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Originally Posted by dechoong
If I go for the M3, I'll need more than street grade brakes. The Sepang F1 track is only about 1/2 hr from my house  It would also help if I can feel what the front tyres are doing on fast corners.
Come to think of it, I don't quite understand the problem M3 has with its brakes' stamina. Its front disc is 360mm (huge by any standard) and the steel unit from 997 Turbo is only 350mm... yet you don't hear complains of brake fade from the Porsche. It's not like the 997 Turbo is that much lighter than the M3... what gives?  |
The turbo has 6 piston monobloc calipers up front and four pistons in the rear vs. the M's single pot floating calipers. Only the front rotors on the M are larger as the rears on each car are 350mm. The turbo also weighs in over 150 lbs. less.