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Old 06-23-2022, 07:48 PM   #1
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Re: New to me 66 c10 front disk upgrade question

If the CPP kit with manual brakes had any easier pedal effort the pedal would be too sensitive and it would be easy to brake too much. I'm guessing they use a really aggressive pad compound to get it to stop with minimal pedal pressure but it works great with a 1" manual MC.

Changing brake pad compound can make a huge difference in pedal effort; my car with boosted brakes was really hard to stop and the brakes felt inadequate when I first bought it. I let my dad drive it and he agreed that something was wrong with the brakes. Pedal effort was excessive in normal driving, and it took a ton of pedal pressure to get it to stop really quickly. I swapped to Centric PQ Pro semi-metallic pads, bedded the pads in, and the pedal effort is now normal. I could see a truck with ceramic pads needing a booster, they have a very low coefficient of friction and would need more line/pedal pressure to stop the truck.
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