and this thread is just to tell you guys how stoked i am and tell y'all what i'm going to do. comments/opinions/suggestions welcome.
I drive an '06 mazdaspeed6, and i've been to the track several times in my 89 fc3s, and once previously in my speed6... and that last time at buttonwillow, i was starting to get some brake fade midway through each day. SO, rather than getting a LOT of fade at Streets of Willow (a much more braking intensive track than buttonwillow), I decided to change around some goodies in my braking system.
I knew that I didn't need to go with a big brake kit (as was so enthusiastically encouraged by my co-workers) as my car stops pretty damn well stock (i think 60-0 is like 155ft, which amazingly isn't that much longer than a stock z06!!), i just needed to keep it from fading...
SO, i went with some EBC Greenstuff pads ($137) in the front and rear, ATE super blue brake fluid ($44) and technafit stainless steel braided brake lines ($99)... and for <$300, i have a braking MACHINE!
now the only thing else i have to worry about is tires... my stock bridgestone potenza re050's really weren't that bad of a tire... but my fronts are almost gone, and my rears, well... i should have rotated the tires, but i decided being a lazy ass would suffice... my rears probably still have like 1/3-1/2 the original tread... not rotating = ouchtown, population me.
so with tires (what good are brakes if your tires can't hold!?), i've decided to go with a set of the Falken Azenis RT-615's, the newer model of the older Falken Azenis Sports which they no longer make. I used to run those tires, and... they were awesome! let's hope these are just as good. Stock size is a 215-45-18, which they didn't have, but that's fine, i wanted a wider tire anyways. So i'm going with a 225-45-18 tire (sucks having only a 7" rim!). I would have gone with a 225-40-18, but my rim was 1/2" too small... D'OH!!
and so that's my story.
Cliff notes:
- going to racetrack, didn't want fade like last time.
- EBC greenstuff pads, better fluid, stainless steel braided brake lines
- tires not so much tread left
- going with a great set of tires (used to use a lot in auto-x)
- slikmunks = excited.
I drive an '06 mazdaspeed6, and i've been to the track several times in my 89 fc3s, and once previously in my speed6... and that last time at buttonwillow, i was starting to get some brake fade midway through each day. SO, rather than getting a LOT of fade at Streets of Willow (a much more braking intensive track than buttonwillow), I decided to change around some goodies in my braking system.
I knew that I didn't need to go with a big brake kit (as was so enthusiastically encouraged by my co-workers) as my car stops pretty damn well stock (i think 60-0 is like 155ft, which amazingly isn't that much longer than a stock z06!!), i just needed to keep it from fading...
SO, i went with some EBC Greenstuff pads ($137) in the front and rear, ATE super blue brake fluid ($44) and technafit stainless steel braided brake lines ($99)... and for <$300, i have a braking MACHINE!
now the only thing else i have to worry about is tires... my stock bridgestone potenza re050's really weren't that bad of a tire... but my fronts are almost gone, and my rears, well... i should have rotated the tires, but i decided being a lazy ass would suffice... my rears probably still have like 1/3-1/2 the original tread... not rotating = ouchtown, population me.
so with tires (what good are brakes if your tires can't hold!?), i've decided to go with a set of the Falken Azenis RT-615's, the newer model of the older Falken Azenis Sports which they no longer make. I used to run those tires, and... they were awesome! let's hope these are just as good. Stock size is a 215-45-18, which they didn't have, but that's fine, i wanted a wider tire anyways. So i'm going with a 225-45-18 tire (sucks having only a 7" rim!). I would have gone with a 225-40-18, but my rim was 1/2" too small... D'OH!!
and so that's my story.
Cliff notes:
- going to racetrack, didn't want fade like last time.
- EBC greenstuff pads, better fluid, stainless steel braided brake lines
- tires not so much tread left
- going with a great set of tires (used to use a lot in auto-x)
- slikmunks = excited.
But you're right, the price for tires on this car makes me want to get a set of lightweight 17's or continue to run only my rx-7 on the track (which runs 205/45/16's at probably the same price range as yours... the azenis 215's were like 67 per)
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