BigJ
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The subject of brakes came up elsewhere and I figured this topic deserved its own thread.
Some are saying the stock brakes are fine. Others are saying they should be upgraded. What say you?
After thinking about this a bit more myself, I wonder how much "bigger" brakes will really help us, when traction is going to be nill anyway on the dirt. Isn't the "Raptor R" coming with the same brakes our Raptors have? Isn't the stock caliper and rotor what they ran in the Baja 1000?
What advantage do you think "bigger" aka larger/more piston calipers and/or larger rotors offer over the stock brakes? For my money, I'm starting to think not much. On a road course, of course it makes sense to go big and strong because you're throwing a ton of heat at those things all the time, with very little time between to cool. You need as much heat disapating material as you can get, and as much surface area as possible to help manage the heat that does build up (aka wont fade as fast).
But in the dirt? Where we run for long periods of time at high speed and then slam down needing to stop on a dime? Isn't the dirt the limiting factor in our case?
Other upgrades, on the other hand, do make sense to me. Things like stainless steel lines to firm up the pedal and better translate the modulation, maybe a stronger pad material to aid in grab and wear characteristics, and certainly a higher quality fluid to help avoid boiling/flashing when we do need to stop on that dime.
What do ya'll think?