[Supras] stock brake rotors

[Speedtoys]

That's why I make the lines longer.


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On Apr 12, 2008, at 10:13 AM, "MyBlinkie1" <myblinkie1 at bellsouth.net>  
wrote:

> You will love the additional fact that these Raybestos pads produce a
> surprisingly small amount of brake dust. I personally recommend  
> losing the
> hard lines if you're doing a lot of pads swapping, like I think you  
> will be.
> My hard lines simply couldn't take all of the flexing that occurs  
> during the
> changing of the pads and started leaking in the rear. Furhtermore,  
> when I
> went back to the stock hoses, I honestly could feel NO DIFFERENCE  
> between
> the SS braided and stock rubber hoses. More marketing BS?
>
>
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: Khalid Almufti [mailto:kalmufti at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:32 AM
> To: MyBlinkie1; Walker, Brian (Rich. Dist); Jeff Mohler; supras at supras.com
> Subject: Re: stock brake rotors
>
>
>
> 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-41'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 slightest application of the brakes  
> and the
> car will nose over hard with moderate pedal pressure. The rear of  
> the car
> almost twitches like a mild 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, because each time I don't want to take the  
> track pads
> off. One of these times, I will bite the bullet and leave the  
> Raybestos pads
> on permanent. 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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