Current go to Brake kit?

[lamrith]

Did a quick search and the brake threads are 2+yrs old.  Is there anything new on the brake scene for the SHO?

New tires last year have transformed the car, the 275/40 GMax AS05's have tons of grip to spare.  Off the line, in corners and stopping these tires just refuse to let go.  My brakes I have always felt had great power and good modulation.  They have always felt like they had lot of grip without biting hard on initial touch or squeeling like some of the super high performance setups.

I have had two emergency panic stop situations in the last month and they have me questioning if my brakes are actually up to snuff.  As mentioned above I have not been able to get the tires to lose grip.  Even in a brake pedal to firewall panic situation.  The good news was the car STOPS RIGHT NOW, but I still find myself a bit concerned that after a certain level of braking force they do seem to bite any harder regardless of how hard I push the pedal.  I did NOT hear/feel ABS kick in in either situation, but the brakes seemed unable to lock the wheels for abs to come into play.  The second instance was a 40mph to stop situation and car felt like it stopped in about a car length, but at the end the car felt almost like it rolled to a hard stop rather than screeched to one.  Hard to describe but I hope that it is making sense, but I could feel that the brakes were not overcoming tire traction on the road?  Big tires or not I think the brakes should be able to lock a wheel from turning period?  Normally in a panic and ABS type situation that last 1-2ft the abs gives up and tires will skid a bit, that is not happening with my car.

I do not know if wear wise my car is ready for brakes (will look soon) but I think it is time to look into replacement/upgrades.  This is a stop and go traffic daily driver, not a track car, so while I want power, I am not looking for hard racing pads that squeal until they get hot either

 

[SHOdded]

You already have a Perf Pkg SHO, so OEM pads or police pads are currently the best bets.  A brake fluid flush could help, use hi temp/racing fluid.  Valvoline full synthetic works pretty well even for autoX so that's something to look into.  Wont work for new car lines that use ULV brake fluid tho.

Have not yet tried EBC Orangestuff, so no comment on that.  Pedal feel isn't the best on the SHO to begin with, so don't go by that.  Maybe bleed the ABS, that can help even if ABS is not used.

 

[lamrith]

Thanks SHODDed!  The car stops hard, just find it surprising in those panics that there was no ABS engagement.  I bought the car used from a dealer, but who knows what pads the PO put on it.  I will have to get in there and check.  This car is not driven hard where I am on the brakes often cornering where I would think boiling is even in the realm, but I will check fluid as well.

 

[SHOdded]

No loss of traction detected, so no ABS.  But yeah, air in the ABS does not necessarily set codes, while causing the symptoms you are mentioning.  Either find a gravel road to do some hard stops, or check Forscan Lite to see if they have that function, or have a shop/dealer do it.  If Forscan does offer it, be prepared to hold the brake pedal down HARD, LOL.

 

[lamrith]

No loss of traction detected, so no ABS.  But yeah, air in the ABS does not necessarily set codes, while causing the symptoms you are mentioning.  Either find a gravel road to do some hard stops, or check Forscan Lite to see if they have that function, or have a shop/dealer do it.  If Forscan does offer it, be prepared to hold the brake pedal down HARD, LOL.

Thanks man, I will see what I can find.  I do have forscan so that is an option.

 

[SHOdded]

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[avidmotion]

My current go to set up is EBC ROTORS and back to stock PP pads which are made by performance friction with carbon/kevlar semi metallic formulation. Great pads.