[DeTomaso] Pantera fixing

[jderyke at aol.com]

Some carbon brake pads are very aggressive against plain ol' cast iron rotors. Then you get to keep track of rotor thicknesses too. But they supposedly stop heavy cars well. If you do this, keep us posted, Bob- J Deryke


-----Original Message-----
From: bens1 via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 9:02 am
Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera fixing


It seems like these old cars just need a little
   attention in fixing them..
When something is broken
   and nags you for a long time and you finally fix
it
   It is rewarding especially if you can repair it verses
   just buying an
new part
   Been working on my Firebird for the Optima Challenge
   this
weekend fixing some things that have been broken
   for many many years
  
Replaced the brake pads with a softer compound B-20
   Wilwood pads.. the rears
are a disc brake off brand conversion
   and the Wilwood pads were too thin so
after talking to my
   buddy Rich I made some shims and glued them in.. now
it
   seems to be working good
   So I am reading on my Lateral g forum and
some of those
   guys are running carbon brakes... ZR-1 packages on 69 or 70
 
Camero's... one of the engineers for GM is giving advice as
   to how to tune
the ECU for the brakes.. guess my shims
   are really old school...
   Bob
Benson

 
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