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Old 06-06-2005, 11:04 AM
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Default New Wilwood Brake Question
Dean Lampe dropped his new Hurricane car off at my house yesterday for me to help him with the shake down while he flew out to Sacramento. Everything has fallen into place except for his brakes. Mind you the car might have 25 miles on it. Dean is running Wilwood 12" disc on the front and new IRS T-Bird disc on the back. He uses Tilton pedals w/ the balance bar for his front and rear bias plus the clutch pedal. His m/c is Wilwood and reserviors are Girling and all of his lines are 3/16" stainless. The pedal is firm with no fade but the pads do not seem to be grabbing as we expected. Is this a case of the pads not being burnished in yet or is it an issue with the balance bar not being properly adjusted. Note: He is not using a residual proportioning valve in his brake system.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated since we are two days away from our first track event.

Thanks in advance.


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