So, since my brakes dicked out at hampton downs I guess I need ot start saving for an upgrade of some sort. What do people recommend? These are what I assume are my options for a daily driver/occasional track car. Car has no major performance mods and probably wont be, at most ill be aiming for the generic upgrade path to ~200wkw or so, and not sure if ill run semi slicks.
Am I right in my thinking here?
Option 1) upgrade to the brembos
Pros: 330mm, seem to do the job pretty well with having the much larger brakes. Potentially not having to go to aftermarket rotors
Cons: will need ot buy new wheels as well to clear the calipers. Expensive and a bit more work with having to swap hubs etc
$11-1300 for the rotors/calipers etc then maybe another couple hundred to get the hubs from the v7 wrx to match my diff and still fit them. Will still need to sort brake pads as well.
Option 2) stick with bendix ultimates/some track specific pad on stock size rotors.
Pros: Cheaper. Keep current wheels
Cons: Having to buy new pads/rotors every 2-3 trackdays.
Option 3: Aftermarket rotors/pads.
Pros: Not having to swap hubs/calipers, reaosnably cost effective.
Cons: Not sure if ill still have the same issues as option 2.
What do people think?
I currently have the stock 294mm 4 pots with bendix ultimates on the front, and 276 single pots on the back with HD bendix pads. got 2.5 trackdays and ~5000kms road usage before cracking the front rotor which i replaced when i bought the car, and destroying both front and rear pads. I had no real issues with the braking performance of the car, just that it ate through the brakes a lto quicker than I expected.