BMW Brakes.., ehhh...aint THAT great.. Options

[914ghost]

So, I gets a set of 320i brake calipers off a wrecked car the other day.
Very good clean condition, pads are like new. They were FREE, so what the heck right?
I got a 70' so ..they bolt right on -- RIGHT?
Not quite, but pretty slick.
Bend the brake line, I had to grind on the outside of the actual caliper body just a smidge (through the part# stamping) because my wheels hit'm - 2 liter fuchs, totally stock. Not sure about that - anyways,
Okay, bolt'em on, bleeed, bleed, bleed...adjusted the proportoning (big word) valve rod all the way in...tried IN and OUT not much diff.
Pedal is still a bit soft, but works. Summary is: No Big deal, maybe I need the big Master cylinder? They work about as good as before.
Pad area is like 40% larger, but it's not much of a difference-
did I forget something?
-Bob O

[914ghost]

LIke I said. HYPE!
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I have new pads, I can try those, and new rotors, I can try those too.
BUT, I didn't have a problem to begin with, my car is a daily driver- I'm just hyperactive.
It was another project I could "finish" in an hour or so.
Easy come, easy go..
Comes down to the science- Conservation of energy- theres no way I was somehow going to make the car slow down faster with LESS effort by only increasing surface area of the friction pad. I guess then I'd be rich and the worlds energy crisis would be over.
I could add a vacuum booster, eh?
Maybe next summer.
-Bob O