03-27-2007, 09:59 AM
Andy Wrote:I wonder how often Chad goes through rotors/brakes?
This is front,
Stock Autozone PFz pads I get 1 weekend of use and they generally cook after 20 minutes or so and are DONE until they cool off. XP10's I get about 1.5 weekends, XP12's I get about 2 weekends of use, XP14's I got 2.5-3 weekends. I hear they have XP16's now...
This was on my 13" 2 Piston calipers, on the 4 pot brembo's I ran XP14's and they showed hardly any wear the one saturday I got to run them for Practice/Qual/~10laps?
Rotors I get a GOOD year out of, these are Brembo blanks, no drilled, no slotted, just blank vented. This is one reason I haven't justified going 2 piece. The hats alone are 300/set then the coleman blanks are around 90/ea. I can get the Brembo Blanks from Tirerack for 62/ea. 2-piece rotors USUALLY save you $$$ in the long run but for me it would be ONLY for weight savings.
Oh and Big tires when you don't have the power/ability to turn them are useless. AIX cars usually top out around 315's for usefulness. I could run a 285 w/ my power/suspension but that'd be about it, any more than that and I'd be fighting the car trying to make it turn. The 275's are just fine. (This is talking about a DOT race tire or Slick).