On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
> Bob---Do you still run with "standard" linings on your race car?
I run TSI carbon-kevlar brake linings.
The brakes will last for a number of 1 minute runs in a row. I did 8 in a
row (less than 1 min between runs) at one event this summer. They were
hot, but there was no fade.
I run stock rotors too.
> The original-style brakes on my '73 were all but gone at the end of some
> of the longer autoX's. (such as the ones held at San Diego's "Jack
> Murphy" Stadium. Making no other changes but to replace the organic pads
> with those from "Metal Master", confidence was restored. I'm sure that
> heat was still being generated , and would show up somewhere else given
> enough cause. (If I could've driven faster!)
If your rotors are getting that hot, then you need to move to pads that
work in the higher heat range. That's the key - work the car and find out
if the pads are okay. If not, move up. It's not okay to think you need
"real race pads" because in many cases you can't get them hot enough to
"bite" and this is extremely thrilling when you really need your brakes
RIGHT NOW.
=:-0
> Dick
Regards,
rml
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