Superformance Brakes (or not)

[wanab5150]

I talked to Stephen in Reno today. He was already contacted by Olthoff with the run down on the new caliper set up that is in the works. Stephen was told that since the old caliper mounts at the 3 o'clock position on the right rear of the car, the new brackets will mount the new 4 pot at the 9'o'clock position. The brake line will be removed from the old caliper and attached to the new one.
So you will temporarily have both calipers on the right rear wheel until the e-brake issue is solved. The old caliper will serve as an e-brake because the e-brake cable is mechanical, not hydrolic and therefore does not need fluid. As soon as a solution is found for a new replacement e-brake, that will be sent to everyone to retro onto their cars........oops......except Thudmaster...he doesn't get a new one. lol
This should be easy to do at home, but I would THINK Superformance would have a shop perform the work for you if you wish. Thats the latest....tom

[Madmiles442]

You know what sucks?
This whole friggin mess is based in the fact that SPF can't engineer a proper emergency brake. A damn emergency brake! For God's sake, how friggin difficult can this be???? This has been going on for YEARS and they're no closer to a solution. If you believe they'll have something figured out in a month (or 2 or 3), I have some coastal land in Arkansas I want to sell you.
I got so frustrated with my POS e-brake, I removed the whole damn thing and it's in ZipLock bags in my garage. I have a friendly to give me Inspections and leave the car in 3rd gear when parked.
As far as real braking, I replaced the fluid with Motul RBF 600 and replaced the stock tan pads on my 4-pot Wilwoods with a more aggressive Wilwood compound and that mother will stop you so fast your eyeballs will be on the dashboard. You will see God.
I wish you the best of luck dealing with SPF's latest "fix" to the e-brake problem and do keep us updated.