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Don't know if I should butt in here with everyone having so much fun, but I changed one thing on my Cobra with very high pedal effort and the difference is incredible!.

My problem is my pedal was too short, you'd like a pedal ratio of about 6.5 or better and I was stuck with about 4, due to space limitations in the footbox. Beyond that I have two tilton 5/8 diameter master cylinders (one for front one for rear) and 85 Corvette discs and calipers. I could have spent a lot of money for more piston area in the calipers (dual or four piston calipers). I could have gone from 12" rotors to 13" rotors. I could have tried to add power brakes (yuk!).

I changed the pads to a very agressive material. I went to Hawk Blue compound pads all around. These stop great. Pedal effort halved or less. Downside is more rotor wear and more brake dust, but I can change a lot of rotors before I pay near what it was going to cost me for a super-duper-hot-rod brake system.

Just my $.02... Could help someone out without changing the setup on the car.