[Fot] Race Car Brake Calipers

[Yellow04]

Ditto with Old Yellow... Stock calipers and plain jane rotors and I ran as deep as anybody, never had any fade issues. I truly think unless you are going to run somewhere where you can run tires better than what we run in Vintage, you are wasting time thinking about cheater brakes.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Jackson
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Race Car Brake Calipers
> 
> I had planned on staying out of this but my fingers have over ruled my
> brain....
> 
> My poor old TR3 has NEVER faded a brake at any race anywhere!  That
> includes an amazing bumper to bumper race with an ex IMSA, 6cyl Vitesse at
> Road America at a previous TR reunion.  I led him twice and we finished
> with a separation of a few inches.  There was no other 4 cyl Triumph within
> sight.  Similarly at tracks as brutal on brakes as Sebring at the 12 hr support
> race.  Ran it many times.  NO FADE, even at the old hairpin config.
> 
> You are working on this problem too hard.  Or.....as once advised by an old,
> successful pro racer "more throttle, less brake"
> 
> The real issue to worry about is rear axles, front spindles and front and rear
> hubs.  Modern tires are the villain here, not brakes.  Actually, modern tires
> make the brake issue smaller.
> 
> Mike Jackson