by Karl V » Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:14 pm
Braking hard and late works - especially round town when things are cooler than when 'pushing hard'. If you want maximum fun, try reversing out of Sainsbury's car park and braking. OMG the noise!
Interested in your chamfer comment Henry, as echoed here -
http://www.brakeandfrontend.com/brake-p ... ake-noise/
Seems the chamfers are designed to control vibration through the different thickness of the pads, but added OEM by manufacturers to suit a particular make/model.
Another common feature seems to be a centre groove, but this is largely to allow gas to escape (?), which isn't an issue with grooved / drilled discs of course.
What pads are supplied with the cars Henry? I'm curious to see their design and can't be arsed to take the wheels off and remove the calipers. I have places to Ariel (new verb meaning:
to see and been seen, at speed).
I'm running Alcon's up front with 'sports pads' on an 18 plate Nomad. I seem to recall the Atom 2 standard brakes being from an MGF, but I'm probably making that up.
Is there an
AUDI 80 Rs2 Quattro 94-95 type equivalent?
I'm up for a bit of chamfering over the winter if I can figure out what I'll be faced with once the wheels and calipers are off.
Cheers!
Karl.
Braking hard and late works - especially round town when things are cooler than when 'pushing hard'. If you want maximum fun, try reversing out of Sainsbury's car park and braking. OMG the noise!
Interested in your chamfer comment Henry, as echoed here - http://www.brakeandfrontend.com/brake-pad-chamfers-slots-shapes-controlling-brake-noise/
Seems the chamfers are designed to control vibration through the different thickness of the pads, but added OEM by manufacturers to suit a particular make/model.
Another common feature seems to be a centre groove, but this is largely to allow gas to escape (?), which isn't an issue with grooved / drilled discs of course.
What pads are supplied with the cars Henry? I'm curious to see their design and can't be arsed to take the wheels off and remove the calipers. I have places to Ariel (new verb meaning: [i]to see and been seen, at speed[/i]).
I'm running Alcon's up front with 'sports pads' on an 18 plate Nomad. I seem to recall the Atom 2 standard brakes being from an MGF, but I'm probably making that up.
Is there an [i]AUDI 80 Rs2 Quattro 94-95[/i] type equivalent?
I'm up for a bit of chamfering over the winter if I can figure out what I'll be faced with once the wheels and calipers are off.
Cheers!
Karl.