Ted,
Thanks, I'll keep the Kevlar pads in mind for the Tiny Tim Race Car
project!
Joe
Ted Schumacher wrote:
>
> joe, you are certainly correct about the steel braid brake hoses. we sell
>many sets
> every year and the price is only slightly higher than replacing the 4 stock
>hoses.
> for you info, we also make kevlar brake pads an shoes. this is a drum/rotor
>friendly
> compound that needs no warm up. good coefficient of friction and moderate
>pedal
> effort. a good matrerial that can be street driven, autocrossed, etc. people
> havementioned semi metallic pads. most of what you see in pads - brass
>colored
> particles - are there only to scrub the friction surface of the rotor or
>drum. ted
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
>
> > Bob,
> > I bought a set of Spit pads from VB in '96 when I restored my Spit and
> > they have worked well since. They still have plenty of pad left. I
> > rebuilt the master and slave cylinders but not the calipers. I did
> > replace the rubber hoses with stainless braided ones. THat firmed up
> > the brakes extremely well.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Joe
> >
> > "R.D. Waid" wrote:
> > >
> > > Fellow Spitphiles,
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if anyone has comments/experiences about VB supplied front
>brake
> > > pads. A PO replaced the pads shortly before I bought my car in Aug. 96.
>It has
> > > always taken a lot of of pedal pressure to stop the car. I've assumed
>that it's
> > > a rear brake problem, but after a complete re-do of the rears and multiple
> > > adjustments, it's still almost impossible to lock the wheels up. The MC is
> > > recently rebuilt. I'm getting a lot of pad dust on the front wheels. I'm
> > > wondering if the friction material in the pads is soft, or glazed or..??
>Any
> > > recommendations on a (brand name?)semimetallic pad or other brake system
>change
> > > that would help? What kind of brake pedal effort is neede in a properly
>set up
> > > Spit? Am I just spoiled by years of power brakes?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Bob Waid
> > > 71 Mark IV FK4081L
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