[s-cars] Brake pedal firmness

[Theodore Chen]

it will.  the stock brakes on my '92 were high effort and mushy, a bad
combination.  the brakes were the worst thing about the car.

i upgraded to porsche 996 calipers on euro A8 rotors (BIRA system 3), and
replaced all of the rubber flex hoses with braided steel hoses.  the
brakes are much, much better now in terms of feel, and there's no
fade even braking from 100 mph to 0 mph downhill.

-teddy

--- Dave Ellis <UrS4 at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 
> The short answer, yes.  I've noticed the same issues.  After driving my 
> wife's A4 the first stop in the S4 usually induces thoughts along the 
> lines of 'for the love of god please *stop*'!  Seems like I have to use 
> a lot of pedal pressure.  After one or two stops my foot recalibrates as 
> you said.  I found the same after driving a number of other cars and 
> coming back to the S4.
> 
> I'm hoping a planned upgrade of the brakes will fix the issue.
> -Dave
> 
> 
> Wayne Dohnal wrote:
> > All of the brake servo postings are encouraging me to ask a different brake
> 
> > question.  I sometimes drive 2 other vehicles, and compared to those, the
> S4 
> > has very light steering and requires more force on the brake pedal.  This 
> > hasn't caused me any problem and the brakes seem to work just fine.  But 
> > when driving the S4 for the first time yesterday after 2 weeks with a
> rental 
> > car, I found myself stepping on the brake with what seemed like a firm
> push, 
> > and nothing happened.  After 30 minutes or so I got myself recalibrated to 
> > the brake pedal and all was normal again.
> > 
> > So my question for those who routinely drive other vehicles:  Does the the 
> > S4 take significantly more pressure on the brake pedal than the other cars?
> > 
> > This isn't a case of no brake boost at all.  When doing the bomb depletion 
> > test, the brake force changes from very firm to practically immovable.  The
> 
> > pedal force has been the same for the 3-1/2 years that I've had the car.
> > 
> > Wayne Dohnal
> > 1994 S4 
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