has anyone done a track day with a car with all round drums?

[nutta29]

I've got an old Mini with drums all around and have booked a track day at Blyton Park in May,

Has anyone had experience of a car with all round drums?
I'd like to take the Mini, but worried the brake fade will be too great for the little car.


Thoughts much appreciated.


Cheers guys

[firewallguy]

No doubt Sir Stirling Moss will be along shortly to offer his advice...

[Pork_n_Beem]

used to rally a car with drums but was a long time ago.

I live close to ferodo so i used to take the old linings to them and they would re-shoe them with a product called VG95 ( i think), the front pad equivalent was DS11 which is now DS3000.

Anyway , probably best talk to a specialist like questmead to see if there is anything off the shelf.

[Evangelion]

VG95 is correct ... used to hanker after those when I had an Imp in the early 70's!

[tojo124]

Perhaps a few hot laps followed by a cool down lap then a few more hot ones lol At the end of the day its for fun and not lap times. The brake fade will probably add to the excitement at some point Great circuit for beginners at Blyton and even more suited to little hatches imo.

[Carnage]

I've raced a car with all round drums. Fine for a twenty minute race but they were just starting to go off on the last lap.

As said above - fit race parts and limit your sessions and you'll have a scream.

[nutta29]

Cool, thanks for the advice guys

[Baryonyx]

Perfectly doable, as long as you take it easy and are aware that the brakes could go at any time. Much like any track drive, leave a sensible margin for error or mechanical failure and you won't go far wrong. More than likely the little Mini won't be touching speed where a little brake fade means a big off. If you like tracking the Mini, it'll probably end up with discs on it at some point anyway!

[mybrainhurts]

Mini doesn't need brakes, you just chuck it sideways.

Deep joy...

[drakart]

mybrainhurts said:

Mini doesn't need brakes, you just chuck it sideways.

Deep joy...