260rs Brakes Feel Weak

[cefiro]

I just got my car going after 3 weeks sitting in the car port and I know there is always a build up of rust etc, but I have never been impressed with the performance of the std brakes, tonight I was really struggling to get the ABS to kick in, in the wet and pushing dam hard. What are other peoples like. I Would have thought R33gtr brembos to be much better than what they have been. I have endless pads in them as well. Any thoughts??????? the pedal is not soft and spongy ist really quite the opposite, on light braking they feel good but firm braking they are no good.

[M I K E]

i've got 33gtr brembos on my rs-v and i must say i'm very impressed with how well they work, particularly on such a large car. I don't think i could ever go back to driving a car without the brembo ABS combination now to be honest. so a little puzzled to think that you'd not be happy with them?

[cefiro]

how easy does the abs kick in???? I am struggling to even get that going.

[zei20l]

youre forget to mention what tyres youre running. they might have phenominal wet braking abilities and you dont need abs because they arent locking up

[cefiro]

Nah tyres are nothing special, bidgestone something, they are not race tyres or anything.

[mxfly]

There could be so many possibilities, here's some.

1. Shitty old brake fluid will make the brakes feel crap, so I would change it if needed.

2. Seals on the calipers could be seized

3. Brake master cylinder seals could be rooted as well but it's not a very common problem.

4. Rotors, you could try using some emery paper to give the surface a rub down.

[cefiro]

yeah was tinking about doing a bleed of all the brakes maybe a good start, then go from there.

[msports180]

Yeah mine feel very strong, awesome pedal feel, has no problems pullng it up.

With kuhmo ku-31's (middle of the road) on dry roads i have to work it HARD to get the ABS on wet roads havnt really pushed that hard, with the old snow tyres wud get the ABS working hard just looking at the brakes oh my god did they howl and squeal when i was bedding in the brakes

[iamhe77]

Which Endless pads are you using?

Perhaps they have a higher operational temp than you are reaching?

Pads that don't "bite" would explain why your brakes are unimpressive.

[cefiro]

s sport they are not ceramic or anything, so they should bite better than something standard, even with heat in them they are not special.

[KiwiRS4T]

1. Change all of your brake fluid and put in some Motul Dot 5 (water in the system doesn't show up until too late!).

2. Get a brake cylinder stopper.

3. Braided stainless steel brake lines all round ( if you haven't already).

4. Decent brake pads.

[_Ryan_]

1. Change all of your brake fluid and put in some Motul Dot 5 (water in the system doesn't show up until too late!).

2. Get a brake cylinder stopper.

3. Braided stainless steel brake lines all round ( if you haven't already).

4. Decent brake pads.

his pads are decent.

i used them, i liked them for an every day pad, far superior to any bendix crap!

endless SSS with good rubber(bridgestone RE001) had my forehead hitting the dash!

[M I K E]

his pads are decent.

i used them, i liked them for an every day pad, far superior to any bendix crap!

endless SSS with good rubber(bridgestone RE001) had my forehead hitting the dash!

endless SSS are awesome pads, best street level pad before you get into their track only based series. from memory rated in the 0-500deg range. think i'll buy some to go with these nice new slotted rotors i have here

[_Ryan_]

friction co-efficient matters more than the temp range i was told, and a good package wont get as hot as solid rotors and shit pads