This is a subjective question with no objective "answer," but I can confidently say that the brakes on my old BMW E46 felt awesome compared to the brakes in my P3D-. I would've done something about it by now were it not for regen.
I've heard that pads are mostly what's responsible for brake "feel," but I'd imagine rotor & caliper size also have an impact? I've installed the MPP brace, which helps a bit, but the brakes just don't feel as "bitey" as my old BMW, which did have fairly oversized brakes - the fronts were actually larger than those on my P3D-, despite the car being ~700 lbs lighter (all I needed was pads + fluid to run all day @ VIR).
Part of me worries that it's a result of not having a traditional brake booster setup... I hope that's not the case. Would be great to hear some thoughts from people who've played around with various setups. The different combinations I'm specifically curious about, in relation to each other, are:
OEM standard brakes
OEM Performance brakes
OEM standard + MPP Page Mill rotors
OEM Performance + MPP Page Mill rotors
MPP.R StopTech BBK
@MountainPass
Also pls let's not turn this into a "bigger brakes != shorting stopping distance" debate. pls.
I've heard that pads are mostly what's responsible for brake "feel," but I'd imagine rotor & caliper size also have an impact? I've installed the MPP brace, which helps a bit, but the brakes just don't feel as "bitey" as my old BMW, which did have fairly oversized brakes - the fronts were actually larger than those on my P3D-, despite the car being ~700 lbs lighter (all I needed was pads + fluid to run all day @ VIR).
Part of me worries that it's a result of not having a traditional brake booster setup... I hope that's not the case. Would be great to hear some thoughts from people who've played around with various setups. The different combinations I'm specifically curious about, in relation to each other, are:
OEM standard brakes
OEM Performance brakes
OEM standard + MPP Page Mill rotors
OEM Performance + MPP Page Mill rotors
MPP.R StopTech BBK
@MountainPass
Also pls let's not turn this into a "bigger brakes != shorting stopping distance" debate. pls.