Are Brembos "oversold" perhaps. However, they, like Wilwood, Baer, etc, all WORK.
There is no replacement for swept area of a rotor, I.E. the size of the rotor and the amount of pad contact to the rotor AND the amount of clamping pressure and the evenness of that pressure that can be generated by the pistons in the caliper. That's where the friction point is, and that's what stops you. Not braided lines and fresh fluid. Those help overall performance, but that isn't the point of contact.
I am sorta pissed at myself, when Photobucket went mental a year or so ago, I converted to Imgur, unfortunately, I did not convert the picture I had of my Brembo replacement front rotor for my Cadillac (which came from the factory with Brembo's are all 4 corners), vs. my original GTO front rotor. The Brembo rotor was substantially larger in diameter, as well as had more swept area for the pad. This picture is one of the reasons why, when I get my lazy ass around to it, I'm converting my fronts on the GTO to a Brembo setup.
I won't say I was "street racing" in mexico or anything, but I did have a skirmish a couple years back in the Caddy, where I solidly whooped whatever tried to run me. Unfortunately, some fucktard on a cross-street miscalculated our speed as we approached and decided to cut out in front of us. Had I NOT had those Brembo's, I'd have t-boned him.
