Rybo

Hi folks, im a newbie here.

Need some advice on a brake upgrade.

Was at knockhill today, coming upto a corner went on the brakes and nothing. The pedal went right to the floor !!!!

Got back to the pits and on inspection i was missing a rear pad!!!
(I thought these things shouldnt just fall out)

Anyways, cars totally standard but plan on doing a few mods and using it for track days.

Any advice on brakes guys, Not big budget thou - about £500

Cheers

Ryan

a16pse

if i were you i would fit braided hoses all round, fluid change , and a good set of pads all round either performance friction or ferrodo DS2500 and get the rear brake problem sorted out, that lot should cost you no more than £400.00 i would of thought.

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

Let me know what model and year you have , I would guess at a classic as all the later cars have pins holding the pads in place so would never fall out , if you wear the rears right down there would be a chance of the back plate coming out
Cheers Ian

Rybo

Thanks for the advice guys.

Ian Its a UK 2000 model impreza turbo. At the moment it has drilled and groved discs on, I think its the EBC discs. I've only bought the car so dont know to much about them.
The discs on the back are solid, I was thinking they should be Vented and thats how the pad fell out (Fingers crossed).

Ryan

stockcar

yep should certainly be vented on a UK 00 car.........as you thought, this would allow the pads to move far too much and cause the issue you had

alyn

Rybo

Thanks Alyn, I'm glad thats confirmed. Was starting to think I've bought a pig. Already changed the Clutch, Flywheel, CV Joint and only had the car 4 wks.


Thanks again for the info