I have a set of the kevlar pads that Ted sells on my Spit. They are much
better than the stock pads I had before. They work very well on the street
and at the autocross. I have no financial interest in TSI or Ted...just
like the pads.
Bill Munts
'70 mk3 Spitfire
Huntsville, AL
p.s. Ted I'll get those core pads to you real soon, maybe in person next
week.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Schumacher <tedtsimx@q1.net>
To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: R.D. Waid <msp01091@isd.net>; Spitfires@autox.team.net
<Spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: Braking Away
>
>joe, you are certainly correct about the steel braid brake hoses. we sell
many sets
>every year and the price is only slightly higher than replacing the 4 stock
hoses.
>for you info, we also make kevlar brake pads an shoes. this is a drum/rotor
friendly
>compound that needs no warm up. good coefficient of friction and moderate
pedal
>effort. a good matrerial that can be street driven, autocrossed, etc.
people
>havementioned semi metallic pads. most of what you see in pads - brass
colored
>particles - are there only to scrub the friction surface of the rotor or
drum. ted
>
>Joe Curry wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>> I bought a set of Spit pads from VB in '96 when I restored my Spit and
>> they have worked well since. They still have plenty of pad left. I
>> rebuilt the master and slave cylinders but not the calipers. I did
>> replace the rubber hoses with stainless braided ones. THat firmed up
>> the brakes extremely well.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Joe
>>
>> "R.D. Waid" wrote:
>> >
>> > Fellow Spitphiles,
>> >
>> > I'm wondering if anyone has comments/experiences about VB supplied
front brake
>> > pads. A PO replaced the pads shortly before I bought my car in Aug. 96.
It has
>> > always taken a lot of of pedal pressure to stop the car. I've assumed
that it's
>> > a rear brake problem, but after a complete re-do of the rears and
multiple
>> > adjustments, it's still almost impossible to lock the wheels up. The MC
is
>> > recently rebuilt. I'm getting a lot of pad dust on the front wheels.
I'm
>> > wondering if the friction material in the pads is soft, or glazed
or..?? Any
>> > recommendations on a (brand name?)semimetallic pad or other brake
system change
>> > that would help? What kind of brake pedal effort is neede in a
properly set up
>> > Spit? Am I just spoiled by years of power brakes?
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Bob Waid
>> > 71 Mark IV FK4081L
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