about new shoes to and maybe some minifins.

[ROD]

also maybe want to consider braided hoses, mainly just improves the 'feel' of the brakes a bit. oh and i presume you have rear drums, could think about new shoes to and maybe some minifins.

why are minifins better???

[Big_Adam]

good for heat dissipation.

[fikus01]

lots lighter!!

[mulejones]

Cheers guys, i think i will have a look at the show coming up and talk to some guys, but thanks for the advice, its given me somthing to think about!

[Dev]

If you can get mintex or ferodo, avoid greenstuff as quality varies between batches although you do get a free sticker.....

seriously you cannot fault mintex. drilled and grooved are good but slightly weaker than just grooved in construction. to be fair though they look cool.

minisport do a sure stop kit which is good value for the 8.4" set up.

dev

[Bass Man]

Has anyone ever fitted a brake servo to a non servo drum/drum system? Just a thought.....

[Jammy]

A brake servo won't give you anymore braking power.

i would say dont get drilled discs as they are weaker between the holes and tend to crack, just go for groved ones, and yes 4-pots thats prob the best you could go for on a road car, but if u want to go full with an arm and a leg and mabie a lung too go vented.

In the two and a half years I've been on TMF I don't believe anyone has ever come on the forum complaining that their drilled discs have cracked. Not saying it doesn't or couldn't happen, just that I've seen a hell of a lot of problems in the Technical section, and I don't recall any of them being this problem. I certainly wouldn't of thought it would be a problem with good quality discs.

[Jimmyarm]

Agree with Jammy on this, its highly unlikely to happen and would take some serious force which IMO you couldnt apply with the brake calipers on their own. Brake manufacturers do some pretty rigorous testing on their products to make sure that this type of thing doesnt occur.