brakes.... lol.... ive had soo much fun with them when i ****ed the brakes on my falcon, i got a complete new braking system... the front rotors were blue, i called a brake place, and they said, no way i coudl get them that hot, i took in the rotors, and they asked me what i done with them, and i said this.... i just drove the car so aboug a grand later, i had dba slotted brake discs, didnt want xdrilled, as they are ****, and bendix advance pads i found the discs really helped me but the pads after a while got too hot, and performance declined, yes i am VERY hard on brakes, on the calais, im waitin for the discs and pads to get low, i might do another pad change, then im going to upgrade to VT twin pistions

Quote: Originally Posted by SHREK Hey mate go Bendix advance their semi-metallic pads,their ceramic with titanuim strips in them abit squeeky until warmed up but pull up ok when cold so u dont have to worry about warming them up but when warm pull up bloody awesome also hi-temp brake fluid makes them pull up better too it seems this fella dont know his pads....the ones you are on about are the DB1085CT and the DB1086CT.... The strips help with bedding in, so you can overlook the process... bendix advance have an AD prefix instead of CT.. ultimates have ULT... ferodo have ither TA or XL at the end...there are plenty of others out there too... As mick said in different words..too many cunts forget about their brakes when making their car go faster...

I found this article a time when I have a pass word for autospeed, but this is what i have now on my car and they seam to do good, even when i was coming back from the snow, with a full car load. keep in mind that i upgraded to the turbo brakes and put the db1023 straight in. If you can find a full article I think they say it improved braking by 9%. AutoSpeed Issue: 118 Section: Technical Features 20 February, 2001 Padding Up Swapping to a larger brake pad - as on the front end of this Holden VL turbo... By Michael Knowling Advertisement Advertisement Most people seem content with the braking improvement that comes with a set of hi-po aftermarket pads. Certainly, when you've just finished fitting a beefy exhaust and intake system to your streeter, these simple bolt-ons (slot-ins?) give you the sort of braking boost that's ideal. But there is another cost-effective avenue that you might care to explore when it comes to upgrading your pads... For some lucky vehicles - such as the Holden VL turbo - there may be another brake pad available with a reasonably similar backing plate to the original - but with a whole heap more swept area. And if - like the VL - your disc looks like it can accommodate these bigger pads (like, they won't be pressed up against the centre hub or hung way out over the outer edge of the disc), you're lookin' good for a significant braking improvement. In the above pic, you can see indicated the disc area that our VL's new set of pads will be biting further into. So - hang on a minute - what exactly is the benefit of the bigger pads, you ask? Well - as we were told by one brake industry engineer - "the larger friction area gives you improved braking efficiency (power), plus more stable temperatures and improved durability." Sounds good, eh? Now the first step in determining if your brake pads have an interchangeable cousin (after a few small backing plate mods have been performed, of course) is to toddle down to your local parts outlet and have a look through their brake pad catalogue. All you do is flick through the diagrams to see if there's a big-sweep pad with an able-to-be-adapted backing plate. Note that there are limitations to how much you should modify the new backing plate, though. Only small alterations should be made to the new backing plate and you should never have to cut into the friction material zone. As a specific example, here's our VL turbo's used stock front Bendix pad (part number DB1085) compared to a Holden HX Kingswood pad (part number DB1023). Both are of the Bendix Standard variety. A worthwhile increase in pad area is evident, and only small modification is required on the mounting tab at each end to fit the Kingie pad to the VL turbo. Here's how our guinea pig VL turbo's pad conversion took place... Click here for online access to the rest of this article

Yeah I saw that a few months ago. Interesting....but I dont use a VL style caliper anymore!