Best drum brake shoe replacement?

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by Neurotic Hapi Snak

I think he was saying that without the ABS actuator modulating the brakes, the rears locked up with little braking force. You have to remember he's tracking his car, so he hits the brakes hard. If you hit the brakes hard enough to activate the ABS, you know when the ABS actuator is modulating the brakes, it's loud and you can feel it it.

Exactly. The brake valving for an ABS car is different, and when you disable it the balance is off. This will not make the car stop faster, there is not enough weight on the rear tires to pick up any benefit from additional rear brake bias.

The front brakes do about 80% of the work, if you want better braking upgrade the front pads.

[evo165]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

Exactly. The brake valving for an ABS car is different, and when you disable it the balance is off. This will not make the car stop faster, there is not enough weight on the rear tires to pick up any benefit from additional rear brake bias.

The front brakes do about 80% of the work, if you want better braking upgrade the front pads.

Roger that sir. Thank you for your advice sir. I am on Project Mu street pad now... Maybe I'll just upsize the rotor to 286mm for little brake improvement. Taking the "extended" bracket as mechanical advantage to increase the braking torque, hopefully...