 Grassroots Motorsports magazine, Dec. issue has 914 brake tech article |
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| SP9146 |
 Dec 26 2003, 03:28 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 13-December 03 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 1,433  |
I don't usually read this magazine but saw on the cover a mention of the 914 article so I bought it. Excellent explanation of the upgrades to BMW front calipers, etc.
This was actually one of the last articles in a series about their 914 project car. Has anyone read any of the articles, are they worth trying to find? Pete |
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| ArtechnikA |
Feb 17 2004, 06:49 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(crash914 @ Feb 17 2004, 04:39 AM) Wow, great stopping...except he needed rotors after 3 sessions. Tore them UP!!! okay - i'm reconsidering. that kind of rotor wear is simply unacceptable in a DE environment. in a competition environment where you expect a 'cost to win' tradeoff, maybe. i need something that will offer good, CONSISTENT cold performance and NOT fade in a 2-driver DE environment... that carbon/Kevlar stuff, maybe ? |
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| J P Stein |
Feb 17 2004, 01:26 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
Well, golly Rich. Either you don't read this stuff or
you don't think much of my story of a 2 driver DE experience. Maybe an expert can help ya (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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| ArtechnikA |
Feb 17 2004, 01:43 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(J P Stein @ Feb 17 2004, 11:26 AM) Well, golly Rich. Either you don't read this stuff or you don't think much of my story of a 2 driver DE experience. Maybe an expert can help ya i -do- (did) read it all, but i can't remember everything all at once :-) ... and i didn't get until your followup and re-re-re-reading your post that you have a 2-driver situation. (in fact, i was originally wondering who this Chuck person was and why he was relevant ...) our weight and power requirements are comparable, although i suspect you have lots more power and way less weight. we are running the same caliper setups - although i have a bit more weight in back (but no proportioner...) i ran the front pads i plan to re-use at Willow Springs and a couple of sessions at Riverside - until the car went off... they're stock 930 pads, and i found them to be just fine. what i won't know until i'm 'in it' is what the braking situation is on the tracks around here... maybe i'll just lay in another set of 930 pads and see how they fly ... |
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| J P Stein |
Feb 17 2004, 02:07 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
Hell, I thought everybody knew who Chuck is.....I whined about him beating me at AX....in my car...all last season.....twice a month, for 5 months.....AUGGH!!
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| Matt Romanowski |
Feb 17 2004, 06:53 PM
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I'm surprised to hear that they ate up a set of rotors like that. I have no major rotor wear to speak of. Maybe they were suspect rotors from the beginning?
Herb, give me a day and I'll come by and hook you up with some ducts. It took me all of about 25 minutes on my car! Matt |
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| crash914 |
Feb 18 2004, 05:57 AM
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its a mystery to me Group: Members Posts: 1,826 Joined: 17-March 03 From: Marriottsville, MD Member No.: 434 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
great matt!! I am working all weekend, so I will give you a call.
The rotors that were tore up were on a Supra...on the 914, I have gone over 2+ years with no wear at all... I just don't use the brakes..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| Bleyseng |
Feb 18 2004, 09:48 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Admins, can you add this thread to the classic section. Great stuff and Brants little post was great!
Geoff |
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