how long do brake pads last ?

Ticklemouse

tomstickland wrote:

but do a 100-30 in a Corsa and then sit at lights with the brake pedal on and that'll do it.

Jeez - would you WANT to do 100 in a Corsa? (assuming of course you can get it to that speed in the first place)

tomstickland

I don't know, I've never driven one, but the 1.6 GSi must make 115BHP or something and is therefore capable of 115mph at a guess.

Silent_Bob_3

Maybe downhill. Cars like that should be restricted as they cant stop anywhere near as quick as true sports cars. Unless they have uprated discs/pads/brake lines and callipers.

tomstickland

Well, when I used to be part of a Vauxhall tuning club there were countless Novas running 150BHP 2.0 16v engines and they used the brakes from the Vectra. These could stop better than most modern saloons on account of their light weight. There's no overcoming mass when it comes to braking.

I had Vectra 3.2 V6 brakes on my Astra GTE and they were astounding, what with being designed for a 1400KG car and then being used on an 880Kg car. I binned the servo and went to a bias box set up, that was better still, made you realise how binary most modern car brakes are. No use for anything other than hard braking.