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Old 07-12-2008, 07:41 PM   #200 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DRIVEN1 View Post
So do you think that I could run the blues out front on some new rotors and leave the rear stock for the first time out? Or will I bias be way off and cook the rear? Did you ever run that combo when you first got the car? It would be nice to not buy rear rotors and pads if did not need to. But at the same time would rather buy now then destroy the stock and then have to buy new stock stuff along with new track stuff.

Once again thanks alot for helping out with all my questions. Mike

With the Aggresive front pads, you are NOT likely to kill the OE rear pads ... you will probably have too much front brake bias, giving you more dive under braking, and relaistically less overall braking performance. You can probably "get away with" running the OE rear pads with front Track Specific pads ... I think ultimately you will need to upgrade the rear pads to at least an agressive street compound. To save $$$ you can have the rear rotors turned and just buy new rear pads.

Keep in mind, brakes are a SAFETY item, and not something that you really want to skrimp on ... You do not want to run out of brakes in the braking zone at th end of a ;long straight .... it gets exciting FAST ... been there ...done that ... have the scars top show for it.


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