Ditto with Old Yellow... Stock calipers and plain jane rotors and I ran as deep
as anybody, never had any fade issues. I truly think unless you are going to
run somewhere where you can run tires better than what we run in Vintage, you
are wasting time thinking about cheater brakes.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Jackson
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Race Car Brake Calipers
>
> I had planned on staying out of this but my fingers have over ruled my
> brain....
>
> My poor old TR3 has NEVER faded a brake at any race anywhere! That
> includes an amazing bumper to bumper race with an ex IMSA, 6cyl Vitesse at
> Road America at a previous TR reunion. I led him twice and we finished
> with a separation of a few inches. There was no other 4 cyl Triumph within
> sight. Similarly at tracks as brutal on brakes as Sebring at the 12 hr
> support
> race. Ran it many times. NO FADE, even at the old hairpin config.
>
> You are working on this problem too hard. Or.....as once advised by an old,
> successful pro racer "more throttle, less brake"
>
> The real issue to worry about is rear axles, front spindles and front and rear
> hubs. Modern tires are the villain here, not brakes. Actually, modern tires
> make the brake issue smaller.
>
> Mike Jackson
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