[s-cars] Brake upgrade?

[Greg Johnson]

Bob,

Because I live in the "damp" PacNorthWest and for the very reasons 
you've mentioned, I decided to try slotted rotors and while the slots 
have not completely resolved the initial grip problem, they did reduce 
the grip gap time because the water and dust that gets between the pad 
and rotor surfaces has a place to escape.

My $.02

Greg J
BIRA.ORG

Bob Meyers wrote;

>Hi Y'all,
>
>Today, while driving through rather heavy rain and equally heavy road
>spray, I found myself unpleasantly surprised a couple of times by applying
>the brakes and finding them to have rather limited initial effect until the
>pads/rotors got dried off a bit.  The reason for the problem is quite clear
>and no significant problem was present due to my not pushing too hard for
>the conditions present.  However, the experience was still a bit
>disconcerting.
>
>My question: would a brake upgrade to something like BIRA system 1 or
>system 3 solve the wet brakes problem?  Is there a pad material which would
>minimize this behavior under very wet conditions while still giving
>satisfactory dry weather braking with minimal dust?
>
>_____
>
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>
>Bob
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