AX brakes vs. Racing brakes..., what setup or both???? |
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AX brakes vs. Racing brakes..., what setup or both???? |
BKLA |
Jan 30 2007, 10:13 AM
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Really old member Group: Members Posts: 1,253 Joined: 14-August 05 From: OR Member No.: 4,590 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
The narrow body AX/race car I purchased last October has Boxster brakes up front and "m" front calipers mounted at the rear. I just ordered Rich Johnson's rear boxster kit for the 914 and will install it before the first AX this season up here... seems like a good idea to have a matched set of brakes that are engineered to work with each other. (I believe that the car is in E mod for the PCA AX, but honestly, I have no idea.) This is all well and good for AX, but places me in all kinds of weird and uncompetative classes in PCA, SCCA and is not legal for histerical classes.
I am not planning to race the car this season, but would like to go thru a few DE days and an SCCA drivers school in order to re-activate a 15 year lapsed license... Next year though, I would like to do a few historicals as well as an SCCA race or two. Anyway, now I have a good set of "M" fronts, a set of "M" rear (smaller piston size) calipers (rebuilt) and I was thinking...Hmmmm I could put together a complete set of front struts and rear trailing arms with these brakes and have a legal historical, SCCA and PCA system that I could just bolt on. Of course, I need shocks to match, but I have a set of front struts as well as trailing arms with elephant racing bearings installed - so this seems like a no brainer. Am I over thinking this? - I'm not out to win, been there done that...I'm out to have a really good time - so running in the other classes in an uncompetative car shouldn't really matter. Any advise from the peanut gallery? |
Joe Ricard |
Jan 30 2007, 12:23 PM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
You need 2 sets of pads.
There is a major difference between AX pads and road race pads. AX Porterfield R4s pads have very high grip when cold. But when subjected to track work they will get too hot and start to fade ( you may not have that problem with the big ones you got) However track pads Porterfield R4 do not grip worth a hoot when cold and you must get them warm to be effective. Once up to temp beginning at 250 degrees minimum they are fantastic. |
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