Rarely will you get fade on a street car. If you do - then go with a better brake fluid - like ATE super Blue or better yet - Motul 600.

That should clear 98% of your issues.

If you decide you want to increase brake performance, next upgrade is pads. go with a metal content or dual purpose pad. Ferrado or pagid or hawk make excellent dual purpose - next down the price game is axxxis - they are typically much cheaper but more of a street/track than track/street.

Be forwarned - some of the harder compounds can squeek and many take a higher operating temp before they start working. so your street brake performance may actually suffer. Some of the track pads also create a butt load of dust - so if you have wheels that are hard to clean - keep this in consideration.

From there - you may decide on rotors - for the bling factor - the drilled rotors are way up there - just be careful AND inspect them often, at least every six months. The drilled rotors can increase cooling - but they can also wear the pads MUCH quicker than a plain rotor - again inspect often.

My pref is either the gas slotted or dimpled. But you are the one that has to decide.

 

Mine are drilled - from the factory. I also have an under the A-arm scoop that picks up air and shoves it through the hub, and into the rotor itself escaping through the holes and the vanes in the rotor.

 

stoptech makes a nice kit - I have the 355mm slotted rotor running pagid oranges. Drilled/cast holes looks cooler but tend to crack up a bit. You can always spend 15k on the porsche ceramic kit! haha

 

Wilwood makes good kits too

 

Interesting. My mistake. That's what I get for listening to somebody else and not owning a Porsche myself. Dammit. LOL

I have used one of those scoops (Porsche air deflector) you're talking about. They didn't help cool my brakes at all. Others have said the same, some have not (must have something to do with Porsche design and the holes most likely). Now each side has two 3-inch hoses doing a good job.

 

+1 on the stainless lines and brake fluid. Where can you buy Motul 600 at? Discount? I know bike shops carry Motul fluids, just not sure about brake fluid.

^ my next upgrades w/ new pads of course!

 

Cahills Yamaha carries Motul but you really don't need it for the street. DOT4 will suffice.

I'm thinking cars, not sure about bikes.

 

I was talking about cars too, bt I didn't know of any auto places that carry Motul other than bike shops for dirt bikes and such. I'm thinking I will deff have to have a higher boiling point brake fluid since I now have a turbo and it sits merely an inch or so from the master cylinder. I don't need my brake pedal falling to the floor when I approach a busy intersection.

 

I doubt you'll have to worry about it. The dry boiling point of DOT4 is 465 degrees.

 

Sorry Chuck, but in florida dry boiling point doesn't mean dick. As soon as you open a bottle you are introducing moisture to it. Yes, most bike shops carry motul 600 - sometimes you have to call around for it.