[Shotimes] Re: brakes

[Kirk Doucette]

Now all you have to do is race the car on a track

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of ianf@eden.rutgers.edu
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 12:50 PM
To: Mark Nunnally
Cc: Shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: brakes

I think that i lucked out with the open spoke aspect; I have about an
extra inch between my outboard caliper body and my rim. I was going to
try to get a smaller hat (still looking) but if I can get a thicker
rotor instead and minimize the clearance that way, i'll be fairly happy.

Ian

> > I would love to try some of the new systems, but love the
> > race wheels and slicers that I have, and even the new system
> > by Todd won't fit under those wheels without spacers, and I
> > don't like using spacers at all.
>
> Or just thicker hats.  The problem would be the same with Brembo's or
AP,
> etc.  When you try to hang 2 (or 3) pistons between the rotor and
wheel
> spokes, you only got so much room!
>
> I think Wilwood just came out with a new thinner caliper line,
remember Todd
> saying something about it.  Not sure if he's test fitted anything yet
> though.
>
> Would be nice to be able to use a std hat thickness, keep the wheel
> hubcentric, and still fit the wide multi piston calipers in there.
Finding
> wheels with good spoke to caliper clearance are a must, and frankly
the
> whole set-up (calipers/rotors/wheels, etc) one has in mind needs to be
> assembled carefully with lots of research.  With aftermarket parts
that vary
> that far from OEM size/specs, it's easy to run into problems unless
you
> measure everything up and do lots of homework.  And you want to keep
things
> as "open" as possible for max cooling.
>
> mark
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