1G my brakes suck!

[spitefire1]

my brakes suck rele bad! i recently upgraded to the 93 big brakes on the front and to me they dont seem like they stop enough! is their a big brakes for the rear of the car too? like what can i do to get my car to stop better. will abs emoval help? vr4 brakes. something

 

[cyclonekid77]

Are your brakes bled well? Are you sure all of your calipers a working properly? If you have big brakes your car should stop pretty quickly.

 

[standard235]

I know my 94 AWD stopped very well... and I'm going to do new calipers with SS lines, ABS delete, PowerSlot slotted rotors, and Hawk HPS pads next...

 

[spitefire1]

i have 93 rotors, stock brake pads stock lines! i am about to do a abs delet this weekend i just need everything to do it with! but my pedal feels very spongy! is their a rear upgrade for your cars as far as brakes go>

 

[ScottH]

IMO, upgrading your rear brakes is a waste of money unless you're doing a "race" kit solely for weight reduction. IIRC the rear brakes only do about 15% of the braking. If the pedal is spongy I would continue to bleed the brakes. If that doesn't help the start disassembling the front brakes to thoroughly inspect stuff.

 

[drivemusicnow]

Don't assume that you need bigger calipers to increase braking ability. To make your car stop faster do these things in order:

1) Flush fluid, and use a high temp racing fluid like motul or super blue.
2) upgrade to an "autocross" pad. These aren't going to be as bad in the cold as a real track pad, and will be able to handle much higher temps, with a much higher friction co-efficient.
3) at this point, you'll need better tires to be able to stop faster, so getting some decent summer street tires would be your most cost effective choice. R-comps would be best.

 

[gstryyder]

i second what he said...^^^ Bleed your brakes good!!

 

[Rob10_99]

Yep, get some non race pads unless you dump a lot of heat into your pads on your daily commute.

 

[MIdsm]

IIRC the cars with "big brakes" have a larger master cylinder as well. Please check though.

 

[cabbageman97]

If bleeding your brakes doesn't help, if you replaced the calipers make sure the bleeder screw is on the top of the caliper. Otherwise the air will get trapped in the top of it and you'll have a spongy pedal no matter what you do to it.

 

[steve]

You also might want to get some braided stainless brake lines. I would guess that the 19 year old rubber lines might be a little mushy at this point. Did you flush the fluid when you put the dual piston calipers on? Not just bleed the air out but replace all the fluid since it's not likely it's been replaced since the car was new.

 

[TunersNation]

Like everyone says, bleed, bleed, & bleed. The twin piston oem calipers are very good & perform very well. Upgrading to ss braided will also improve pedal feel as well. The factory pads stops pretty good too. Before you go out & spend anymore money, bleed, bleed & bleed some more.