supradibbs Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 My car is in having new shockers fitted and noticed one of my discs are not to cleaver so need to replace them. Would like a U.K setup but not enough dosh does anyone know of some good front disc and pads cheap:p and could i get away with just doing the fronts etc thanks in advance:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Standard discs and a set of CW fast road pads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I sell 3 varieties of J-Spec pads, stock, fast road and a race compound. All work well from cold, even the race ones. The fast road ones produce no more dust or noise than stock pads, add a good deal more fade resitance, and more bite for less pedal effort. the race ones are frequenrtly used on road only cars, have a huge amount more bite, a huge amount more fade resistance, but can be quite noisy and produce a lot of black dust. There is no benefit (none, zero) in buying anything other than quality (TUV approval is a good gauge of a decent product) stock type discs. No holes, no grooves, no funny black or coloured coating that rubs off fisrt time you use the the brakes, just plain stock. And DEFINITELY not those star shaped things that look like they are off a Roman chariot and shout "I will buy anything, anything at all..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Nick Standard discs and a set of CW fast road pads Says the man with a £4k Brembo setup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Gaz Walker Says the man with a £4k Brembo setup! That's Nick Martin. My J-Spec did 15 or more track days, was an auto, and ran my pads, stock discs and trick fluid. Melted tyre valve plastic caps so they dripped on the paddock, and I could light my fag on the front discs AFTER a cooling down lap. No need for 4K unless you run big power and drive like errr, Nick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Chris Wilson ............My J-Spec did 15 or more track days, was an auto, and ran my pads, stock discs and trick fluid. Melted tyre valve plastic caps so they dripped on the paddock, and I could light my fag on the front discs AFTER a cooling down lap.......... Fantastic Chris I just love the image of valve caps dripping on the paddock while you light up on the discs:cool: Total:respekt: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I wonder what's become of it? One careful owner, never thrashed... Actually it was mint when i sold it. Anyone here own it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Ooops, pic would help... http://www.formula3.freeserve.co.uk/mysupra.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Best value if you can't stretch to UK's Gaz... Did you have the race pads on your Supra Chris because I doubt the fast road pads would put up that kind of abuse. If I can reduce the brakes to nothing on the road then you'd be able to melt them without trying on the track.... I never tried the race pads but the fast road ones were a definite improvement over stock. I wouldn't swap them for my Brembo's though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 The race compounds I used on my Supra were the same as i now sell, and it was rare that they suffred pad fade. I did NEED to use SRF fluid though, and things got awfully hot. Ideally it should have had bigger brakes, but as no other Supra ever came close to giving it a run for its money.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 So what was under the bonnet Chris? Or was all it down to superior braking? Driver ability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Terminator So what was under the bonnet Chris? Or was all it down to superior braking? Driver ability? Maybe he just forgot to close it properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Terminator So what was under the bonnet Chris? Or was all it down to superior braking? Driver ability? Decent suspension, tyres, and 35 years of race and British circuits experience, plus there weren't many big HP Supras in those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 For pure braking Chris's 'race spec' pads are all you could ever (reasonably) need. IF you have expensive alloys though then i would not reccomend them for everyday use as the dust can be quite difficult to remove. btw Chris when you recently brought the 2 skylines can i ask if anything about that white supra ( i think you were looking at) put you off it, or was it just that the x2 skylines were a better vfm/tuning option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Scooter For pure braking Chris's 'race spec' pads are all you could ever (reasonably) need. IF you have expensive alloys though then i would not reccomend them for everyday use as the dust can be quite difficult to remove. btw Chris when you recently brought the 2 skylines can i ask if anything about that white supra ( i think you were looking at) put you off it, or was it just that the x2 skylines were a better vfm/tuning option? I never got to go and look at it, and, AFAIK, it's still for sale as he's struggling to get the asking price, in fact he regularly used to ring me... :-) If it's genuine mileage though it would be a great base for a super Supra, IYSWIM? I just dropped upon a seriously modded 2WD Skyline at the right money, then happened upon a 17,000 miler automatic one. I am swapping the good stuff into the auto shell with custom brakes and suspension stuff, solid subframe mounts, adjustable suspension arms, et cetera for some track day fun. GTS-t's are great value at the moment, and are a lot lighter than a Supra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Originally posted by Chris Wilson If it's genuine mileage though it would be a great base for a super Supra, IYSWIM? probably not tbh, but see myself seeking a white facelift manual car in the future. TBH it was just how i'd like one (styling wise), and i know he will struggle to get that money for it so i was just keeping an eye on it...... ....... if you had seen it, it would have just been worth knowing. only thing that is odd about it is that from memory it is a facelift but has the regular prefacelift indicators in the wing? seems a strange thing to want to add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soonto_HAS_soop Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I think Tim Wildmans soop has the side indicators on the wings as well as on the front bumper, something that apparently had to be added when it went for the SVA. But I've seen more facelifts without having to add them, than facelifts with them. Ben.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albundy68 Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 only thing that is odd about it is that from memory it is a facelift but has the regular prefacelift indicators in the wing? seems a strange thing to want to add? sounds like its had its wings replaced to me!!! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 Mine had the side indicators on the front bumper, not on the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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