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andre
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Joined: 15 Feb 2006
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Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:54 pm |
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Hi all,
I raced a mark 1 5 ts in the classic touring car series class e last year and won the championship and I am building a 5 gordini turbo for this season to compete in class c. The car has undergone a full restoration but we are having trouble with the standard calipers overheating and not coping with stopping the higher speeds. We have got some 3 stud vented discs but need to find a meatier calliper for the front end. Any ideas before I spend a fortune in the trial and error approach. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:29 am |
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what calipers are fitted at the moment? Girlings or the ate's?
Girlings from later cars may go on.
Are you using any ducting at the moment for the brakes? If not this may solve the issue. |
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andre
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Joined: 15 Feb 2006
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Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:59 am |
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Thanks Chris,
Ducting isn't making any difference. The surface area of the gordini callipers is just too small. Even though the cars a lot lighter in race trim with the extra power and grip on race tyres the callipers aren't stopping us quick enough to be competitive. Do you know if the 8's are bigger as I've never seen any? |
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stew_punk
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Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Posts: 55
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Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:49 am |
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make yourself up a wilwood 4 pot caliper (id recommend the dynalites!) setup. only problem will be machining the caliper braket so it will fit on!
They should improve your stopping power no end! |
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Chris H
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Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:02 am |
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don't knwo much at all about the 8's sorry.
What style of wheels do you have on? |
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andre
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Joined: 15 Feb 2006
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:09 am |
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We have the original fan alloys as the series states that the asthetics of the car have to be as original as possible. |
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Chris H
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:40 am |
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they don't allow much heat out really. Can't you swap em? |
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