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[Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers?

Subject: [Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers?
From: dlhogye at comcast.net (DAVE HOGYE)
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 08:27:46 -0800 (PST)
References: <CACZdCPXM-BEj2p2-P8d+acF+_hzNYN=RqGNmcHdu2y9k=p7FCg@mail.gmail.com> <5D3AFB4D-C6F8-490A-8208-12C4A604FA08@me.com> <CACZdCPVXF1T3pf3-qkioDquO2we8P-6-vdRoT471ZdWMq5J48w@mail.gmail.com> <496193370.404774.1520483083250@connect.xfinity.com> <ecca85f62de80b5889e447f64735f075@tr4racer.com> <1322324899.177432.1520525397543@connect.xfinity.com> <39824744-DEB7-48F7-94BA-343E99425A24@me.com>
Good call, Scott.  The Wilwood calipers are aluminum, but otherwise look very 
similar to the the P or PB calipers.


DH

>     On March 8, 2018 at 8:21 AM Scott Janzen <sjanzen at me.com> wrote:
> 
>     good to check your club rules first though, if enforced.  VRG says you 
> need to use the original equipment, and SVRA says 
>     Alternate calipers or wheel cylinders must be of the same material, 
> design and number of pistons as the original component. There must be no 
> increase in the frictional surface of the pads or shoes. 
> 
>     On Mar 8, 2018, at 11:09 AM, DAVE HOGYE via Fot <fot at autox.team.net 
> mailto:fot at autox.team.net > wrote:
> 
>     The quality of the new calipers is somewhat suspect, but seem to work as 
> needed.
>     The first pair that I bought from BPNW had a yellow (anodized ?) finish 
> with numbers in the castings.  The second pair from BPNW 4 years later have a 
> silver finish and no numbers in the casting which made me wonder about the 
> quality.  
>     My first set has been on my car from 2013.  13 race weekends a total of 
> 3,800 miles.
>     Wilwood makes beautiful replacements now.  They are anodized black.  I 
> far as I can tell, they will fit our Triumphs, but haven't made a complete 
> comparison.  Of course the price is higher, but more equivalent to the 
> importance of good brakes.
> 
>     DH
> 
>         > > On March 8, 2018 at 2:54 AM Henry Frye via Fot <fot at 
> autox.team.net mailto:fot at autox.team.net > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >         I have seen these available for a while now, but fear they are made
> >         somewhere we don't want to know from materials I don't want to think
> >         about. I'm not brave enough to put one of these on a street car, let
> >         alone my race car.
> > 
> >         Has anybody tried these calipers yet? Any feedback???
> > 
> >         As long as good cores are available for 16P's, I'm rebuilding OEM
> >         calipers.
> > 
> >         Henry
> > 
> >         On 2018-03-07 23:24, DAVE HOGYE via Fot wrote:
> > 
> >             > > >             BTW, the PB calipers are available new for 
> > around $100 each new.
> > >             That's pretty inexpensive for such an important part.  I 
> > > purchased
> > >             another set when I thought I might be having a problem, but 
> > > ended up
> > >             just changing pads.  I'm glad to have a new pair standing by. 
> > >  Then I
> > >             can rebuild at my leisure.
> > > 
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