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Brake Shoes Upgrade
Hey Everybody,
Anyone know of performance brake shoes for street/strip? These guys? https://www.porterfield-brakes.com/c...ll%20Race.html Thanks Again, Craig |
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Assuming your car is mostly street driven, is there a specific need that is causing you to want a race compound in your car?
I know it's not apples to apples, but as a senior BMWCCA HPDE (i.e., road course) instructor, I spend a lot of time in cars with race compound brakes, including my own. My experience has generally been that street compounds stop better on the street than race compounds because they are specifically designed to have good bite at the lower temps typical of street driving. And drag racing is not particularly demanding on brakes in the grand scheme of things. So if you're mostly driving on the street and only occasionally going to the strip, I probably wouldn't recommend those Porterfield race brakes you linked to, which are primarily intended for use in vintage road course racing.
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'70 TA / 505 cid / same engine but revised ( previous best 10.63 at 127.05 ) Old information here: http://www.hotrod.com/articles/0712p...tiac-trans-am/ Sponsor of the world's fastest Pontiac powered Ford Fairmont (engine) 5.14 at 140 mph (1/8 mile) , true 10.5 tire, stock type suspension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDoJnIP3HgE |
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Yes - I lack the funds for a disk conversion and want a better strip stopping = Higher Initial Bite at lower temps. Increased drum wear is not a concern.
Thanks, Craig |
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'70 TA / 505 cid / same engine but revised ( previous best 10.63 at 127.05 ) Old information here: http://www.hotrod.com/articles/0712p...tiac-trans-am/ Sponsor of the world's fastest Pontiac powered Ford Fairmont (engine) 5.14 at 140 mph (1/8 mile) , true 10.5 tire, stock type suspension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDoJnIP3HgE |
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If you are seeking higher initial bite at low brake temps, installing a race compound shoe may at best make no difference given your use case scenario. There is a decent chance they could make initial bite worse, since your brakes won't have any real heat in them at the end of a 1/4 mile run, and race compounds really don't work all that well unless they have some heat in them.
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Zegermanham - So what you're saying is perhaps a street replacement semi metallic brake shoe might be what would work best in my situation?
Actually, I believe that's what I have right now. Thanks, Craig |
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I have 4-wheel discs on my car and have never needed to buy parts for drum brakes, so unfortunately I can't provide any recommendations beyond the general suggestion of not using a race compound on a street/strip car. Also, I've never been a fan of ceramic compounds. They are low dust and noise, but tend to lack initial bite.
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i use "heavy duty" semi metallic raybestos shoes in the rear & this car stops better than my 81 4 wheel disc t/a & far better than my 78 disc/drum t/a with stock type pads/shoes. |
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A good subject here. Hawk and others have different t brake pad compounds. There are a lot of choices to consider.
I have Wilwood Dynalite kits on the front and rear, both now upgraded to 12.19" rotors. And as an example I use their "Q" compound. https://wilwood.com/PDF/Flyers/fl227.pdf .
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'70 TA / 505 cid / same engine but revised ( previous best 10.63 at 127.05 ) Old information here: http://www.hotrod.com/articles/0712p...tiac-trans-am/ Sponsor of the world's fastest Pontiac powered Ford Fairmont (engine) 5.14 at 140 mph (1/8 mile) , true 10.5 tire, stock type suspension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDoJnIP3HgE |
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their race pads are the DTS series. EBC had 2 or 3 levels of compounds too. |
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