Re: UFO brake replacement update

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 15:45:11 -0800, the crossley family wrote:

>My November PIR track experience revealed that my AP Racing four pot
>caliper/315mm diameter UFO brake replacement kit developed by KVR really
>works!  [ ... ] Now, the not so good part: My beautiful cross-drilled rotors
>did not look happy at all after the first session and worse after the second. I
>had been running the Hawk HPS pads which had performed great on the
>street.  I cooled it the rest of the day and pulled the pads that
>evening.  What had happened was that the sloughed off pad material had
>collected in the relief between the two pad segments and had become a
>gouging tool that severely grooved the rotors.  I discussed the issue
>with Terry Gosse at KVR.  He indicated that the HPS pad was good for a
>couple of hot laps only and would not hold up to extended race type
>driving.  [ ... ]  My track day pads will be Hawk Blues which, while being
>somewhat aggressive to rotors, shouldn't destroy them in a couple of 30
>minute hot sessions. [ ... ]

Terry was unable to supply Hawk Blue pads for the APs last year. He
tried to make up for it by sending extra sets of HPSs.  Hopefully his
supply problems have eased since then.

DeWitt Harrison    de@aztek-eng.com
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq