Wilwood big brakes, 914-4 brakes |
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Wilwood big brakes, 914-4 brakes |
Freezin 914 |
Jan 21 2024, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 908 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I figure some here will have more info on this, but Wilwood is advertising it has a big brake available for 914-4s. Just in case anyone would be interested. I haven’t even looked it up yet, but seen the ad in Excellence.
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Freezin 914 |
Jan 22 2024, 08:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 908 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Just wanted to let people know, I know I don’t need the bigger brakes, but I know plenty of you have bigger hp 6’s, Suby’s, do autox etc…..
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Shivers |
Jan 22 2024, 08:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,673 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
Just wanted to let people know, I know I don’t need the bigger brakes, but I know plenty of you have bigger hp 6’s, Suby’s, do autox etc….. Weigh and horsepower make a difference, but the way you drive it also makes a difference what kind of brakes you might want. Stock worked pretty good for a while. But the braking would become less effective as my drive proceeded. So if you are cruising to cars and coffee in it, the stock brakes with some of those cool pads Eric sells will work great. |
GregAmy |
Jan 22 2024, 09:21 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,383 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States |
Stock worked pretty good for a while. But the braking would become less effective as my drive proceeded. You need different pads, brother. Not speaking to you directly, but it is simply amazing to me how most car guys don't understand how the pad compound you use really makes a substantial difference. Seriously. Many a braking complaint is easily resolved by "the right pad". And many a problem is caused by someone thinking they understand the concepts but getting it wrong ("why are these Hawk Blue pads tearing up my street car's rotors so bad??") Today's pad compounds are fricken amazing. I would have killed decades ago for this technology*. And today we take it for granted... I'd be glad to make suggestions, if we could just discuss what you're doing with them and whose pads you prefer. GA *Try racing Road America or Road Atlanta with dead-stock pads. That's what we used to have to do in the old Showroom Stock days of the 1980s: stock parts only. I'd go through a set of pads literally every session, and another set 3/4 into the race (seems like the braking got better when it went down to metal-to-metal...but it made a lot of noise). Lap One Turn One at the Road Atlanta Runoffs smelled like a brake pad factory... |
Superhawk996 |
Jan 22 2024, 09:37 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,469 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
. . (seems like the braking got better when it went down to metal-to-metal...but it made a lot of noise). Metal to metal is much higher coefficient of friction than pad to metal. Your perception is correct. And pretty stable (not changing friction) much with increasing temperature. The rotor wear on the other hand (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) |
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