Why small car use big brake kit?

[Streetbumpkin]

If coming down fast from say 100km/h,the sound can only be heard towards the end..

[Jian]

so i suppose project mu is noisy by nature.

[Streetbumpkin]

Its not noisy at all.Unless u jam it really hard to put it to the test..Only under hard braking the sound can be hard towards the end..

[Streetbumpkin]

My humble brakes for a 1.6L Corolla.There are others who have mini 4 pots on their corollas.Most need 16" rims at least to get enough clearance, depending on brand.But there are other considerations of upsizing rims to handle the bigger rotors and caliper which will affect pickup speed and fuel consumption and cost that set me back.So i stick to 15" rims.Stock brakes is definately not enough for me Caliper is kept stock

 

Edited September 26, 2007 by Streetbumpkin

[Porker]

I drive a small puny car , but stock brakes is not good, so I change 4pot.

 

I also got 4 pots

[Clement_jr]

they merely have cash to burn. no issues with that.

[Shemmy]

I also have bolt-on APs for my puny car.. I want to act racer.. But truth is once you touch BBK, there's no turning back especially when you track

[Chemz]

Mine is a Civic, I'm on ordinary orginal factory 282mm brake kit. I've no problem going and up down gentings and stopping at high speed. I think frequent change of brake pads and the use of high performance tyres are good enough.

 

Regards,

 

driving the integra, i think the stock brakes are smaller than civic's, and they sure are spongy and hard to stop. anyhow, the solution to that would be to brake early.. =(

[Nitrous]

yeah, i agree, its useful for trackies, as they can brake harder n later before the corner..which is crucial.