[DeTomaso] Brake Hoses

[Mark McWhinney]

Several people run the Porterfield R4-S compound pad on their street cars
and have reported good results with reasonable rotor wear.
http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/pads.html

I run the R4-S on my 300zx commuter / occasional track day car.  It is an
improvement over stock with respect to handling the heat.  It also performs
well in terms of stopping distance once the pads are warm, but is so-so when
they are cold.

On my Pantera, I run the Wilwood "B" compound which is for race apps.  Even
stone cold, it is very good, but it is noisy.



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Phil
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:11 AM
To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Brake Hoses

All,

 

I'm re-doing the stock brakes on my 74L and wanted the group wisdom on
replacing the flexible lines on all four corners.

 

Any recommendations that you all have had success with?

 

I'm keeping the system stock so don't want to introduce anything exotic or
racy - just reliable, functional and of good quality.

 

Also - would including Porterfield replacement pads for the stock pads be a
good idea? I don't drive the car on the track - only normal (sometimes
spirited <grin>) street driving/cruising. I don't want anything that will
cause premature rotor wear or anything.

 

OK .. enlighten me !

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Phil

#5924

 

 

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