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FredV · 08-28-04, 01:58 PM

I am still not happy of the braking on my GTD (Wilwood 4 pots on front and single pot Scorpio rear). During the 2 laps at Le Mans Classic my pads smelt burnt odour at the first chicane in Mulsane straight, ok it was a big brake at 160 Mph but this should work correctly normally.

I spoke with Mark Sibley (MDA GT40) who explained me that the original GTD spindles & front uprights are not stiff enough and allow the calipper to move from the disc with a consequence of a bias wear of the pad, i verified and my pads are effectively bias weared [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Anyone has some comments or experience about that?
Any solution would be welcome ...
thanks for your help

08-28-04, 01:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
FredV fvidal Rookie Join Date: Aug 2004 GT40: France Posts: 98 Rep Power: 4	GTD Spindle / upright impact on braking performance I am still not happy of the braking on my GTD (Wilwood 4 pots on front and single pot Scorpio rear). During the 2 laps at Le Mans Classic my pads smelt burnt odour at the first chicane in Mulsane straight, ok it was a big brake at 160 Mph but this should work correctly normally. I spoke with Mark Sibley (MDA GT40) who explained me that the original GTD spindles & front uprights are not stiff enough and allow the calipper to move from the disc with a consequence of a bias wear of the pad, i verified and my pads are effectively bias weared [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Anyone has some comments or experience about that? Any solution would be welcome ... thanks for your help