Joe et. al.
I put a set of Ted's Kevlar pads on the front of my TR8. I will not use
anything else!! They are great.
Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
To: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@q1.net>
Cc: R.D. Waid <msp01091@isd.net>; <Spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Braking Away
>
> 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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