Mk2 brake upgrade - coopercraft ?

[bxlbaz]

Hi all
I am just about to upgrade my brakes and have a few questions I thought you might be able to help me with
- coopercraft or Zeus or ???
- cast or alloy
-vented or not
-which pads

Thanks in advance for any sharing of experiences or advice
Barrie

[Rapid rental]

Hi, I have coopercraft on the front, fitted 15 years ago and they work really well. They can stop the car on its nose if needed.

[a8hex]

On my XK150 I went for the Zeus ones as they seemed to be favoured by people racing XKs.
The standard disk worked fine, there didn't seem to be any point to changing to ventilated disks.
I ended up using Ferodo DS2500 pads, which are really a racing pad material but seem to work perfectly well on the road, can be a bit snatchy but they never gave me an issue. They were fitted after I'd melted some other pads on the track, but I'd had a minor leak on one of the rear calipers and so was needing to brake for longer than normal which gets the pads hotter than normal.

[bxlbaz]

Thanks, which in your opinion are better, vented or solid discs and iron or alloy calipers ?

[JagerT]

I have Zeus fitted to my Mk2 ,for ordinary driving there won't be any benefit using vented

[bxlbaz]

Thanks all, I appreciate your input. Job's a good'un