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Originally Posted by bestatchess
I am concerned that if I change fluid & lines, this will just enable me to warp the rotors more efficiently (due to inadequacy of the calipers, rotors and/or pads), and then the dealer might attribute the problems to the brake mods. Any thoughts on this?
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well I have absolutely reduced torque on the lugnuts to 87 as recommended by jettech. i feel it is the combination of too much torque and hot rotors that causes warping. as with jettech, all is well so far. I have seen this in the past on the chevy impala forum where many had warped rotors from too much torque.
I guess if the dealer noticed the hoses they might try to raise that issue. They shouldn't be able too make that charge but they might and I doubt there would be much recourse. I don't believe it is likely they will make that connection and I gotta have good braking. I feel it is way more the likely that the guy checking your rotors will be thinking about what kind of beer he is going to drink that nite and not even notice the brake lines.
this really isn't much in the way of brake mods -- on the impala caprices we were taking the master cylinder apart and machining new orifices and adjusting the balance by removing springs and other internals.
another thing to keep in mind is what we are trying to achieve - autocross braking or one-stop. I feel the brakes are adequate for the one stop emergency and I just want to be able to do that to the max. repeated hard pull downs as though roadracing are not on my agenda.
the only other thing I'll ever do is get auto specialty rotors if they ever make them for the titan. they always spec'd out 2-3 pounds more than stock and that extra metal made a better heat sink. juma