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Originally Posted by rustomatic
I already told Dave that I was off cars for the year after the suck that was last Saturday at Laguna, but you know how stupid all of us are when it comes to wheeled things. On to the brakes . . .
I don't know if he posted it here, but R. Sutton had a really awesomely informative brake thread on pro-touring.com that I learned a lot from. It goes into great detail on the realities of sizing, numbers of pistons, and trick looking crap that fills bling wheels vs. marketing BS. Again, it was very informative. It was filled with a pretty shockingly honest bit of info from a guy trying to make a buck selling bling brakes.
Detail: My C4 brakes include 12 inch rotors, all just under an inch in thickness. The calipers are two-pots in front and singles in the back; they are aluminum. With the right master setup, proportioning, and decent pads, they work amazingly well in a 3k pound car (see multiple decades of racing success). I've only just recently gotten my dual masters sized correctly, biased correctly, and adorned with some track pads. With my stupid drilled rotors and warm brakes, it's like stopping a motorcycle now (even with the cool zzzzzzzz noise). Yes, I used to ride sportbikes (and a supermoto) like a real intelligent dude . . .
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I like big breaks and I can not lie...Nope, I get it. I may or may not have read the same article, seems to ring a bell. I have brakes on my 66 that were not good enough for Weld, Charlie never used and Jack originally installed that are similar to your current set up. Charlie and Jack ran the car for years with guest drivers that seemed to think they were great.....Not sure what my point is but I’m on board with little to no bling and parts that work over looking the part. I guess I’ll know more after the weekend, I do know he’s not making parts for the street scene.
Any thought on ABS?