[Fot] Has anybody ran these new brake calipers?

DAVE HOGYE dlhogye at comcast.net
Thu Mar 8 09:09:57 MST 2018


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
> On March 8, 2018 at 2:54 AM Henry Frye via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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