Overheating brakes

[Todd15Fastback]

the better ones, jk, the 4 caliper ones.

LOL. Gotcha. I asked as you said 15" rotors. Those are only on the GTPP brakes.

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[bluestang50]

You may want to swap your fluid, and while you are at it put in a higher temp fluid.

 

[FivepointOHYEAH]

my B i have 14" will higher temp fluid help at all?

 

[Whiskey11]

I suspect the fade you were experiencing had more to do with the pad composition than with your brake fluid. Fluid fade usually results in complete loss of the pedal. It gets spongy and doesn't return after cooldown, or it goes to the floor and stays there completely (water in the brake fluid has boiled). Pad fade is from the pad overheating. Your brake pedal remains firm but brake effort has to increase to slow the car down the same as before. Eventually pad fade will have a hard pedal but absolutely no stopping power.

 

[FivepointOHYEAH]

I suspect the fade you were experiencing had more to do with the pad composition than with your brake fluid. Fluid fade usually results in complete loss of the pedal. It gets spongy and doesn't return after cooldown, or it goes to the floor and stays there completely (water in the brake fluid has boiled). Pad fade is from the pad overheating. Your brake pedal remains firm but brake effort has to increase to slow the car down the same as before. Eventually pad fade will have a hard pedal but absolutely no stopping power.

Im hoping my stocks pads arnt going to last much longer, maybe 20,000 miles and from their get good racing ones, but will the really tough pads hurt the rotors? those things seem really tough.

 

[bluestang50]

Fluid fade usually results in complete loss of the pedal. It gets spongy and doesn't return after cooldown

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it feels a little soft

 

[theman]

yes, really tough pads will chew up rotors... but you should not be going to full-on track pads on your next change unless you're tracking the car regularly.
do a street combo pad from a good pad company first, then try a driver's ed event at a road course or even autocross to see if you really want to deal with more noise, dust, and rotor wear of a competition pad. Many track heavy pads won't even work how you want them to until they reach operating temperature... PITA for colder morning commutes.

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