DaveFJ
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 posted on 18/10/06 at 01:06 PM |
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Lightweight calipers from westfield
check out the spares section on the westfield site....
link
their replacement calipers weigh in at a massive 0Kg - apparently
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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chockymonster
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 01:12 PM |
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Cooo! those brake pipe clips are heavy.
0.3kg each
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caber
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 01:27 PM |
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Are these the new helium filled cast ally with liquid helium as the brake fluid?
I think the clips are uranium filled nylon to stop the brakes floating away
Caber
[Edited on 10/18/2006 by caber]
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StevieB
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 01:29 PM |
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I'd reckon that those brakes would be slight oerkill on a 7!
And some people are building whole cars for less than the cost of those units!
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 01:32 PM |
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But if you built your whole car out of this material (is it unobtaniuim by any chance?) then you power to weight ratio would be... err lets see....
BHP/0 = infinate ? 
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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tks
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 02:13 PM |
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mhhh
yeah!!
and wy vented discs with suchs calipers??
Solid is the way to go!
Tks
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tks
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 02:44 PM |
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naahhh
its just the fact that they have
the grip and the brake power to stop that fast!!
for us its front end grip wich we don´t have!! and then the sierra brakes are overkill!!
Tks
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tks
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 02:54 PM |
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nahhh
A formula 1 has a much better balance and allot more grip!! than that we do!!
its not just better or more powerfull brakes!!
if we build the brakes of the F1 on a seven we cant stop anybetter!
we would lockup the brakes when driveing 100Mph and braking hard...
the F1 comes down from 300Km/h thats allot more energie to stop and thats the reason they have suchs weight overpowered brakes.
kinematic energie = Mass x Velocity^2
so.. the F1 needs them!
Tks
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procomp
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 02:57 PM |
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Hi you havent got the hang of this locost racing they never use the brakes every where is flat out whith 90 bhp. Even cadwell you only use them 5
times per lap.
Some people dont use them at all when there is another car infront . But they have now all been told to go race else where.
cheers matt
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DavidM
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| posted on 18/10/06 at 08:33 PM |
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Christ, they're selling M16 calipers for £130 each. That's about £90 more than in the shops!
David
Proportion is Everything
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