[W126 Coupe] brake upgrades

[Jonathan Hodgman]

I've been running ATE discs and Pagid pads on my SEL..  Calipers all
in proper order, system thoroughly flushed and fresh brake lines. 
With that I can drive back roads hard, stop More then adequately and
do it Repeatedly w/o issue..  To the point where I can get my
passengers Really bent out of shape.

I'm going to try full cross drills on my SEC soon just to see what's
what..  I'll try and get comparions in stopping distance w/ my
performance meter.

Jonathan



On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 20:11:05 -0500, Shayegan, Richard
<rishayegan at davidson.edu> wrote:
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> Speaking of Gtech pro, I know a bunch of you had the old ones back when they
> were new (i.e. not the competition, the ss, or the rr, just the regular
> pro). Would you say the old ones are accurate and tell you everything you'd
> care to know? I'm curious because at the old price of $140 I'd never buy
> one, but nowadays they're $30 new in box on ebay.
>  Richard 
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> On Behalf Of Mike Ramay
>  Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:29 PM
>  To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
>  Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] brake upgrades 
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> I put a set of ATE slotted rotors with semi-metallic pads on the front of my
> '87 560SEC and left the back stock. Several runs with a G-Tech Pro showed a
> 0-60 of right around 7.0 seconds (correct value for bone stock SEC), but it
> also showed 60-0 of around 140 feet. 
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> Mike R. 
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> Yes, I have been wondering the same thing…I think the brakes are HORRID!,
> but I have a 1990 560? 
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> Eddie 
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> Something I don't get is everybody say how good the brakes in these cars
> are. Did they change them in 86 or something? Cause the pre-86 ones do 60-0
> in 160 feet. Not exactly blistering by todays standards. Though I do believe
> an old car and driver review of the 560SEL said it "stops like the dickens."
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> Richard 
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