Superformance Brakes (or not)

[wanab5150]

Steve........Contact Lance Stander or Barry Block at the email address or phone numbers earlier in this thread. The e-brake works exactly like the 34's did....pretty good.
Barry Block called me Wednesday to ask how the brakes were working. He said he has some new, more aggressive pads coming and will R&D them shortly. IF, (I say) IF they work, he stated he would send me a set. He said, (in so many words), that the rear pads will be more aggressive than the fronts to help with the imbalance that still seems to still exist.
The brakes feel good now, but could be better. They're still not as good as my '07, 4000 lb. Tahoe, and not nearly as good as my '01 BMW Z3 (3000 lbs.). Not M3,....Z3! the lower performance version.
I also went to Vegas this week and talked to "Tom" of Tom's Motorsports at the Vegas Speedway. He is a Superformance engine installer for the Superformance dealer in Vegas. He does about 20 Shelby CSX cars to every Superformance as he is right next door to the Shelby's CXS shop and warehouse. He has not done a Superformance with the 34's so he could not elaborate on the brakes. He did say something surprising to me. He said the 4 pot Wildwoods are better than the Baer brakes that come on the “Shelby” Cobras. I could not believe my ears, but he repeated it again as I peered through the shop at the numerous CXS, Kirkams, and a few Superformance cars being prepped. Also 4 CSX pure race Shelby’s sat just inside the door!!! I’ve talked to him on another trip and found him very knowledgeable. Another thing he said was, that there is NO WAY that a “single” master cylinder could operate odd sized calipers equally (4 pot fronts and single pot rears) that are on the Superformance now. He said it would require a dual master cylinder with a (I forget what he called it…a jet, orifice, plunger?) …one for the fronts and one for the rears.
I have talked to Wilwood and everyone else and they have side stepped the master cylinder issue.(maybe another replacement cost factor) I believe Wilwood did not want to comment as they are connected to Superformance in this issue and didn’t want to open themselves up to liability! How could they not know why the calipers did not work when I talked to the Sales Manager (see earlier in this thread). I specifically asked him for a caliper/master cylinder combo for the Superformance and he said he just didn’t know at this time! Politics!!!!!!!!!!!
I forgot to mention that Barry said he provided a master cylinder to Wilwood for testing and a possible match up for a bolt-on fix to the existing Superformance cars. He would not speculate how long this would take………...Politics again! At least he called and it seems as if they’re still working on it. I was surprised he even rolled over that there was an issue, as when I called him the first time he said he had not heard of a problem with the brakes at that time.
Anyway, any progress is good and hopefully soon the brakes will be as good as the used to be. Tom