AP Racing OR Alcon ?

[Ade]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Ade, I'd be interested to know what the feel is like? I drove the BHP car with alcons all round, admittedly after getting out of the GT3 and I put my head through the windscreen in the BHP car. I found it far too assisted with far too much bite for my liking. Did you find the pedal got harder after the upgrade or easier?

I can only compare it with standard brakes and standard pads and braided hoses. The OEM setup offers an amazing amount of feel because everything is flexing with 'give' at the caliper end of things. I think a harder pad would improve general braking no end, but the lack of cooling on the CSL brakes is a major weakness that easily results in cooked oem brakes.

The Alcons offer an absolutely rock solid pedal when you get on it unlike the OEM pedal which feels flexy and j u s t n o t p o w e r f u l... like driving a used Ford Focus.

I'm trying a softer pad (DS2500) instead of the RS29s to begin with - and I think it works well in this application (although my experience is only 1 night so far). The larger disc/pad area of the Alcons at 365mm dia allows you to run a slightly softer pad compound as the heat capacity is much higher, despite the lack of cooling. The softer pad gives more feel/modulation than you would with an endurance compound like the RS29. I suspect that unless I'm running slicks or at a circuit like Hockenheim or Bedford GT on a hot day, you may not need RS29s... but let's see how things go, and I'll keep a spare set of 29s in the boot for good measure as 29s have never let me down.

If you find too much bite, try a different pad compound.