ReidMcT wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 3:09 am
This idea seems confusing and a muddle.
"brake setups for street or track and everything in-between"
"PS: Thinking this can be a thread regarding brakes and brake upgrades for any and all Porsches."
I would never think to look in
Crazy Eddie's Corner > Racing for general info about stock 718 brakes, for example.
The site seems to be organized into different Porsche lines. Why break that? I appreciate your work to find and post several links, but without any labeling, one must follow the links blindly and then read and interpret what is there to see if it might be relevant. I don't see that working well.
Sorry to be critical; I realize that is easier to find fault than to create. Just hoping to maybe avoid building messy cul-de-sacs.
Cross-reference - it's a boon for everyone. Nothing changes with the locations of original posts that might be linked here.
One can still post about brakes for specific models under the respective sub-forums and can search for same too. No one is forced into using the new thread - it's just another potentially beneficial and more focused resource that will be easy to find.
Nothing is lost or taken away from that with this new thread. Quite the opposite, the thread offers an additional, concise spot to gather information - a big reason why forums exist. I don't think it's confusing to users and it certainly doesn't detract from other similar postings. No other answers or threads will be diminished, especially true if users reference comments located elsewhere in the new thread. Doing that will in fact enhance the overall accumulation of ideas and thoughts, along with making it easier to find relevant posts.
A specific thread will also potentially make it much easier for someone to quickly find some (but not all) relevant data, including links and information. A successful search will be more easily realized, especially true if those who post add appropriate links to other resources both within and without Carpokes. That's exactly what I did in the initial post of the new thread, hoping to encourage others to do the same.
(I could have/should have titled those links which would have made them better. It was Christmas Eve and later in the evening so I left them raw - I may update them later. Meanwhile, not sure if you clicked on any of the links but it only takes a few seconds to see what's there - one doesn't have to read further if the post isn't what's being looked for. One link was to JetFuelOnly's superb YouTube video of a brake brand that I wasn't familiar with. I think that might be helpful to many.)
Anyway, the specific thought regarding the more or less all-encompassing brake thread was to address a need. We've had several questions regarding brakes lately, mostly regarding aftermarket products for competition or harder edged driving. Re-answering similar questions that might have been previously answered can be challenging, especially knowing and remembering that someone has posted a good answer or useful information in multiple other threads somewhere on Carpokes, such as those about brakes in the wonderful but lengthy (96-pages and counting!)
"What Did You Do With Your 718 This Week?". That's an incredible thread that will hopefully go on forever, but finding posts about brakes within that or any other thread can be tedious.
Also, many brake questions and their respective answers tend to follow a general consensus and are not bound by specific models (or even marques). Searching every sub-forum for tidbits about brakes is time consuming, and that's assuming a user is comfortable with or willing to take the often lengthy amount of time it takes to accomplish a successful search. A search can be frustrating for a relatively general subject such as opinions and experiences about brakes.
As for putting the thread under the
"Racing" sub-forum, well, that is where the heart of leading edge brake technology resides. I considered putting it under the
"All Things Porsche!" sub but
"Racing" seemed more logical. Search brakes either using Carpokes search or Google or any other search engine and you'll find the thread very easily. It's titled in such a way as to be very clear about what's contained therein -
"Brake Upgrades, Advice, Experiences" - it's quite helpful in that respect alone.
Lastly, it's simply just another helpful resource on Carpokes, a precise thread to aggregate brake answers. Brake systems (and the accompanying technology) is a very specific, focused and important subject area of all motorsports. The new thread does not limit anything else one might want to post elsewhere about brakes or other more specific subjects.
Hope that explains the reasoning a bit.
PS: I just now did a search engine query using "Carpokes brakes" in the search field. The results below popped up in the attached screenshot. The new thread was already at the top of the results list of a public search engine!
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