Decent brake upgrade options?
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Only for one time sudden stops. Bigger brakes are built for endurance and cooling, they don't improve one time stoppers. The concept of the Lexus brakes may be more efficient, but you'd need to know the braking systems in detail well enough before declaring anything. I'm talking about the exact same car only change being the brakes.
The benefit of the smaller brakes for short stops becomes a liability on longer runs because they can't spread the heat out and dissipate it like the bigger ones. 4pots are the bomb for a few good stops, other than that, cost and weight, there is no other benefit over a 6 piston.
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Got it, thanks.
Only for one time sudden stops. Bigger brakes are built for endurance and cooling, they don't improve one time stoppers. The concept of the Lexus brakes may be more efficient, but you'd need to know the braking systems in detail well enough before declaring anything. I'm talking about the exact same car only change being the brakes.
The benefit of the smaller brakes for short stops becomes a liability on longer runs because they can't spread the heat out and dissipate it like the bigger ones. 4pots are the bomb for a few good stops, other than that, cost and weight, there is no other benefit over a 6 piston.
The benefit of the smaller brakes for short stops becomes a liability on longer runs because they can't spread the heat out and dissipate it like the bigger ones. 4pots are the bomb for a few good stops, other than that, cost and weight, there is no other benefit over a 6 piston.
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