Best Brakes for a m3 evo E36.

[ves-sportni]

I want to put fast road discs and pads on my E36 m3 evo. Can anyone offer a good combination ?? Thanks b

[clabcon]

330mm 4 pot ap's with pagid rs29 pads

[phatgixer]

6 pot APs

Will fit if you use Dynamics 17" wheels

Edited by phatgixer on Monday 29th June 20:25

[TheEnd]

Stick to the original floating Evo discs, they are pretty much un-warpable as they float on radial pins allowing them to expand free from the bell, but you need good fade resistant pads to make the most of these, as they can't soak up heat as well as a regular full cast iron disc.

Try some Performance friction Carbon ceramic pads.
The Z rated ones are cheap at about 50-ish, and my first testing/bedding in with them actually made me feel sick from the deceleration.
The 97 compound is better still, but i haven't tried it yet.
This have done a good few laps on the 'ring, and Marham, and i could just abuse the brakes as much as possible without any loss of performance.

The only downside is the evo discs are hugely expensive, compared to the other aftermarket 3.0 and 3.2 one piece discs.
The floating section is by far a better thing to have than any other aftermarket grooved/drilled discs.

[ves-sportni]

What make of z rated pads ? dot 3 brakefluid ? As mine is a 3.2 evo are they the standard brake discs you described, I hadnt intended changing the calipers as its just too expensive where do I get the discs and pads ? Thanks for any help

[cosworth330]

I have the same set up on my 1998 M3 Evo, new OEM floating front discs (only available from BMW dealer) & Performance Friction Z rated pads awesome, no fade at the Ring or on trackdays & the pads are only about £60. Stick with the original calipers, braided hoses & 5.1 fluid. If you do it all yourself the parts will cost about £360, discs,pads,hoses,fluid. Don't bother with crap aftermarket discs, unless you go for the Performance friction discs aswell which are about £500.

Simon.

[dan101smith]

As above really, but I'd chuck in that I also really rate Pagid RS29 pads, although I appreciate they cost more like £200 per axle.

[ves-sportni]

Is there OEM front floating discs standard on this model ??

[teabagger]

I have experianced pad transfer using rs29's - I get quite bad vibration from the discs which comes and goes. The pad transfer can be seen on the discs.

BUT, the rs29's dont fade (I do have some nice brake cooling mods on the go though) after some sprited track work.

I am tempted with the performance friction stuff next as they seem to be rated well and have a more reasonable price tag.

[ves-sportni]

Where do I get the performance z rated pads ???

[dan101smith]

I get some pad transfer too, but it normally clears after a few hard stops.

Ves-Sportni - the Evo has floating discs from the factory, so get replacements through the dealer.

[TheEnd]

http://www.part-box.com/index.php?cPath=968_1058_1...

for the pads,

for fluid, i'd go for ATE super blue from GSF

http://shop.instant-shop.com/JRT-Automotive/produc...

gsf prices are about the same, but you'll probably find one nearer to home.There is a super gold, but the only difference between gold and blue is the colour, so you can see when it's bled through.

[ves-sportni]

Gentleman thanks very much.

[scz4]

I've got Performance Friction discs (bling bling) and Performance Friction Z rated pads using standard calipers. Also fitted Goodridge braided hoses and put some ATE Blue fluid in. Unless you're going racing I don't think bigger calipers are worth the money, the above setup is still very powerful.

To date, I've never experience brake fade during trackdays and that includes Knockhill which short and tight. Nurburgring isn't that bad on the brakes.

Edited by scz4 on Wednesday 1st July 16:18

[asbo]

scz4 said:

I've got Performance Friction discs (bling bling) and Performance Friction Z rated pads using standard calipers. Also fitted Goodridge braided hoses and put some ATE Blue fluid in. Unless you're going racing I don't think bigger calipers are worth the money, the above setup is still very powerful.

To date, I've never experience brake fade during trackdays and that includes Knockhill which short and tight. Nurburgring isn't that bad on the brakes.

Edited by scz4 on Wednesday 1st July 16:18

Would you like me to show you round it next time?

[scz4]

asbo said:

Would you like me to show you round it next time?

Is that on the playstation? Cause that's as close as you'll be getting this year!

There's still space for you...