And your cooling fins?
Scott
From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chris Marx via Fot
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2018 11:26 AM
To: fot at autox. team. net <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers?
I?m still using the original brakes the car came with.
I?ve put in some nice brake pads and that is working well for me.
Cheers
Chris
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. M?rz 2018 17:28
Betreff: Re: [Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers?
Good call, Scott. The Wilwood calipers are aluminum, but otherwise look very
similar to the the P or PB calipers.
DH
good to check your club rules first though, if enforced. VRG says you need to
use the original equipment, and SVRA says
Alternate calipers or wheel cylinders must be of the same material, design and
number of pistons as the original component. There must be no increase in the
frictional surface of the pads or shoes.
The quality of the new calipers is somewhat suspect, but seem to work as needed.
The first pair that I bought from BPNW had a yellow (anodized ?) finish with
numbers in the castings. The second pair from BPNW 4 years later have a silver
finish and no numbers in the casting which made me wonder about the quality.
My first set has been on my car from 2013. 13 race weekends a total of 3,800
miles.
Wilwood makes beautiful replacements now. They are anodized black. I far as I
can tell, they will fit our Triumphs, but haven't made a complete comparison.
Of course the price is higher, but more equivalent to the importance of good
brakes.
DH
I have seen these available for a while now, but fear they are made
somewhere we don't want to know from materials I don't want to think
about. I'm not brave enough to put one of these on a street car, let
alone my race car.
Has anybody tried these calipers yet? Any feedback???
As long as good cores are available for 16P's, I'm rebuilding OEM
calipers.
Henry
On 2018-03-07 23:24, DAVE HOGYE via Fot wrote:
BTW, the PB calipers are available new for around $100 each new.
That's pretty inexpensive for such an important part. I purchased
another set when I thought I might be having a problem, but ended up
just changing pads. I'm glad to have a new pair standing by. Then I
can rebuild at my leisure.
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