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Old 12-06-2011, 12:59 PM   #926
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Re: Make it handle

nice bit of info, so the more angle on the rear ( to some extent) the more it will help in the valving compensation for the rear shocks ?
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Old 12-06-2011, 02:05 PM   #927
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I had this thought after reading Rob's last post on shock angle. If the angle changes the effective valving, could brackets be made to make the angle easily adjustable? In effect making somewhat of an "adjustable" shock?

Something like this might could work if there's room for it. Just throwing the idea out there.


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Old 12-06-2011, 04:50 PM   #928
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When mounting coil-over shocks measure the degree of angle and use the chart to find your angle correction factor (ACF). Then divide the desired spring rate (DSR) by the angel correction factor (ACF) and the result will be the actual correct spring rate (CSR) that you need.

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Old 12-09-2011, 01:19 PM   #929
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Let's throw a new topic into the mix. SAFETY I know, I know, I sound like my dad (a pretty sharp guy) How about we agree that, while there may be more than one 'right way', some stuff is just WRONG, and it's OK to say it. You might even help somebody by doing so. In the past two weeks, our lead tech, Sulivan, has been buried in fixes (take over, or repairs from other shops/installers). Some of those are kinda scary. Here's a short list
1. '56 F-100, volare clip. The clip was installed at the wrong angle. Upper A-arm sloping down in the front 3* (it should be 4* to 5* back) Resulting in negative caster, no antidive, and one squirley ride. lol-400+hp 351C. 24 labor hrs to fix. Should never have been drivin on a public hwy.
2. '58 GMC, camaro clip. Again , wrong angle. At least there are aftermarket chevy parts avail. 18 hrs to modify the clip & lower arms, and $435 for some APC adjustable upper arms.
3. '66 chev P/U, Typical bagged truck. Came in on a flatbed, hit a curb, fence, ... Just basic poor install safety. No clamps on any air or brake lines. An air line split, and as the truck dropped and bounced, it tore off a rear brake hose. Probably 5k in damage for the lack of 20 bucks in clamps, and maybe some new brake lines.
4. This is the sad one, a really nice '68 mustang. All aftermarket suspension, pro-touring style car. On a freeway onramp, on the throttle, the rear suspension came apart. Lots of carnage. The culprit? No one ever tightened the jam nust on the link bars. 5 minutes could have saved this one. One of the ends pulled out of the upper three link bar. The rear axle rotated around, drive shaft pulled out of the trans, ...bad, bad, bad stuff happened. We're still fixing this one, and will be for a while.
Make a pledge to use things like anti-sieze, locktite, a tourque wrench, the instructions, a motor manual, ...... you know, be a professional. - just sayin.
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Old 12-09-2011, 06:57 PM   #930
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I'd like to add something Rob, take your time, plan it out and think it through, don't get in a hurry and rush it or you may end up with one of those costly mishaps.
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Old 12-09-2011, 06:59 PM   #931
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I couldn't agree with you more. I am currently repairing a truck that had $3000.00 worth of damage because they guy installed his emergency spare backwards, then drove on it crushing and bending brake and suspension components. I have to fix things that "mechanics" repaired on a regular basis. Not saying anyone here is incompetent but planning, execution and pre-flight checks are very important.
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Old 12-09-2011, 08:27 PM   #932
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I'm with you Rob.....I've been mechanic'n for 10+ years, and it makes me furious to see what some other mechanics call a "repair", it gives all car guys a bad name.
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Amen, brothers! Poor quality work makes us all look bad, and it hurts our industry. As for a guy who feeds his kids by building cars, our overall image is important to me, and to you guys as well.
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Another topic shift here. This weekend were going to go and some testing with brake pads. We have two trucks, The 'Bullit and the J.T., and a friends 67 camaro pro-touring car going out. For each vehicle, we have five sets of pads. Two from Wilwood, Hawk, Baer, and a premium OE set. We're going to do 70-0, and roadcoarse laps on each pad and compare.

How about you guys, any experience with pads? any favorites?
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Maybe I'm missing something but are you saying you are going to test all these different types of pads on the each of the trucks? If the Bullit has one brand of caliper how are another brand of pads going to fit it. I understand if they were a caliper that was close to OEM specs several brands would fit, but I was not aware that a Hawk or Baer made a pad would fit in a Wilwood caliper or vise versa. I will be interested in the results.
I have a Lincoln 9" rear and have been having a heck of a time trying to find anything but regular OEM type pads. I would like to find a pair of premium pads if I could.
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Another topic shift here. This weekend were going to go and some testing with brake pads. We have two trucks, The 'Bullit and the J.T., and a friends 67 camaro pro-touring car going out. For each vehicle, we have five sets of pads. Two from Wilwood, Hawk, Baer, and a premium OE set. We're going to do 70-0, and roadcoarse laps on each pad and compare.

How about you guys, any experience with pads? any favorites?
Good topic Rob...Including brake tire warm up or cold turkey? How important are the turns / braking in the very first part of the course that contribute to "putting the heat" into braking tire system to get it to the level to make a good time...? The driver skill / adaptability factor is huge when the conditions change dramaticly...much respect pick up dude
I suppose a pyrometer and air temp recordings may be of interest also...
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Maybe I'm missing something but are you saying you are going to test all these different types of pads on the each of the trucks? If the Bullit has one brand of caliper how are another brand of pads going to fit it. I understand if they were a caliper that was close to OEM specs several brands would fit, but I was not aware that a Hawk or Baer made a pad would fit in a Wilwood caliper or vise versa. I will be interested in the results.
I have a Lincoln 9" rear and have been having a heck of a time trying to find anything but regular OEM type pads. I would like to find a pair of premium pads if I could.
The JT has stock calipers, and rear drums, we have four sets of pads for it, OE, hawk, and two from Wilwood. The 'Bullit has Baer brakes, they use a corvette pad, as does the '67 Camaro. We have muliple sets for each to swap and test. I've never done any testing like this, so, we will be making this up as we go along.
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Good topic Rob...Including brake tire warm up or cold turkey? How important are the turns / braking in the very first part of the course that contribute to "putting the heat" into braking tire system to get it to the level to make a good time...? The driver skill / adaptability factor is huge when the conditions change dramaticly...much respect pick up dude
I suppose a pyrometer and air temp recordings may be of interest also...
We got some good info from the pad manufactures, yes on the heat gun, didn't think to check air temp, - good idea. We will have three drivers, all with 'some' experience. should be fun
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Good topic Rob...Including brake tire warm up or cold turkey? How important are the turns / braking in the very first part of the course that contribute to "putting the heat" into braking tire system to get it to the level to make a good time...? The driver skill / adaptability factor is huge when the conditions change dramaticly...much respect pick up dude
I suppose a pyrometer and air temp recordings may be of interest also...
We got some good info from the pad manufactures, yes on the heat gun, didn't think to check air temp, - good idea. We will have three drivers, all with 'some' experience. should be fun
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Will these be 'streetable' pads, or full-on race compounds? Will you record noise and dusting? This should be cool
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I used some hawk pads on my trans am when I was autocrossing it and had good results (I don't remember which line of pads I was using, it was ~2000-2001) So when it came time to get pads for my 68 I went with Hawk HPS (IIRC).

Basically my brakes suck. My setup includes new drilled vented rotors on the front with dual piston aluminum calipers from POL and the Hawk pads. The Rear are LT1 camaro PBR sinlgle piston calipers. New brake lines also. They have sucked from day one. In trying to correct the problem I have gotten a new power brake booster, 72 corvette manual MC, manual brake proportiing valve (originally I was using a disk-disk proportionting valve from CPP). I even took the calipers off and sanded on the rotors and pads to remove any glazing.

The trucks stops OK, probably not quite as good as a stock front disk setup. The poor braking is what really kept me from attempting the autocross at the KC goodguys show. My next step is to change the pads, as it seems like they just aren't gripping. I'm thinking of using some EBC pads (not sure which ones at this time)
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On JT's rear drums have you considered crossdrilled drums and "skeleton" brakes? I would love to see either a stock backing plate water jetted to reduce weight or a complete skeleton backing plate! These drums are sold by Danchuk for 55-57 Chevys. The skeleton brake were fabbed up by Hollywood Hot Rods for one of their projects. They were used on dirt track cars, I think.
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Have you ever looked into cryogenic freezing the parts? (taking the parts to hundreds of degrees below 0). I read an article about the process being done on the brake parts, the result was cooller brakes after the same run.

http://www.frozenrotors.com/

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Hmm, noise? didn't consider that one. As far as dusting, I don't know that we'll get enough time on each pad. - If we do see dusting, then it would be extreme.
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I have twi thoughts here. 1. rear GM calipers MUST have the e-brake connected and used from time to time to keep the rear calipers adjusted. 2. I have used a few brands of aftermarket calipers for the stock brake. "drop-in" upgrades. NON have ever performed better than stock. Try swapping in some used OE calipers for a try.



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I used some hawk pads on my trans am when I was autocrossing it and had good results (I don't remember which line of pads I was using, it was ~2000-2001) So when it came time to get pads for my 68 I went with Hawk HPS (IIRC).

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The trucks stops OK, probably not quite as good as a stock front disk setup. The poor braking is what really kept me from attempting the autocross at the KC goodguys show. My next step is to change the pads, as it seems like they just aren't gripping. I'm thinking of using some EBC pads (not sure which ones at this time)
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Have you ever looked into cryogenic freezing the parts? (taking the parts to hundreds of degrees below 0). I read an article about the process being done on the brake parts, the result was cooller brakes after the same run.

http://www.frozenrotors.com/

http://www.metal-wear.com/index.html - they have a facility in Palo Alto, CA
YES. I have used this process many times. For those that haven't heard of this, Cryo, freezing to absolute zero, -273*K, (really cold) has an interesting affect. At Absolute zero, the electrons in molecules stop moving. So, at close to absolute zero, they start to even out the spacing of their orbits, respective to one another. As the temp comes back up, they keep the new spacing, not really stronger, but even strength down at the molecular level. This has a great effect on resisting cracks, and material failure. Brakes would heat and cool more evenly. We cryo'd big inch Harley motors, and ran three seasons on the lower end without a teardown (fuel bike) Where do I learn this stuff
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On JT's rear drums have you considered crossdrilled drums and "skeleton" brakes? I would love to see either a stock backing plate water jetted to reduce weight or a complete skeleton backing plate! These drums are sold by Danchuk for 55-57 Chevys. The skeleton brake were fabbed up by Hollywood Hot Rods for one of their projects. They were used on dirt track cars, I think.
Those may not be a good idea on a car that sees street use in the rain. That design would allow more water in, and wet drums don't stop well! Would work on a track only car though.
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I would argue that it would do the complete opposite. Stock drums/backing plates retain water which they cannot shed, drilled/open drums will instantneously shed water through centrifugal force and an vented concept. It would also shed heat a lot faster, not to mention a slight drop in unsprung weight.
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They would allow water to drain out easier, but also let water in easier. Drilled or slotted shoes would have the same effect without letting water in.
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