Personally better driving will help you stop better than better brakes. Sounds like you tailgate people too close. When I'm driving on the roads I leave enough buffer space (usually 2-3 cars) between me and the next person. I don't even have to use my brakes sometimes when other people are slowing down because I can see cars ahead brake before the person infront of me even thinks about braking.
Larger brakes will just bump you into a difficult class - but if you don't car than go ahead.
Originally posted by white_n_slow
Ok, heres the deal. As you can tell, i drive a civic vx hatch. I have autocrossed for 2 1/2 summers in H-stock. I have always done it for the fun, but it was nice to occationally actually be competitive (two 3rd place finishes, one disputed 2nd place finish).
My car is also my daily driver, though. And this weekend I got in a near accident that could have easily been avoided with some better binders. To be honest, I'm constantly haggard by my stock brakes performance (stock w/ ebc pads up front, drums rear).
So Im considering, just for safety's sake upgrading to teg/si/ex 4 disk setup. I know this will bump me up, and its nice to be at least somewhat competitive (which is hard to do with a car designed for ultra fuel efficient highway cruising). I know you'll all say that if youre a good driver it doesn't matter, but I'm not that great a driver. So what do you think, should I leave H-stock for bigger and better things?
Of course once I go down that road, theres no telling when I'll quit. Sorry for the long post, please give me your opinions.
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