AP Racing OR Alcon ?

[dave1]

the standard brakes are useless on track

[kbird]

£ for £ the AP's with PF disc's are hard to beat, rears are nice to look to look at but unnecessary. Alcons good, but will be more expensive (no prices in any posts.....) Have you ever seen a comment complaining about AP's? I use them on my race car and CSL with on problems

Welcome Kevin! Nice to see your first post here! :thumbs:

Ta!

[Mark CSL]

I run hispec calipers and they came with performance friction discs
also they are free floating and 380mm

I have to say they are brill and yes i have had APs :thumbs:

[Nords]

the standard brakes are useless on track

Yes, well not useless. If you're really hard on the brakes, some short circuits with plenty of fast to very slow areas (Donnington etc) will make them overheat and fade. However std brakes at places like the 'ring would be fine because it is lots of high speed (and hence cooling air) and not much really heavy braking. The better you are at the 'ring, the less braking you do anyway...

[shimmy]

I currently have standard brakes. I want to get at least 1 trackday in to compare standard before I buy an upgrade. Very interesting thread.

DONT COOK EM!

[glendog74]

I currently have standard brakes. I want to get at least 1 trackday in to compare standard before I buy an upgrade. Very interesting thread.

I was similar mate. My CSL had standard brakes with Pagid pads and braided lines when i got it. It fared 'ok' on the Ring but as tracks go the Ring isn't too intense as others can be. They worked ok but faded and grumbled after a few laps... Looking forward to trying the APs there :whistle:

[dave1]

Yes, well not useless. If you're really hard on the brakes, some short circuits with plenty of fast to very slow areas (Donnington etc) will make them overheat and fade. However std brakes at places like the 'ring would be fine because it is lots of high speed (and hence cooling air) and not much really heavy braking. The better you are at the 'ring, the less braking you do anyway...[/quote]

you got to be kidding i take it you hav,nt been to the ring in a csl half a lap and there shaking and stinking overheat in no time at all the standard rotor has'nt got a decent vane design rob and i both said we want ap's next time got fed up with the steering wheel shaking your hands off it back on the road no prob's at all

[Nords]

Not driven a CSL around there but a std e46 M3, like I said the better you are at the ring, the less you use your brakes!

I'm not that fast, but can do something like 8:40-50 BTG in traffic in my old Focus ST. It's brakes and my old M3 were fine...

[dave1]

aw well must be me then

[shimmy]

aw well must be me then

:thumbs:

but on real track you do need upgrade to 356 and new callipers etc or they will cook!

[StevenCSL]

Thanks for all comments guys !!

So, if I order an AP kit, I better ask for the performance friction discs instead of the AP discs ?

Or where can I order these performance friction discs ?

[kbird]

Try Simpson Motorsport they may be able to do a custom kit +441594841299 ask for Anthony or Julian

[SMD]

I have a custom kit for my car.

Brembo 8 pot front Calipers
Brembo 4 pot rears
378mm Discs
Customs Bells
Custom Brackets
Goodridge ines
Callipers painted porsche yellow... :smokin:
Pagid RS 14 pads

[Nords]

Thanks for all comments guys !!

So, if I order an AP kit, I better ask for the performance friction discs instead of the AP discs ?

Or where can I order these performance friction discs ?

I think Thorney can do PF disks with AP calipers although if your BM discs are good, just keep on using them?

aw well must be me then

:thumbs:

but on real track you do need upgrade to 356 and new callipers etc or they will cook!

I am the Forum's Fuch!

Hehehehe...

I have a custom kit for my car.

Brembo 8 pot front Calipers
Brembo 4 pot rears
378mm Discs
Customs Bells
Custom Brackets
Goodridge ines
Callipers painted porsche yellow... :smokin:
Pagid RS 14 pads

Brembos are lovely, any pictures SMD? Not cars but...



These are going on next once I get the correct spacers...

[dave1]

nice calipers those wavy disc's are a bit :gayfight:


few years old buy brembo discs look the nut's on 2 wheels