Re: Girling 60 conversion. Long

["Pat Martin" <mardkins@email.msn.com>]

>I don't think the pad have to be shot to get sparks from the brakes.  My
Ur-q
>with G60's and Metalmasters will shoot a shower of sparks from the front
wheel
>is you brake aggressively from a high speed. I am putting the Porterfields
in
>this weekend so I will let you know if the same thing happens with them.  I
>always assumed that the sparks were coming from the metallic content of the
>pads.  I have to say it was pretty funny the first time my brother
experienced
>this in the Ur-q.  He thought something was terribly wrong.
>
>Cheers,
>Jim Hahn


Maybe I was not clear enough.  There were FLAMES pouring out of my wheels on
the 1st turn.  When I drove Orin's 5kqt on the track last year with unnamed
pads it did the same thing.  In that case when I pushed the pedal harder it
just shaved more pad.

Porterfeilds will not do the same thing.

Pat