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Re: Brake Upgrade (archive)
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Posted by Karl on May 21, 2001 at 17:43:29:

In Reply to: Brake Upgrade posted by JR on May 19, 2001 at 11:42:36:

You are right, the early e24 chassis is the same as e12.

The stock brakes on these cars are much better than the later e28 cars, with 4-piston front calipers and 2-piston rear. My data point is a drivers' school, in August, in Kansas. My son and I shared one car, and it never got a chance to cool off. People were giving up due to heat, but the brakes never did. That's stock brakes, high temp fluid, Mintex pads. Oh, and the car has a 3.5 engine, so it gets fast enough to use some brakes. So my opinion is that brake upgrade is not really a great way to spend money on these cars.

Just my $.02 -- YMMV, etc...

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