[Shotimes] Brake Upgrade time... again

[G Kerby Haltom]

Multi-piston calipers do a much better job at
transferring the clamping force evenly than these
stupid 1 piston, pin-slider things.  Think of gluing
two boards together.  Do you want 1 big clamp in the
middle, or several smaller ones all along the boards?

I've been loving my Porterfield R-4S pads I put on
this past spring.

I would also move up to the Ate fluid.  Valvoline
Synthetic is a good fluid, but the Ate has a higher
boiling point.

Kerby

--- Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com> wrote:

> Mark
> 
> On my '97 I still have OEM brake calipers and
> rotors, pads are OEM Ford in
> front and PF AutoZone pads in the back on the solid
> rotors.  It works well for
> me but after a day at a track the front needs to be
> bled, in fact after about
> three sessions the brake pedal starts to go soft. 
> :(  This is telling me that
> the fronts are boiling the brake fluid.  I always
> use fresh Valvoline
> synthetic fluid before a track day.
> 
> Kirk has finally convinced me to go with the Cobra
> dual piston calipers up
> front.  What are the real gains and what pad should
> be used?  Just what is the
> benefit of the multi piston calipers?  Rotors will
> stay stock size.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/31/2005 2:00:30 PM, Mark Nunnally
> (marknunnally@joimail.com) wrote:
> > I'd try a high temp track pad on the 96's before
> you drop some coin on a
> > Cobra set-up.  Try Carbotech panther, porterfield
> R4, PFCM Z, etc
> >
> > mark
> >
> > I was running the KVR Carbon Fibre pads up front
> and just some cheap rears.
> >
> > I know the KVRs are not really a track pad, but
> this would be the third
> > event I have run them at (not the same set mind
> you) and they bite well
> > early on, but I think they lack the needed
> temperture range as I get a
> > lot
> > of pad transfer as the day wears on.
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