06-25-2015, 11:43 AM | #1 |
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These brakes are crap for serious track use!
I had issues at WGI with my rear brakes going away after about 6 laps the majority of braking happening in the front and long pedal travel when they go away and I was braking quite early compared to what I did in my E92 M3 with a Stoptech 380/355 which was a bulletproof system.
Nannies are 100 % off. Fresh 650 Fluid with a full flush. Fresh Pagid RSL pads on the front and 50% RS29's on the rear.I have contacted Pagid and they are trying get me RSL's for the rear.They said the different pads should not be the issue.The rear pads are running hotter than the fronts. Rebled them and the fluid came out fine. The Pads on this car are about half the size that I had on my Stoptech BBK on my E92 M3.Is this system undersized for the performance level of this car?I am not going to put a BBK on this car as I will get something else for track duty that has proper brakes on it.And yes I am quite aggressive on track with lots of endurance racing experience. Last edited by Gearhead999s; 06-25-2015 at 11:54 AM.. |
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Well the Glen is hardest place that I have run on for brakes for lapping and as that is the last event for the year that I will attend it probably not be an issue again for a while. Still I am really quite disappointed with the performance of these brakes.
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Seems that the calipers didn't change color the way that MasterC17's did. I don't recall if he was using OE pads or something more track focused.
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06-25-2015, 02:09 PM | #6 |
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The thing that upsets me is that I was being quite conservative with my braking compared to the previous cars that I have had at the Glen.I was quite surprised by this as I was only doing 15 minutes of our 40 minute sessions like I normally do.
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Hmmm. If you've got racing experience then I'm sure you're faster than me. I have the Stop Tech Trophy on my E92 and I always felt that those pads were kind of on the small side for a BBK. If the stock pads in the F82 are smaller than those, that does make one wonder.
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My Pagid dealer had a conversation with Andreas at Pagid and his feeling after looking at the pictures is there is something that is causing the rear brakes to be coming on as the rear pads are running way too hot which makes no sense especially with my moderate braking forces.My average braking at WGI was in the .65 to .75 G area with peaks to .8.I used to see 1.1 to 1.2 G peaks with my E92 with the Stoptech BBK on street rubber.
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If the nannies went back on somehow I think you'd hear the rear brakes squealing a bit on corner exits?
Fwiw my brakes went away this last track day at about 10-12 minutes in to each session. Carbotech xp12/10, SRF, etc. My front pads were low to start the day and it was 90-95 F so it didn't surprise me. I think if the pads are not very thick the heat will infiltrate the system quicker? Maybe that's why your rears got hotter? That being said, your rear caliper color looks normal. My font calipers are dark olive green, almost black now from the heat.
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Once the initial excitement of having a fixed caliper brake system from the factory wears off, I believe that many M4 owners will find their OE brake system inadequate for serious track use. The OE BMW hardware does not compare to what is provided by the aftermarket, even when the supplier and manufacturer is the same (Brembo).
I believe one contributing factor is pad swept area. I did some quick analysis in this thread: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1081905 Pad areas when compared to a Brembo GT kit are as follows (StopTech numbers would be similar) M3/M4 OEM front: 71cm² M3/M4 OEM rear: 40cm² Brembo GT front: 95cm² Brembo GT rear: 62cm²
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I trimmed the majority of the metal off on my rotor shields except areas where they are close to suspension components to get more air flow to the rotors and still offer heat protection. you may want to do that or remove the rotor shields completely to see if that helps.
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Here is my experience. I ran WGI with Carbotech XP10's all around. I destroyed the front pads. Gone in less than a day. They were pretty sketchy, so I was braking pretty early. However, the rears held up absolutely fine. Barely any wear. So, I bought a set of XP12's for the front that I will be running Tuesday at Thompson. It will be interesting to see what the results are. My hope is that they will hold up fine and I won't loose my pedal like I did with the XP10's. We'll see how it goes. For reference, the highest I peaked for braking force was a little over .8 g's with the XP10's (my E46 could pull about 1.2).
Regardless, I would agree that I'm a bit disappointed with the stock setup. I really thought BMW had nailed it with the brakes (finally), but now I'm not so sure that is the case. The pads are not much bigger than they were on previous generations, so the friction and heat being generated by them is massive. I'll report back with results on the XP12's.
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Well crap! I thought the OEM system was going to be up to task this time around. Too bad they didn't have a CCB option without the CC rotors.
BBK for me in the future probably. I like the confidence of knowing I'm going to have brakes at the end of the long straights at VIR.
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