Rampmonkey Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Looking to replace my front discs soon and considering cross drilled or grooved to dissipate brake fade. I've had cross drilled discs on other cars and found them to be a massive improvement over stock vented discs (Except BMW! 😬) Anyone got any advice/ tried it with a Seven? Does it mess up the brake balance? Don't see many around!
James_Russell Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 I have never heard a sevener talk about brake fade! What pads are you using, and is your brake fluid any good?
Rampmonkey Posted March 27, 2012 Author Posted March 27, 2012 Not sure what brand the pads are, to be honest. I'm still using the same ones that were already in place when I bought the car; they've bags of life left in them. Recommend any good replacements? Â The brake fluid is all fresh; I overhauled the brake callipers just before the last MOT and so flushed the system through. I'm not getting any significant brake fade; no more than any standard road going car, I'm just looking at options when I replace consumables!
Drumster Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 I've had the EBC dimpled and grooved discs on my 7 for 7 years and 30,000 miles and now they need replacing but I'll be replacing them with the standard discs as I honestly don't think they made that much difference really.
Drumster Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 More than a few seveners seems happy with the Mintex 1144 pads. Work well enough for me touring, trackdays and sprinting. Plenty of info on them if you search the archives.
Andy Lef Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 I run the 1144 on my standard discs and it stops my 1.8ss (with some DVA pixie dust) at @155BHP quite comfortably. Toured Italy and France over the Alps with no probs or nervousness - or is that just my 'Driving Miss daisy' driving stlye - who knows.
Scoops Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 Mintex 1144 fornt and standard rear seems to be standard before you go to other options. Never had brake fade with them ? Could be me though.
Z3MCJez Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 There are people racing with that setup without getting brake fade. Â I've got a more aggressive setup (and more expensive ) but they don't work from cold so you wouldn't want this for the road. Â Jez
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