[Supras] stock brake rotors

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On Apr 12, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Khalid Almufti <kalmufti at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your advice Ken, and I will bite the bullet and buy front  
> and rear pads.  For my past events I have been using Axxis pads and  
> these worked ok, but due to reasons similar to yours, I keep them on  
> and kept driving daily!  That was a mistake, and the end result was  
> the rotors got eaten up and I could feel the effect in reduced  
> braking performance.  I measured the rotors, and I am at 0.840"  
> thikness, which is above the limit by 0.013".  Since those where  
> relatively new rotors, I am disappointed to the extent that I am now  
> switching to another pad (I was advised to remove the pads, but  
> ignored it).  I actually don't think the Axxis pad where bad, it's  
> just that they do eat up rotors and produce tons of dust that does  
> stick to the wheels ("painted" my 5zgens black).  So now, I am sort  
> of starting from scratch on my braking system with new, different  
> type, pads and rotors, stock given the feedback from Jeff and  
> Brian.  The car has hard brake line so I think I should have a  
> decent setup for track events.
>
> Regards,
> /Khalid,  90T
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: MyBlinkie1 <myblinkie1 at bellsouth.net>
> To: kalmufti at yahoo.com; "Walker, Brian (Rich. Dist)" <Brian.Walker2 at VDOT.Virginia.gov 
> >; Jeff Mohler <speedtoys.racing at gmail.com>; supras at supras.com
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:05:01 PM
> Subject: Re: stock brake rotors
>
> Regarding the ST-41/42 pads, be sure to GET THE REARS TOO! I know it  
> is a lot of money, but there is no comparison to just doing the ST-4 
> 1’s in the front. With the 41’s up front and 42’s in the rear,  
> our big ole’ heavy MKIII’s actually feel light and agile under  
> braking. The brake pedal will seem very responsive with the slightes 
> t application of the brakes and the car will nose over hard with mod 
> erate pedal pressure. The rear of the car almost twitches like a mil 
> d hand brake feel when braking hard on the track.
>
> How do I know the ST-42’s in the rear are sooooo important. Well, I  
> had a few NASA events where I only had time to change the rears out  
> for my daily driving for the following week. So I put my Porterfield 
>  R4S’s in the back and left the ST-41’s up front. At the first  
> stop sign by my house, I thought there was something wrong with the  
> brakes. I had gotten used to the responsiveness of the combo and was 
>  SPOILED. Actually the week after every event is rough for me, becau 
> se each time I don’t want to take the track pads off. One of these t 
> imes, I will bite the bullet and leave the Raybestos pads on permane 
> nt. Daily driving and all! The car is so much SAFER with these pads  
> on….even totally cold!
>
>
>
> Ken (NASA Florida Region - HPDE 3)
>
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