Brake with Tradition?

[wilf]

Glad that Buttercup was not in this category at Silverstone this year

LOL, me too. I was extra careful where I parked her; here she is holding up the SOC flag:

[Staggard]

I can't really see the point in the BMW servo 'upgrade'.
It doesn't increase the braking efficiency, only reducing the effort made by the drivers right leg.
Once you are familiar with the amount of effort required, all is good.
I would not say the Stag servo is underpowered compared to anything else I have driven. I don't jump from driving a modern car and then think the amount of effort required in the Stag to be any different...or i'm just used to it.

I think a good experienced driver adapts to the car without thinking about it. In the motor trade we were in and out different cars all day long moving them about or test driving them. I also think its hard to assess unless you have driven both Stag/BMW servo's preferably successively so as not to loose the feel. I cant say that it makes the brakes more efficient (theoretically I guess it doesn't) I fitted EBC discs, greenstuff pads, braded hoses and new rear wheel cylinders at the same time. We must agree for the same pedal pressure a greater hydraulic pressure is applied, So if I stamp on the pedal in an emergency (dry roads) am I going to pull up quicker ( in my experience yes) and one situation where I know it has made a difference having done the same trip in my auto with both systems, coming down mountain roads in 36deg temperature when the brakes have faded away, literally standing on a Stag servo with little happening as opposed to the BMW servo I was then glad of the extra pressure. I am not trying to persuade anybody one way or the other I just know what works for me.

[Stagsongas]

I think a good experienced driver adapts to the car without thinking about it. In the motor trade we were in and out different cars all day long moving them about or test driving them. I also think its hard to assess unless you have driven both Stag/BMW servo's preferably successively so as not to loose the feel. I cant say that it makes the brakes more efficient (theoretically I guess it doesn't) I fitted EBC discs, greenstuff pads, braded hoses and new rear wheel cylinders at the same time. We must agree for the same pedal pressure a greater hydraulic pressure is applied, So if I stamp on the pedal in an emergency (dry roads) am I going to pull up quicker ( in my experience yes) and one situation where I know it has made a difference having done the same trip in my auto with both systems, coming down mountain roads in 36deg temperature when the brakes have faded away, literally standing on a Stag servo with little happening as opposed to the BMW servo I was then glad of the extra pressure. I am not trying to persuade anybody one way or the other I just know what works for me.

Singing from the same Hymn sheet at last

I'm in and out of several cars a day - different makes, auto, manual, old and new, large and small but one of my own stuck out like a sore thumb in the braking dept. Now it doesn't. Thankfully there are still some areas of motoring (and life) where we get to suit ourselves.

Regards

Steve