Brake Upgrades for a 4 lug, what's available Options

[76-914]

Looking to upgrade my present brake system but I want to keep it 4 lug AND keep the parking brake. Not to mention, staying out of the Poor House at the same time. I'm not opposed to moving up to a larger MC. Is there such an animal? TIA, Kent (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[zach914v8]

I think for 90% of the 914's out there, the stock system working correctly is great. It is us, the 10% that have scary fast cars that need more. Its a strange feeling when your at the end of a drag strip trying to slow down from 115 mph and see the end of the road come up fast and your car wont stop. When you get out of the car and see you rotors glowing, you know that you have maxed out your brakes.

[stugray]

I think for 90% of the 914's out there, the stock system working correctly is great. It is us, the 10% that have scary fast cars that need more. Its a strange feeling when your at the end of a drag strip trying to slow down from 115 mph and see the end of the road come up fast and your car wont stop. When you get out of the car and see you rotors glowing, you know that you have maxed out your brakes.

If you are maxing out your brakes from one drag racing pass you are doing something seriously wrong.
That would barely give them a workout compared to how I abuse my stock brakes on the track.

I brake about as hard as I can from 110 MPH (with 215 Hoosiers) on just one of 10 corners at the track, and do that for 20 minutes without stopping.
I have only detected brake fade a few times

[zach914v8]

I think for 90% of the 914's out there, the stock system working correctly is great. It is us, the 10% that have scary fast cars that need more. Its a strange feeling when your at the end of a drag strip trying to slow down from 115 mph and see the end of the road come up fast and your car wont stop. When you get out of the car and see you rotors glowing, you know that you have maxed out your brakes.

If you are maxing out your brakes from one drag racing pass you are doing something seriously wrong.
That would barely give them a workout compared to how I abuse my stock brakes on the track.

I brake about as hard as I can from 110 MPH (with 215 Hoosiers) on just one of 10 corners at the track, and do that for 20 minutes without stopping.
I have only detected brake fade a few times

It was more than one pass. I was tuning with nitrous, and finally got the car in the 11's. The brakes went south at about the fourth pass, scared myself a bit. A brake upgrade has been on the list since then.

[stugray]

I think for 90% of the 914's out there, the stock system working correctly is great. It is us, the 10% that have scary fast cars that need more. Its a strange feeling when your at the end of a drag strip trying to slow down from 115 mph and see the end of the road come up fast and your car wont stop. When you get out of the car and see you rotors glowing, you know that you have maxed out your brakes.

If you are maxing out your brakes from one drag racing pass you are doing something seriously wrong.
That would barely give them a workout compared to how I abuse my stock brakes on the track.

I brake about as hard as I can from 110 MPH (with 215 Hoosiers) on just one of 10 corners at the track, and do that for 20 minutes without stopping.
I have only detected brake fade a few times

It was more than one pass. I was tuning with nitrous, and finally got the car in the 11's. The brakes went south at about the fourth pass, scared myself a bit. A brake upgrade has been on the list since then.

Then I still say you have something wrong.
Either the brakes are dragging, or you have fronts only working, etc.
One stop from 120 MPH to zero should make the rotors warm to the touch.
Then the time it takes to drive back to the line, restage, and go again and they would be cool to the touch again.
Laps at my track are only about 2.25 minutes so I repeat the 110 MPH to nearly zero every lap, and that is only one corner of 10. My brakes never get to the point of "glowing red hot".

Drag racing over & over as quickly as possible should not overheat these brakes even in 100% stock form.
Unless of course your car has 500 HP, and weighs 4000 lbs.

The physics just doesnt add up.
I'll calculate the energy dissipated and see.