[Supras] First gear

[Dan Gyoba]

On 2 Jan 2008 at 10:24, Jeff Mohler wrote:

> I'll also bet that OEM hardware on the right pads used the right way
> (Habits enter in here) can support a 100mi a day journey through
> difficult high speed mountain roads driven like a banshee and still
> get 30-40k out of a set of pads without wearing out any of the
> hardware.

I think you just described my daily commute when I was staying with my dad and 
uncles in the rockies...  Yeah, the OEM brakes should survive that pretty easily.

I didn't think at the time that I was being particularly hard on the brakes, but 
I KNOW that I was pretty hard on the tires.  A new set of Toyo A+4 tires was worn 
out in a summer.  They'd spend a lot of time complaining on the mine road 
switchback.  12 miles of 11% grade with 180 degree turns every 1/4 to 1/2 mile.

I always figured that RACING would have to be so much harder on the brakes, since 
I never noted any problems with fade in the Supra (Unlike the pickup trucks, 
which either go really slow or stop a couple of times on the way down.)

Dan Gyoba
'89 NA 456,708 kms, Turbo swap COMPLETE
http://www.abstractconsulting.com/~dan