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Originally posted by 3wheeler View Post
Also not necessarily true. Some drivers prefer to use the ABS to ensure they are maximizing their braking ability, and some cars are more intrusive than others. If said driver can use this technique to his advantage on a very consistent basis, it is not considered a mistake. Now, if he misses the apex because he braked a little too late, that's a mistake, but that can also happen in ABS or non-ABS. However, if that same driver is forced to drive a non-ABS car, he may find it very difficult to adapt as he has always relied on the pulsation of the pedal to determine threshold braking - this habit can be costly!"Racing makes Heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty." -- Peter Egan
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Originally posted by haikara2308 View PostJust wondering is relying on the ABS in this way a good technique and is it indeed faster than braking but not getting into the ABS going into the corner? At the OTA school for the corner before the triple apex, I was told to brake till I felt the ABS but I'm unsure if this is indeed necessary and is it really faster.
Lets put it this way, anytime you need to threshold brake, you can either brake to the point at which the ABS is about to kick in(which depending on your ability, may be 95-100% braking force), or activate ABS(100% braking force regardless of skill). Using ABS gives you the most possible braking force without lock up but it can be intrusive on some cars making it a little unsettled during corner entry. Ultimately, the goal of a good ABS system is to have the car brake at 100% without the car being unsettled and to allow the driver the ability to focus all their attention on placing the car where it needs to be.
Now, if we are talking about proper motorsports systems, ABS would not necessarily be faster, but it would be MUCH harder to match its performance if the car did not have one. That would require the driver to be perfect every, single, time - much like a computer. So, what it really comes down to is consistency, and removing some of the pressure)no pun intended ) off the driver, making their job easier.Corey Whiteman
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Originally posted by 3wheeler View PostI have to clear up a couple things...
I had ABS blip on me right before turn in at the track once but that was no big deal since I was letting off brake to turn anyways. It was a nice warning/learning tool of the tires limits.
I suppose there are a lot of circumstances to consider where ABS is concerned. And every car being different. For me, I'll never likely have it on again, it's too unpredictable in my carInfiniti G35 Sedan ~ OTA #87
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Originally posted by Tunermax View PostThanks for scrutinizing and schooling Corey! Good to have some more knowledge on the situation. I'm sure every car is quite different also, so I apologize for perhaps making it sound like all ABS is unsafe, because certainly in most cases the opposite is true. I've personally never experienced ABS issues anywhere except Autox. The system on my car simple doesn't respond to a lift in brake pedal application (once ABS is engaging) fast enough. Leaving me forced to either hold the pedal or have no brakes for much too long a period.
I had ABS blip on me right before turn in at the track once but that was no big deal since I was letting off brake to turn anyways. It was a nice warning/learning tool of the tires limits.
I suppose there are a lot of circumstances to consider where ABS is concerned. And every car being different. For me, I'll never likely have it on again, it's too unpredictable in my car
We all still have allot to learn, myself included!Corey Whiteman
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I think the moral here is that the limitations of the stock ABS system are very different across different cars/platforms.
Matt, I'll take you for a ride in my car with more aggressive pads and much stickier tires than stock and show you that ABS can work as designed with no scary downsides. FWIW, there is also a big difference between our cars, both physically and the target demographic, so that's a giant factor as well.
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The issue is that ABS is set up but the manufacturer to maximise braking under certain conditions often low traction conditions such as wet or snow covered roadway. Also different manufacturers set up their cars brake proportioning to be different, I know GM cars tend to be rear biased i.e the rears usually lock up (and trigger ABS) first.
Changing brake pads, tires, suspension etc is not what the OEM ordered.
I know in my Camaros, particularly the 2002 model, the rear bias was so bad that I would run full race pads up front and stock pads in the rear and given any good tire, the wgt transfer to the front would still allow rear lock up way too easily thereby triggering the dreaded axle hop. No it didn't get much better even when the rear pads were hot. The only solution I found worked was to put in a mechanical proportioning valve downstream of the ABS box to dial out even more rear brake. Fortunately it worked very well, just took me a few seasons to work it out.
I know that just stomping on the brakes at every corner, triggering the ABS unit, at least in my cars, leads to a rapid fatigue of the system which usually goes into the equivalent of "limp mode" or turns off the ABS altogether. I remember being at TMP and wondering who was leaving all that rubber on the road until I realised it was me after a total ABS failure.
BTW I have experienced " Ice Mode" and it is really scary. Apparently it needs a few criteria to trigger, one of which I think is locking of both front and rear wheels at the same time. (Yet not sure how the old adage of " two feet in " in an emergency stop works here)Mobil 1 Time-Attack # 4, CCC Member
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Glad someone mentioned "two feet in . . . "
That's my issue with ABS, sometimes when you get in trouble you just want to be able to lock the brakes and skid in a straight line, doesn't seem to be possible with ABS On though, happened to me a few times at TMP last year, would've been nice to keep it off of the grass . . .
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Originally posted by wmija View PostGlad someone mentioned "two feet in . . . "
That's my issue with ABS, sometimes when you get in trouble you just want to be able to lock the brakes and skid in a straight line, doesn't seem to be possible with ABS On though, happened to me a few times at TMP last year, would've been nice to keep it off of the grass . . .Corey Whiteman
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Original plan was to run DTC30's all around, all the time, but those things squeal louder than a pig orgasm.
Sticking OEM's in the front and living with the little noise the rear DTC's make, changing the front at track.
My test'n'tune at TMP also shows the DTC30's like to turn RS3's into octagons.Barry
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Originally posted by Saj5DJ View PostOriginal plan was to run DTC30's all around, all the time, but those things squeal louder than a pig orgasm.sigpic
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I am of the opinion that if your ABS is kicking in you are braking too hard and have surpassed the point of "threshold" braking. It was interesting having the Integra out at the school in the wet, I pushed the envelope going into the braking zone at the bottom of the hill and had my ABS engage in a medium to light fashion but it was enough to upset my double heel toe downshift I had to make. This was an obvious disadvantage and made me slower, when I broke correctly there were no issues. I have noticed in multiple FWD cars that under hard braking zones where I require the use of trail braking I will get a very slight jitter in the pedal as a result of the rear inside wheel lifting but by this point I am already releaving pressure and going back to throttle.
The only time I will accept that same slight jitter in the brake pedal I mentioned earlier is when in a very bumpy braking zone, TMP and SMP come to mind. If ABS kicks in not in those two situations in any way I know I have made a mistake as a driver.
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Originally posted by KLZEMX6 View Postyou run rs3's, why would you swap tires at the track?
You will never get any measurable wear driving to and from the track on a tire like that
even if you were on rcomps I would drive to and from the track,
Tell me again how silly i am for not driving the RS3's to and from events lol!Infiniti G35 Sedan ~ OTA #87
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