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Not to be a jerk. Call me lazy, but posting photos on this site is more involved than I'm prepared for.

Yes. This has been exactly my experience with the 4-pot calipers. I'm also running RBF600 and Hawk Street/Race pads. Everyone will tell you to switch to the 6-pot Brembos. I personally don't think this is always the answer. I bought a replacement set of calipers from Tascaparts.com, less...

I'm lazy and use the same pad and rotor year round. I'm running Hawk's Street/Race pads and DBA T-3 4000 series rotors with Motul RBF600. On the front, I get a little more than a year out of this setup. The rears look like they'll last nearly 3 years. I ran 8 track days last year, and two...

I've been tracking this car for the last three years and haven't any issues with this brake setup. I have also been consistently fast, not the fastest, but typically give theoretically faster cars headaches. They have been abused over 3 years and therefore need a little help. This is also my...

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I personally think a square setup looks good and proper, the staggered setup looks goofy. On the track the square setup helps reduce understeer on corner entry. Most people would consider that desirable. On the road, the car will sometimes want to follow road imperfections, "tram-lining"...

Be cautious with exhaust mods. Many tracks have sound limits. Nothing worse than having to coast down the back stretch.

It can be truly sphincter clenching to take your brand new car to the track. Having a dedicated car that you can thrash with only minor consequences is really the way to go. My nephew picked up a E46 330i for his track car for only $3,000. Parts are cheaper and he's only out a small...

I went to the track for the first time because soon after I bought my 2015 Mustang I quickly figured out that to fully explore its limits on the street was potentially suicidal if not homicidal. If I had put thought into developing a full-fledged track career, I probably would have started with...

Your going to get a lot of opinions this question. I, for one would not recommend it for a first time track car. Certainly the Corvette has a lot of potential and is a worthy adversary to nearly any car on track. I have caught and passed many theoretically faster cars in my humble Ecoboost...

No No No. Octane is a rating for resistance to knock. It will not create more power. Yes, if there is less knock the engine will make more power than when it's knocking, but it will not exceed the stock rating of the engine. You could run a blend of Acetone, Toluene and Nitro Glycerin and...

I have similar problems. I can't get my 6'7" frame into a Miata. The S550 has been awesome for that reason. I fit even with my helmet. I've been using the Hawk Street/Race pads and have gotten at least reasonable wear out of them. I also tried a set of the Powerstop Z26's. Those did not...

Those curbs have taken out more than one car. I stay away from them. [ame]

A while back ago, I stumbled across a company that offered an upgrade kit for the 4-pot calipers that included stainless steel piston cups and high temp dust boots and seals. Now I'm in need of this kit as the dust boots are currently dust themselves, and I can't find this company again...

I have a PP EB which comes with the base GT brakes. I'm using DBA's Club Spec 4000 T3 with reasonable success. Had them on the car with Hawk pads for 11 track days now with some minor visible wear. They still have the cooling vanes facing the outside like the stock rotors but it hasn't seemed...

OP, since your in Michigan, I would highly recommend starting at Waterford Hills northwest of Detroit. It's cheap, very well run, a relatively short track (1.4 miles) with top speeds rarely exceeding 100mph. It is a challenging track that is always moving, either right, left or up and down, a...

Yep. Exact same here. Track once a month & DD. On the road there is considerably less bouncing and hobby horsing. There is a slight increase in NVH and there are a couple of new creaks, although this could easily be contributed to the 53K miles on the car. On the track, I have everything set...

It may be the amount of dedication that Mattrix puts into his videos, but I use Harry's and love it for it's simplicity, but Mattix's videos are of much higher quality than what I'm getting from Harry's. A Swiss Army Knife like a smartphone app are always going to produce a lower quality...

There's a small chance I'll come up on Sunday. A lot of ducks have to line up.

Go get'em!