Discs and pads W n N

[Cornishman]

W and N have an offer for brake discs and pads, I am tempted with the ventilated drilled discs for the front and then their "daily offer" brake pads Ferodo performance DS with TUV for competitive driving.
Does anyone have experience of drilled discs and also these pads, ie what are benefits and disadvantages? They are for a road car that does not really stop very well that at the moment.
I do not want pads that have to warmed up first, I guess these are not that full on?
I have braided hoses, recent calipers, new fluid and this winter will have rebuilt servos.

http://www.wallothnesch.com/bremsbe...-fahren-mit-abe-eintragungsfrei-34-01-12.html

Thanks
C

 

[pmansson]

Not necessary

I use the stock ventilated discs (CSi) and they are fine. The best pads are of course the old asbestos ones, of which I still have several sets in stock. Among the others available today, I don´t really know. Some are harder than others. I don´t use my brakes that much as i keep a distance to cars in front, and use the gearbox to slow down.
On a race track, things are very different of course, but I don´t do that. A day on the German Autobahn is much more fun.

 

[Stefan]

For a road car, go stock or similar standard discs and pads.
Keep them in good shape and your car will almost stop (with some practise) like any modern car with anti lock brakes.
Ok, I guess "almost" in the text above could be around +10 to 20%
But to survive, keep the distance to other drivers and be aware how they "not" thinking and similar.

 

[daicos35]

i have just gone through a process of removing the brake boosters from my RHD E9.. i did this because i wanted to reduce weight, and keep the car as simple as possible. deleting the brake boosters meant i did not need to run anything that needs vacuum, (i am running triple sidedraft webers, with a mechanical advance distributor). the two things i did to get the car street legal in terms of peddle pressure were 1- put in the lower diameter (20mm), brake master cylinder, and put the ferodo performance ds brake pads in the front. what i can say is those front pads had a quantifiable positive effect on stoppoing power , for the same pedal pressure, over stock,,,