How To Sometimes Not Improve Things
12-05-2011, 04:48 PM
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How To Sometimes Not Improve Things
This is an interesting series of articles that show how mods, e.g. brake "upgrades" can sometimes result in worse performance than the stock performance.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/co...ack.com_page_3
Granted the base vehicles they were working from are at a higher starting point than a Mustang.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/co...ack.com_page_3
Granted the base vehicles they were working from are at a higher starting point than a Mustang.
12-06-2011, 12:06 AM
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I wouldn't read too much into the differences in the numbers. They're small and you'd never know the difference from the braking zone through to mid-corner. The launch through the exit would be another matter entirely.
12-06-2011, 05:13 AM
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12-06-2011, 09:29 AM
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The brakes have been upgraded as well, as the folks at GReddy installed Top Secret’s Big Rotor Kit front and rear. Although pedal feel has improved, we would probably forgo this $2560 option because stopping distances didn’t improve. The GR43 needed 4 ft. more than the GT-R Premium to stop from 60 mph, and needed an another extra 4 ft. (195 ft.) to stop from 80
12-10-2011, 09:31 AM
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Not stopping faster but just more controllable
and more consistant at the track where they
get used abot every 15 seconds on average
to remove the massive amounts of kinetic
energy that the engine is producing...
Add OEM S197 ABS to the mix and it all goes out the window
and more consistant at the track where they
get used abot every 15 seconds on average
to remove the massive amounts of kinetic
energy that the engine is producing...
Add OEM S197 ABS to the mix and it all goes out the window
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