Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 16:28:12 -0400
Reply-To: ed <edevinney@BIGFOOT.COM>
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From: ed <edevinney@BIGFOOT.COM>
Organization: Pismo Beach Institute for Advanced Leisure Studies
Subject: Re: Any desire for high performance brakes??? Read iffin
interested!!
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Interesting - thanks for the info.
For my part, I'd be more interested in good pads than drilled rotors. Drilling
stock rotors may cause stress cracking - the 'drilled' holes on the late-model
Porsche 911, for instance, are in fact cast in. Cross-drilling might improve
performance on long hills, but I have to wonder its actual value in day-to-day
driving - how many repeated extreme stops do folks make?
Good pads, on the other hand, can help almost any vehicle. They may eat
rotors, but at least on my Syncro the rotors aren't too expensive.
Since I haven't yet started in on my new-to-me vanagon, I would ask if folks
who want good braking on their Vanagons if they've already tried decent
(bonded, not riveted) pads, new high-performance fluid, new flex lines, and new
or rebuilt hydraulics? For that matter, tried good tires, too?
Now, if someone has done a Porsche 911/993 brake conversion, I'd love to at
least see it :-) Then I'd have a compelling reason to put the Big Reds on my
car and would have a place to put the stock pieces...
ed
Mike Ray wrote:
> OK, my buddy is a retailer for Stillen. They make high performance brake
> rotors and pads for several different vehicles. Mostly sports cars but also
> trucks. Surprisingly, they're not all outrageously priced. He was trying to
> get me to buy a set for the Mustang and I said "it stops pretty well but my
> Westy S**KS!". All my friends rave about the increase in braking performance
> with these things. Basically, they're made to wear the pads so that the
> rotors last indefinitely. The cross drill is for street applications while a
> slotted rotor is for higher heat. Slotted don't work well Until they heat
> up.
>
> Paul at Special Vehicle Products (my Mustang vendor)....
>
> Once I know that then I can see what kind of numbers and prices we could
> get. The
> rotors would be cross drilled and the pads would be the Stillen Metal
> Matrix. We will probably need a commitment of 20 people for each style
> rotor. Just get me a year span breakdown and how many different rotors were
> used for what years and I will get back to you....
>
> Me again...
> I know there's two styles of Calipers on the Vanagon (Girling and ??). So I
> ASSUME two types of pads. Are the rotors the same on all years or are there
> 2 styles of these too? Once Paul has some more info he can nail down a
> minimum order and cost.
>
> What do you all think about this??? Anyone interested? What's your feedback?
>
> Mikey
> `87 Westy Eeore
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