[Shotimes] Wilwood Caliper Brake Pads

Mark Nunnally manunnal@netheaven.com
Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:31:44 -0400


Along those same lines, some winston cup teams will run lower friction pads
at restrictor-plate superspeedways, to cut down on any drag the rotor/pad
cause from being against each other buzzing around the track WOT.  If you
ever watch them qualify for a superspeedway race, you'll see a "pump your
brakes on pit" or "don't touch the brakes" note on the steering wheel for
the driver.  They'll spread the pads as far away from the rotors as
possible, so there is no contact at all, just so they can run a couple of
laps wide open with the restrictor plate motor and get rid of as much drag
as possible.  That and they run small calipers and thin rotors (at the rear)

mark