i am about to change my brakes and probably get the rotors turned for right now until i can get some new ones. what is a good, but not too expensive brake pad for the mach? i found a kit that moves the shaker up higher into the air stream, how much if any of a hp difference will that make?
For the shaker part, i don’t think it will make a difference. someone correct me if im wrong, but im pretty sure the shaker doesn’t really improve performance, just cosmetics.
Hawk HPS brake pads are great upgrade, as for the shaker what are you explaining to us?
Is it the Shaker Air diverter or a simple shaker raise with the washers? or is it the 1 inch extension?
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The best way would be to put on a intake spacer. As far as turning rotors I personally would buy new, turning them would give you a new finish to burnish the new pads but at the risk of warping the rotors. Plus the money you wasted on turning them could of went to new rotors my 2 cents.
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on the brakes, im clueless i havent done in research into them.
BUT for the shaker, moving it up will just move a slightly more amount of air into your engine. you wont see any noticable gains worth buying the kit...btw you dont need a kit to do it.
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+1 for the hawk hps. I got them on my car with brembo drilled and slotted rotors. The car stops alot better then stock. Everything only costed $445. $165 for pads $280 for rotors, that included shipping.
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full bolt ons minus headers and intake spacer. some suspension work, and a few appearance items = sex on wheels.
yeah i have been looking at the hawk b/p's. the question about the shaker was probably a confussing one. i have owned a 66 stang and and 88 lx 5.0 and a 03 gt. when i got the mach i was unexperienced with the setup. i havent seen a kit for sell but i saw a picture of a mach and in the caption the guy said he raised the shaker up using a kit to make it stick up in the air stream better. i just wanted to know if anyone knew anything about that kit. i really don't want to spend money on something just to make it look good. i want hp gains.
if you want power gains you should do the intake spacer wont gain a lot of HP but most ppl get more than 10-15 tq and it increases it within the whole RPM range. as far as brakes go go to rotorpros.com send the guy an e-mail and you can order new rotors and pads for a good price plus you can get slotted, dimpled, drilled or any combo. i got them for the front and about to order the rears to match here is what they look like
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on the intake spacer.
what MOST people dont understand is that hp/tq numbers are good, gravy/ whatever. but its where the torque is, how long it stays there, power under curve is MORE IMPORTANT than peak numbers...this is how our machs can play and hang with the LS1 cars
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