I thought the main advantage to having the NSX/Legend swap was longer fade resistance because of that greater surface area. In that sense, the NSX or TL swap would have at least that advantage over a fully upgraded OEM system.
I personally run Hawk HPS pads on Brembo blanks with Goodridge stainless steel lines. It's night and day over stock. My only qualm is that the brakes are less effective (ie: too hot at that speed) slowing down very quickly from 100mph. I'm hoping the NSX caliper may partly fix this problem.
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Originally Posted by Gerhard
Just to add my 2 cents:
Most people see a pretty decent difference by installing stain steel braided lines, and pads with a higher coefficient of friction.
Truthfully, you can probably perform those two upgrades and get a result almost as good as a big brake kit.
Now, while I'm reading above about the size of the pistons, and the fact that the master cylinder isn't as strong in the Prelude, etc... etc... The BIG difference is not simply that you have two or 4 pistons, its that you have more SURFACE AREA for the pad material to grip the rotors.
That's what will make the biggest difference.
However, then there is the factor of what compound you are using... so if you've got a big break kit without an agressive compound you're only going to stop so well. On the other hand, if you've got an OEM brake kit with a very agressive compound, you'll probably stop really fast... add some stainless steel lines... and you're probably going to be quite fine.
Gerhard
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