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<blockquote data-quote="Steve@TF" data-source="post: 15325783" data-attributes="member: 40308"><p>this.</p><p></p><p>the stock brakes are certainly sufficient if you change the pads. certainly for street. for track, change the pads, fluid and add SS lines.</p><p></p><p>i upgraded to 13 stock brakes front and rear. ss lines, ATE brake fluid and hawk pads. ive tracked the heck out of it never had an issue with fade. i never tracked on the stock brakes but i know van has said many times that the stock stuff is sufficient if you make the minor changes, that you should make anyways. and that's for the track. for the street? you really dont need any of that. maybe just the pads. otherwise its all for looks. </p><p></p><p>you have to be careful of some of the big brake kits that slap big brakes on the front and rear. they could possibly be throwing the brake bias off. most of the time its for looks, and its an <em>expensive </em>look. </p><p></p><p>before the 13s came out, it was quite common for guys to upgrade the rear brakes to 14s with Baers eradispeed(?) kit. probably not noticeable on the street (bias wise). </p><p></p><p>keep in mind, the more crazy you go with brakes, like race spec, the more often you need to maintain it. the faster you will consume pads and rotors and stuff. oem stuff is designed to last a long time. but also depends on how much you drive the car and how of course. high performance brake fluid does need to be changed at least once a year though iirc. and <em>definitely </em>overkill for a street car. and if you do track it, youre supposed to bleed it between track days. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>he may possibly be referring to the Baer kit which allows you to run a 14" rear rotor. so the rears are the same as 13/14s, but fronts are not.</p><p></p><p>i think they have an adapter kit now from ford racing? but i got an early set of oem 13/14 rear brakes and we had to pull the axles to install them. quite a bit of work for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steve@TF, post: 15325783, member: 40308"] this. the stock brakes are certainly sufficient if you change the pads. certainly for street. for track, change the pads, fluid and add SS lines. i upgraded to 13 stock brakes front and rear. ss lines, ATE brake fluid and hawk pads. ive tracked the heck out of it never had an issue with fade. i never tracked on the stock brakes but i know van has said many times that the stock stuff is sufficient if you make the minor changes, that you should make anyways. and that's for the track. for the street? you really dont need any of that. maybe just the pads. otherwise its all for looks. you have to be careful of some of the big brake kits that slap big brakes on the front and rear. they could possibly be throwing the brake bias off. most of the time its for looks, and its an [I]expensive [/I]look. before the 13s came out, it was quite common for guys to upgrade the rear brakes to 14s with Baers eradispeed(?) kit. probably not noticeable on the street (bias wise). keep in mind, the more crazy you go with brakes, like race spec, the more often you need to maintain it. the faster you will consume pads and rotors and stuff. oem stuff is designed to last a long time. but also depends on how much you drive the car and how of course. high performance brake fluid does need to be changed at least once a year though iirc. and [I]definitely [/I]overkill for a street car. and if you do track it, youre supposed to bleed it between track days. he may possibly be referring to the Baer kit which allows you to run a 14" rear rotor. so the rears are the same as 13/14s, but fronts are not. i think they have an adapter kit now from ford racing? but i got an early set of oem 13/14 rear brakes and we had to pull the axles to install them. quite a bit of work for that. [/QUOTE]
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