Brake upgrade?

[Truemen911]

Hello everyone, I bought my S550 GT with 4,000 miles on it, it had that common front brake squeal (had Ford fix that) they put new rotors/pad on the car and it stopped.


I took my car to a police training track, I really put my car to its limits, (maybe to far) lol. Braking pretty hard from 90-30 real quick before turns... after my session my front brakes were steaming... i did about 5 sessions of 15 minutes. My brakes do feel a bit different and not as confident as stock (obviously).


I do not have the PP, just premium package, what do you guys recommend so i wont get brake fade? Not looking to purchase a whole new brake system, but would rotors alone fix this?

Thanks in advanced.

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[Competition Orange]

pads, fluid, and resurface rotors (or new rotors)

 

[paul123]

pads, fluid, and resurface rotors (or new rotors)

investigate the racing versions of these parts

 

[Budwise]

If you overheated the pads you'll need to get new ones and if you embedded a bunch of pad material on the rotors if you cant get it off you'll need to get them turned.

In the future always flush fresh DOT4 fluid before an event and I'd also recommend some higher temp pads. The rotors are fine and don't need to be upgraded.

 

[Norm Peterson]

I do not have the PP, just premium package, what do you guys recommend so i wont get brake fade? Not looking to purchase a whole new brake system, but would rotors alone fix this?

Inspection, fluid & pads, rotors, additional cooling - more or less in that order.

First, inspect around each caliper (bleed fittings sometimes seep a little if the calipers get hot enough). Then check the condition (cracks, taper, etc.) and the remaining thickness of friction material on each of the pads.

For quick and cheap, just bleed each caliper until the fluid comes out clear/amber (it'll probably start coming out grey or even black) with no bubbles and see if that helps.

Your track use really needs high temperature DOT4 fluid (I use Motul RBF600) and track pads (which unfortunately tend to be noisy and dusty). Street pads, and especially street pads designed for minimum noise & dust, won't be up to that level of abuse.

You may or may not need new rotors (see Bud's post above).

Get more air into your rotors. There are kits for this, or you might be able to put something together yourself.


Norm

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