Superformance / Brakes

[Hal Copple]

i don't know my rotor size, it is the standard one they put on SPF's, i have no cracks or rotor warp, even with all the abuse we put on them. I have the standard since abou two years ago four piston Wilwoods, just with custom brackets made up by Dennis Olthoff.

They are very very easy to modulate, nice hard pedal, very light, and are relatively inexpensive, all things considered. I have never run out of brakes even with race slicks, i brake really really hard on a race course. I can keep the car just a threashold braking with them and the PF pads, series 80.

Dennis Olthoff also has a full race custom valved/sprung Bilstein set up for Superformance cars, They are works of art, "heim" jointed at the top, and give commanding control even over bumps and stuff. Absolutely "buttoned down" control no matter what the car is doing. They are not the Bilstein set-up that comes on the newer SPF cars, these are full race units, with Intracorp springs. They ride fine, no vibration, but they keep the tire on the road very well.

I am not any sort of experience driver. But Mac DeMere, senior test driver for Michelin, has lots of track time instructing in my SPF. He commented at the last track event, as he was about to take my daughter out, that "this is one fine car, i love driving this one the way you have it set up".

I think not only the race slicks, but the brakes and the full race Olthoff Bilstein package are the ticket to the best available control for an SPF. The ride is fine. The car tracks straight and true.

Instead of full race brakes, i would put that money towards the four piston Dynalites, and the Race Bilstein package.

My opinion.