Wilwood big brakes, 914-4 brakes |
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Wilwood big brakes, 914-4 brakes |
Freezin 914 |
Jan 21 2024, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 872 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I figure some here will have more info on this, but Wilwood is advertising it has a big brake available for 914-4s. Just in case anyone would be interested. I haven’t even looked it up yet, but seen the ad in Excellence.
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Freezin 914 |
Jan 22 2024, 08:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 872 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Just wanted to let people know, I know I don’t need the bigger brakes, but I know plenty of you have bigger hp 6’s, Suby’s, do autox etc…..
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Shivers |
Jan 22 2024, 08:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,418 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
Just wanted to let people know, I know I don’t need the bigger brakes, but I know plenty of you have bigger hp 6’s, Suby’s, do autox etc….. Weigh and horsepower make a difference, but the way you drive it also makes a difference what kind of brakes you might want. Stock worked pretty good for a while. But the braking would become less effective as my drive proceeded. So if you are cruising to cars and coffee in it, the stock brakes with some of those cool pads Eric sells will work great. |
Superhawk996 |
Jan 22 2024, 09:17 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,891 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
06:41 AM'] Just wanted to let people know, I know I don’t need the bigger brakes, but I know plenty of you have bigger hp 6’s, Suby’s, do autox etc….. Weigh and horsepower make a difference, but the way you drive it also makes a difference what kind of brakes you might want. Stock worked pretty good for a while. But the braking would become less effective as my drive proceeded. So if you are cruising to cars and coffee in it, the stock brakes with some of those cool pads Eric sells will work great. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) with the general premise but . . . Horsepower makes no difference at all to single stop, stopping distance. Because . . . Physics. Force = mass * acceleration. There is nothing in that equation affected by horsepower. Note: acceleration in the braking case is simply deceleration. Opposite direction of forward acceleration. Horsepower only comes into play with repeated, hard at limit braking, with short intervals between events that limit cooling between braking events. Track use, canyon carving come to mind. I autocrossed for years on stock brakes with race compound pads and didn’t have fade since average run is only a couple minutes in duration. Note; not a critique of Shivers. Just get tired of the internet mythology that horsepower has any bearing upon single stop, stopping distance. |
Shivers |
Jan 22 2024, 05:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,418 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
06:41 AM'] Just wanted to let people know, I know I don’t need the bigger brakes, but I know plenty of you have bigger hp 6’s, Suby’s, do autox etc….. Weigh and horsepower make a difference, but the way you drive it also makes a difference what kind of brakes you might want. Stock worked pretty good for a while. But the braking would become less effective as my drive proceeded. So if you are cruising to cars and coffee in it, the stock brakes with some of those cool pads Eric sells will work great. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) with the general premise but . . . Horsepower makes no difference at all to single stop, stopping distance. Because . . . Physics. Force = mass * acceleration. There is nothing in that equation affected by horsepower. Note: acceleration in the braking case is simply deceleration. Opposite direction of forward acceleration. Horsepower only comes into play with repeated, hard at limit braking, with short intervals between events that limit cooling between braking events. Track use, canyon carving come to mind. I autocrossed for years on stock brakes with race compound pads and didn’t have fade since average run is only a couple minutes in duration. Note; not a critique of Shivers. Just get tired of the internet mythology that horsepower has any bearing upon single stop, stopping distance. Maybe horsepower is more the cause than the effect. I should have used something like velocity. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) When the 930 came out I was struck by the size of the brakes on it. And the 300 mph Bugatti Chiron, holly cow. |
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