brake upgrades to competition standard
Discussion
plasticpig72 said:
4 pot calipers and ventilated disks
here : http://www.fossewayperformance.co.uk/vented-brake-...tvrmallorca said:
any ideas on what will fit on a 3000m to upgrade the brakes at the front? i.e. vented, grooved discs, ap racing????
want to keep with wolf race alloys.
There are three basic ways. want to keep with wolf race alloys.
1.) Use bolt-on calipers/rotors.
2.) Use bolt-on rotors, and find calipers that will work, and machine adapters.
3.) After taking careful measurements of the particular Wolfie you wish to use, and after long, confusing deliberations, with your Brembo and AP reps, purchase rotors that are on Aluminium hats, along with the appropriate calipers, amd design new mounting plates, to mount to the uprights.
That third option doesn't seem worthwhile, if you are staying with a narrow wheel.
If I were to contemplate those Fosseway things, I would do a fair day's due dilligence, on them.
What Wolfies are you so keen on keeping? If they wre the Wolfrace look Compomotives, I would understand you better, as I believe those were 15s, but I may well be wrong.
Best,
B.
I have 4 pot fitted from a early Toyota landcruser with Dot 4 could do with silicone as I did loose them once on the LBL going down the Stelvio with overheating but only happened once and we had to stop and let the fluid cool which I changed later just changed my braking style to using the gear box more and it has not happened again but we where driving very hard to do that.
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Slow M said:
prideaux said:
I have 4 pot fitted from a early Toyota landcruser . . .
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I believe these are steel. I would prefer something lighter. A
Best,
B.
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I run alloy AP CP5200 4 pots with vented and slotted 330mm discs (bell and rota) up front.
285 rear solid slotted discs with alloy AP twin pot callipers.
Snug fit under 15" rims.
SRF fluid, 5/8" master cylinders front and rear, adjustable brake bias AP 01 pads.
285 rear solid slotted discs with alloy AP twin pot callipers.
Snug fit under 15" rims.
SRF fluid, 5/8" master cylinders front and rear, adjustable brake bias AP 01 pads.
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 3rd September 09:13
Adrian@ said:
So snug that you cannot put balance weights on the inside face of the rims...IMHO materials are king on this subject, pretty 4 pots are just pretty four pots, if you cannot use the VERY best of current day materials.
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I've not got a problem with balance weights Adrian, but then the inner rim is quite deep. Nor do I have a problem with disc deflections as the pad sweeps most of the disc. [/footnote]
Materials are a factor but hardly the only consideration, design for use and use as intended are also considerations.
I buy the best I can afford (can't quite go to mag calipers ) and I leave the decision to optimise design and material selection to peolpe who really undertsand the braking business. My car is a race car, the OP asked about brakes for competition. The calipers I use upfront are designed for that use, the bells and rotas are similar to that used on the early Tuscan challenge cars, but again, built by AP when they were given all the necessary information applicable to my car required to make design decisions.
I foolishly bought a rear disc road car conversion for the rear, it didn't fit well, the rear calipers were far too heavy, the discs also and I didn't need the handbrake facility. That set up won't live on my race car, again, I've bought race car components. With some thought and re-design the disc conversion will grace the rear of an uprated road car..
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 4th September 13:07
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