Tarox Discs - Anyone run them?

Tarox Discs - Anyone run them?

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ukkid35

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6,175 posts

173 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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I'm not at all convinced I can afford them at £800 a pair, but curious to know whether anyone runs them?

Are there any other 2 piece options?

Jhonno

5,774 posts

141 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Reyland?

Incognegro

1,560 posts

133 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Reyland from me too

ukkid35

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6,175 posts

173 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Reyland seem to do 304, but not 320, or have I got that wrong?

Incognegro

1,560 posts

133 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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The 304 was speced by me specifically for my s6 291 to 304 upgrade (biggest 4 bolt 5200 caliper can go). I set the offsets so Martin could make any bell to fit rotor size you want as he has the offsets.

Give him a call and mention my real name and TVR wink

Jhonno

5,774 posts

141 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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ukkid35 said:
Reyland seem to do 304, but not 320, or have I got that wrong?
They do 320x28 and 324x30

Standard discs are 322x30?

Worth an ask over the right size?

Or http://www.compbrake.com/product-category/discs-ro...

ukkid35

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6,175 posts

173 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Thanks both, I'll have to measure up the bells, hopefully they are 8" pcd, as that seems to give the most choice. Fortunately I have the 6 bolt AP5200, so that makes things easier too.

Jhonno

5,774 posts

141 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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ukkid35 said:
Thanks both, I'll have to measure up the bells, hopefully they are 8" pcd, as that seems to give the most choice. Fortunately I have the 6 bolt AP5200, so that makes things easier too.
Only costs £15 for a pair of spacers to run 330mmx30 discs then.. Reyland do that size.

ukkid35

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173 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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Jhonno said:
Only costs £15 for a pair of spacers to run 330mmx30 discs then.. Reyland do that size.
That is tempting, I've checked and the bells are 8" pcd (I think they are the early 4.5 bells)

Another option would be 32mm, as the CP5200 specs do say 32mm max.

Looks like it would be tight though (these are 30mm discs)


Jhonno

5,774 posts

141 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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Only need 2mm extra.. It's not much..

ukkid35

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6,175 posts

173 months

Monday 6th April 2020
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They are pretty though


900T-R

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257 months

Monday 6th April 2020
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Reyland is a good company, and I've made use of them for having a set of bells made. It was as painless a procedure as can be, communication was great and the finished product left nothing to be desired. Big thumbs up for them.

However, there *is* still a difference between the Reyland (and AP) rotors and Tarox ones from the Racing/Bespoke catalogue - the Reyland ones are grey cast iron while Tarox offers billet steel discs. Even the 'normal', hand finished cast iron discs from the standard replacement catalogue have proven to be pretty much indestructible, these go one better and the 322 mm discs are the same weight as a Reyland 5-bolt TVR bell/disc combo of 304 mm (it's not the bells - I've used the same with a 315 mm Tarox Racing disc and with AP Racing bolts they came in at 7.0 kg while the Reyland 304 weighed 7.9 kg).

So far I put two sets of Tarox Cerbera 2-piece discs on cars and while the last still needs to go on the road, the first was on a car that was being driven so hard on illegal runs in the Rotterdam harbour district (Maasvlakte) that it melted the standard front brakes (cylinders stuck solid in the callipers, destroying the discs in the process), since upgrading to the Tarox 322 mm set up with new TVR/AP callipers and Ferodo DS2500 there were no problems reported anymore.

Tarox discs are expensive - but the best always is. smile

Edited by 900T-R on Monday 6th April 18:33

ukkid35

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6,175 posts

173 months

Monday 3rd October 2022
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I just picked up a pair of used Tarox discs, effectively for nothing

Not sure whether they are usable, but I am certainly going to clean them up and see

ukkid35

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173 months

Tuesday 11th April 2023
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I cleaned up the mating surfaces but didn't get the discs skimmed, instead I let a used set of pads clean up the friction surface

I did two days at the Ring last week and the discs worked great, not sure how long the next set of pads will last though, but a free pair of Tarox discs was a real result

ukkid35

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Sunday 2nd July 2023
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In fact the pads don't seem to last long at all

I might swap back to the Compbrake rotors in case I'm not making a fair comparision

I bet the Tarox are a lot lighter than the Compbrake though, will have to check

ukkid35

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Friday 29th September 2023
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These Tarox discs are eating up pads really very quickly, any idea why?


900T-R

20,404 posts

257 months

Monday 2nd October 2023
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Doesn´t sound right to me. I´d probably have them skimmed. Is the wear even over all of the pad surface?

ukkid35

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Monday 2nd October 2023
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They are very evenly worn

I'm not sure I'd gain much by getting them skimmed, but I'll definitely think about that

thebraketester

14,227 posts

138 months

Monday 2nd October 2023
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ukkid35 said:
These Tarox discs are eating up pads really very quickly, any idea why?

They weren't coined "the cheese graters" for nothing :-)