Braking in the 98 GS4 Old Top Gear
04-08-13, 11:07 PM
#16
...Albeit, the OEM brakes really are NOT in need of 'upgrading' at all.... Simply installing EBC Redstuff pads (and maybe new rotors) will provide more-than-adequate braking on our cars.
I just drive like a MANIAC, and really just love having next to NO risk of ever rear-ending somebody because I couldn't stop my car in time. haha
I just drive like a MANIAC, and really just love having next to NO risk of ever rear-ending somebody because I couldn't stop my car in time. haha
04-09-13, 08:50 PM
#17
Really?? I'm guessing you had a PRE '95 LS. Yeah, or are you saying that even the '95-'00 Lexus LS (which used the 4-piston calipers up front) had inferior braking capabilities compared to the Second-gen GS models? If so, that's sort of suprising.
All I know is- we installed the (sweeet!) all-aluminum 4-pot LS calipers up front on my '01 GS4 with new slotted/drilled rotors and EBC "Redstuff" pads all around, and the fuggin car literally stops as well as a new Porsche Panamera, or BETTER. It's insane, honestly. I LOVE em !
All I know is- we installed the (sweeet!) all-aluminum 4-pot LS calipers up front on my '01 GS4 with new slotted/drilled rotors and EBC "Redstuff" pads all around, and the fuggin car literally stops as well as a new Porsche Panamera, or BETTER. It's insane, honestly. I LOVE em !
04-09-13, 08:52 PM
#18
Really?? I'm guessing you had a PRE '95 LS. Yeah, or are you saying that even the '95-'00 Lexus LS (which used the 4-piston calipers up front) had inferior braking capabilities compared to the Second-gen GS models? If so, that's sort of suprising.
All I know is- we installed the (sweeet!) all-aluminum 4-pot LS calipers up front on my '01 GS4 with new slotted/drilled rotors and EBC "Redstuff" pads all around, and the fuggin car literally stops as well as a new Porsche Panamera, or BETTER. It's insane, honestly. I LOVE em !
All I know is- we installed the (sweeet!) all-aluminum 4-pot LS calipers up front on my '01 GS4 with new slotted/drilled rotors and EBC "Redstuff" pads all around, and the fuggin car literally stops as well as a new Porsche Panamera, or BETTER. It's insane, honestly. I LOVE em !
04-09-13, 10:12 PM
#20
Tires, weight distribution, suspension geometry, surface driven, steering geometry, condition of suspension parts (shocks, bushings, ect..) , condition of rotors, condition of pads, condition of brake fluid,
But if you can lock your tires up (or actually get to just before they lock) that's about as fast as you are going to stop and bigger brakes won't help you (they will in a race track or a mountain road where you can get brake fade but not for a one time stop under normal driving)
Also a big brake kit will let you stop with less pressure on the brake pedal wich also gives you the psychological feeling you are stopping faster.
But if you can lock your tires up (or actually get to just before they lock) that's about as fast as you are going to stop and bigger brakes won't help you (they will in a race track or a mountain road where you can get brake fade but not for a one time stop under normal driving)
Also a big brake kit will let you stop with less pressure on the brake pedal wich also gives you the psychological feeling you are stopping faster.
Last edited by sam12345; 04-09-13 at 10:16 PM.
10-26-14, 07:54 PM
#22
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The Panamera brakes 70-0 in 158 feet, the GS in 139. So pretty poor compared to the GS!
All I know is- we installed the (sweeet!) all-aluminum 4-pot LS calipers up front on my '01 GS4 with new slotted/drilled rotors and EBC "Redstuff" pads all around, and the fuggin car literally stops as well as a new Porsche Panamera, or BETTER. It's insane, honestly. I LOVE em !
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