[TheJDMan]

Floating hubs have been widely used in circle track racing for over 25 years and as a result the designs are proven, inexpensive, readily available and for the most part interchangeable between manufacturers. But floaters seem to be an emerging feature in PT builds and as such those of us who have gone that direction with conventional floaters have been forced to fabircate some brake parts in order to use 13" and 14" rotors. But there are just a couple of parts that if someone would start producing would allow the use of any conventional floater setup with big brakes. These items are 1. a rotor adaptor with a 12 on 8.750 bolt circle and 2. caliper brackets with a clamp on mount which could be tack welded to the housing once properly positioned.

The thing I have noticed in the PT community is that rather than using a conventional floater from established manufacturers which are reasonably priced then supplying the parts to mount big brakes, PT manufactures are re-inventing the wheel so to speak with unconventional non-standard floating setups which are different but not necessarily stronger designs and then charging nearly twice or more the price. I have a hard time swallowing these reinvented floaters selling for two or three times more, when you can buy a complete 9" floater from Moser for $879 in any width. I get the sense that these PT manufactures are trying to tap into an emering PT floater market and trying to get maximum profits and in process taking advantage of the PT community.

I know I talk up circle track floaters ad nausium, but I am simply trying to spread the word to the PT community that you can run 9" floaters from a slew of existing circle track manufacturers for very reasonable prices.