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Here is only a further thought on what Jim Walker said about hoses.
You should not not always judge the outside of your brake lines as being good.
He was thinking this but failed to highlight his thought that ....
It's the insides of them, that you cannot see, that goes bad. The hole inside gets smaller and the flexible length of it compounds the problem!
What happen is the lines inner diameter swells closed as they are made in plies and the inner one get the fluid that swells against the outer one.
It comes with that old aging problem that we all have to some varying degrees!
Some call can call it body shrinkage but on men its hose .... ED.
In both cases it's about flow when pumped! (:-)
As far as those Brembo rotors I think they have little to do with the performance you describe.
When it comes to caliper Pistons they will squeeze anything put between them.
The Brembo claim to fame is a redirected thought or a "play on the thinking" with dealing with heat "generation and pad cleaning." This is including the boiling of bonding gases. It's a big deal repetitive racing applications.
My point is you still don't see the car manufactures jumping on the band wagon for their droves of customers.
The average Joe driver never pushes into those boundaries unless they are into a mind set of racing very frequently!
I personally try to by smokeless tires though! (:-) I think they must be smokeless or at least squeal resistant ? (:-)
I have not quite understood the idea of the stainless braiding on brake lines. I mean, unless you are expecting large amount of debris to hit them or they can rub something, they just look "snazzy."
The work of holding the fluid in the hose is already done! Nylon, fiberglass, Kevlar or other filaments leave the stainless steel material in the dust for many other applications. Tires only use steel in the rim bead anymore.
In fact, I imagine more dirt or crud is held against the outer ply, of which may not be a good thing?
Anyway the rear brakes are not as noticeable as the fronts but they might help out when backing up!
Do I have that backwards then? (-:)
Phil
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