trying to understand braking systems. tell me if im on the right track, gleaned some info off of the stoptech website Options

[enderswift]

read this article : http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_rearb..._upgrades.shtml

it explains why balance always prevails. It also highlights a mistake that alot of people are making. Brakes dont do the stopping your tires do. Brakes only convert the rotational energy of the wheel into heat. So increasing the heat dissipating and storing potential of a brake system will yield more consistent and resilient brakes. a common upgrade path is to increase the diameter of their rotors. While this will increase thermal capacity, the downside is that larger rotors will ruin the brake bias, thus increasing stopping distance. I could go on...

long story short, in my opinion, big brake upgrades for our cars aren't really a good idea. Instead, installing high boiling point fluid, slotted rotors, and high temp pads will reduce brake fade (letting you beat on your car for longer) while maintaining oem brake bias (which means ur car will be predictable and easy to control). If you mess with brake bias by changing piston/rotor diameter, you will either induce excessive understeer, or oversteer ( you really have to f up with the setup to cause oversteer in a celica).

[Euphoria]

when I replaced my pads in my stock GT I've never once had brake fade, although I'm not hard on the brakes I still have experienced brake fade in other cars, I really don't see the point of changing brakes unless it's got a different engine and has more power to stop.

Also tyres are very important like you said, I just went from Eagle F1's to Bridgestone potenzas RE92 I think and while they are quite a good tyre they don't stop aswell as the eagles.