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Race Level Track Brake Help - What do You use?, Working on updating 12 year dormant racer! |
RickJK |
Dec 20 2007, 01:04 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Chicagoland, IL Member No.: 2,924 |
Ok- I found someone to work on the 914 racer I bought in Chicagoland this fall - not in Chicago but instead out in Phoenix where the car will be located when our house eventually sells. This is the car that had not been run in over 12 years and was stored without starting or any maintenance in that period. The good news is - It's Alive. We were able to get it running without doing much of anything to it and the compression is reasonable, so probably no rebuild. We are getting PMOs rather than rebuilding the Webers and then I will put the Webers on ebay to recoup some of the cost. The bad news, the brakes are a bit wonky. They are a collection of obsolete parts that are strangely mated. It has jfz? calipers on the front that were shimmed down inside the caliper from calipers meant to work with 1.25" thick rotors to work instead with .810 X 12.250 rotors on coleman hats. The rears are front S calipers working on smaller rotors. The front calipers are totally obsolete and not rebuildable, while the rears would need new or replated pistins. As long as things are rusty and odd in the brake department, we are looking to upsize to 1.25 thick rotors about the same 12.250 diameter on the front and rear with new calipersfront and rear. We were thinking wilwood forged billet superlight calipers front and rear as they are reasonably priced, but we are having a hard time finding appropriate hats and rotors to fit, or rotors to fit the original coleman hats which have an unusual bolt pattern. Can anyone recommend a source for hats and rotors, or an alternative setup that will not break the bank like buying Brembos would? I would like to get away spending 2 - 3K for the whole shooting match, and a full brembo setup would run at least 5K from what I can find. I would like to stay with a lightweight hat / seperate rotor setup if possible to avoid adding more weight. Anyone have a ready to go source for AP - Wilwood or similar that they know will work? Any help would be appreciated - Thanks in advance, Rick |
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