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Old 10-08-2012, 11:20 PM   #4
fatoni
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Originally Posted by empower-auto View Post
Well, I found out luckily without any loss that the brakes on the FR-S are no good at highspeeds. At ~130kph and higher they feel non-existent if you need to stop the car and anyone who doesn't engine brake hard is in trouble.

Pads felt greased! Haha. So - what's the first couple steps that will improve this particular sort of braking?
engine braking does not change the acute stopping power at all
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