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Re: TR-6 Brakes

To: Allen Washatko <awashatko@wi.rr.com>,
Subject: Re: TR-6 Brakes
From: Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:33:20 -0500
Full details of the Toyota caliper conversion (two varieties - stock rotor 
and vented rotor) are at http://www.turbo-tr6.info/

- Tony Drews

At 06:59 AM 6/21/2005, Allen Washatko wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>Had a good run at Blackhawk until I had a complete brake failure going
>into turn 6. The car created a 12' high rooster tail of grass clippings
>behind me as i found my way unto the grass landing field outside 6. The
>safety crew said it was the first time that they ever had to leave the
>track to fetch a car!  Brakes overheated and boiled the Wilwood brake
>fluid. Was running Hawk Blues with stock calipers and EBC rotors. What
>advice can anyone lend as to an upgrade? I heard that '89-'94 Toyota
>4WD Pickup Truck 4 pot calipers bolt on. Probably need to run some
>ducting to help cool things down.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Allen
>
>Jody & Allen Washatko
>N65 W5567 Columbia Road
>Cedarburg, WI. 53012
>
>tel. (262) 375-6888

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