[Shotimes] front brake options for Sr 72 ?

[Ian Fisher]

I think the TCE kit is awesome for the money. Sure it
sounds expensive but you get what you pay for. I only
wish I had the 1.1 kit but that time will come soon
enough. I have a few things up my sleeve that I'm
trying to work out..

Ditto the FSL calipers. I don't have them yet but
friends of mine who do love them compared to the
BSL's. The BSL's tend to flex a lot and don't offer as
great a feel as the FSL's.

Ian

--- Mark Nunnally <marknunnally@joimail.com> wrote:

> Remember that TCE's kit is more than a set of
> calipers/rotors and pads in a box.  It's a custom
> machined/drilled 90-93 spindle.  Powdercoatd, has
> NEW bearings and hub, with longer studs (at least if
> you are using a fat hat to run slicers).  Custom
> laser cut brackets for the calipers (new standard in
> the kits are the forged superlight 4 pots which are
> about 1 lb heavier than the old BSL's but much much
> stiffer) and a custom 2 piece rotor (alum hat) and
> hardware.  when you look at the all the custom
> machine work and parts and pieces, it's not really a
> bad deal.  And replacement parts are cheap, and
> wilwood's "A" track pad (if you so choose to run
> such an animal) last virtually forever.  you will
> replace rotors more often than pads.
> 
> on a unique car such as the SHO (ie, limited
> aftermarket parts, custom pieces and parts, etc). 
> start with the wheels.  this gives you the clearance
> and flexability to mess with custom stuff.  SHO
> NUT's TD PR1.2 so far of anything I've seen, have
> the largest clearance for rotor/caliper dia, AND
> more importantly caliper to spoke clearance.  you
> run into clearance problems when you try to hang a
> wide body 4 piston fixed caliper over a rotor, the
> outside of the caliper wants to hit the spokes. 
> these wheels are 17x8", about 20 lbs (about 2 lbs
> more than a slicer) are strong and have really
> reallly really good spoke clearance.  Enough I'll be
> running TCE's 13x1.1" kit *WITH* a thin stock
> thickness hat (wheel is now hubcentric) and still
> have plenty of room.
> 
> 13" is honestly more for the bling I guess, although
> you do get something like 10 or 12% more
> leverage/brake torque for a given amount of brake
> pressure.
> 
> all that to say 96 brakes with good pads/fluid is
> decent (I got sick of burning up boots and pads and
> such) and if you are gonna spend any beyond that,
> I'd skip the PBR stuff and go to a TCE 12.2x1.1 kit
> with FSL's and A pads.  Will be more than enough
> brake for most cars on the track, is really light
> (my original 12.2x.810 kit was 30 lbs lighter than
> the 96 brakes, the 1.1 kit will be a bit heavier)
> and if you can find the right wheel 16 or 17 to fit
> it under (the PR1.2 gets my nod) then you are good
> to go.
> 
> A fixed caliper will always have a better feel than
> a floater 
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