On brakes: we've had good luck with Carbotech Panther Plus pads. They are
rotor friendly, don't take much warmup, and seem to work well for vintage
racing.
I'm looking forward to trying the new front axles at Road America in a week
and a half. I'm very grateful that Mark went to the time and expense to
engineer these superior parts.
On cooling: We've stuck the smallest size stock car aluminum radiator you
can buy in the front of our TR-4's and completely solved the cooling
problems. It takes some bracket creation and re-engineering of the
plumbing from the engine to the radiator, but is well worth it. I just got
one of these radiators for $166 delivered to my door.
Tony Drews
At 09:30 AM 5/4/2004, Charly Mitchel wrote:
>Mark, I sent out the TR6 upright to you last week, you should be getting it
>today. I hope it works for you. I tried to knock the axel out of it and I
>put a few scratches on the surface the seal rides on, I hope they can be
>polished out. I had my 1st race this last weekend that the car actually ran
>well, in Mission BC ( http://vrcbc.ca/hmr.html ). The replacement axels seem
>to work well, I was able to just about cut my stopping distance in half. They
>worked so well I overheated my brakes and warped the rotors. Now to find a
>fix for that. I've been running organic pads on the front until now and I'm
>switching to semi-metallic as soon as I put the rotors back on. Any thoughts
>on the brakes?
>I also had a problem with the car running hot. I put in a restrictor in the
>thermostat housing and it helped a little bit, but on the last race the car
>boiled over. I've tried contacting the guys @ Racestorastions about the
>aluminum water pump impellor, but get no response. Do you know of a stateside
>source for them? I'm taking the radiator out to make sure it's not blocked
>and having it flow tested. Any other ideas on trying to keep the car cool?
>It only seems to over heat when I start running it over 5000rpm's. On the
>street it seems to stay cool.
>My next race is @ Pacific Raceways ( http://www.sovren.org/Page_1.html ) on
>May 15th & 16th and hope to have most of these thins sorted out by then.
>Let me know about the upright and I can settle with you on the axels.
>Thanks, Charly
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