NA6 Big brake upgrade?

[danga]

Hi Danga

Too early to tell with my new brake setup as I have not had it on the track yet. However.....

I did a track day at Queensland Raceway late last year with only the fronts done and they stood up very well - I did not get any fade that I noticed, could easily lockup the fronts when I got too excited and minimal wear from 120kms of track work. That was with Bridgestone adrenalines on the front. I now have Kuhmo XSs on the front and they have in my opinion more grip than the adrenalines. The weakest link is possibly the brake fluid. I decided to go with a cheaper super dot 4 and replace it more often than the more expensive options. If I was going to upgrade the fluid I would probabley try Penrite sin 600.

I would steer clear of HP Blues if you are going to use on the street as they are a pure track pad and need a fair bit of heat to work well. The HP+ squeal a little and make lots of dust but I can live with these comparmises given the braking capability as it is mainly a weekend car.

DS2500 also get good reviews but I have never used so can not compare with the HP+s.

Hope this helps


Cheers Stewart

Thanks SCB this is exactly the feedback I was looking for if any others would like to chime in that would be great. MXFIVE feel free to tell me to get of your thread, but it seems like a reasonable place to discuss.

[madboy]

Thank you all for the great advice, I contacted Richard Larson from MX5 Plus this morning and purchased the big brake upgrade kit he sells.

be interested on how this goes for you, I take it you mean the NA8 brake upgrade kit he does? I am still sew-sawing between that kit and brand new RDA/EBC's

throw up some pics of the change over if you get chance too

MB

[Rob E]

I've had both NA8 hardware and now the biggest Wilwoods (Goodwin version 4 with 6 piston option)

for mostly street work, NA8 brakes are good nice pedal feel and work well with the right pads. If you want the best however something like I have is pretty incredible on the track, the difference in power compared to Mazda brakes really stands out, having said that there is nothing inherently wrong with the Mazda gear

[madboy]

having said that there is nothing inherently wrong with the Mazda gear

This i think is is probably the most sound and sane advice... and I keep trying to tell myself there is nothing wrong with the standard brakes...but the "bloke" part of me just keeps saying "Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade!" its soooo hard to ignore...