Dave A
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was speaking to a mate today whos dad owns a motorsport company (I look after one of their cars (westfield with a hyabusa SBD engine) and its coming to me for mapping soon.
anyway, they were out at croft doing some testing with a car they race in the hatch and saloon group and testing some new brake setups on a pug 106 on tb's which puts out about 190ish bhp. they also have a pug 106 that they run in the non modified class (group n)
both had standard brakes and they both put in good lap times but obviously the one with 180bhp was a LOT quicker round the track. They fitted a 4 pot setup with 260mm discs to the group N car and it lapped the track FASTER than the modded one! so what would you prefer? £5000 on an engine or £800 on brakes  so I have gone out today and ordered a set of these new brakes for the corsa as I might be selling them soon through Vsport. they are a new brand on the market so wont be available to buy until spring/summer next year as they still have a lot of testing to do.
and if anyone is interested, my 4pots off the gsi are up for sale in classifieds: http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=326491
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marklawton
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wow, didnt think brakes make that much difference
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IvIarkgraham
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well what if they put uprated brakes on the tb'd one?
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jr
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yep, been proved loads of times
in performance ford they have a challange called beat the DOLF or something, where he has set a time in a focus ST and readers have to try and beat it
cossys, high power rs's etc have all had a go, the only car thats faster ?
a 90BHP fiesta with proper suspension and brakes
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
well what if they put uprated brakes on the tb'd one?
they will be soon, was just a test to see how much of an improvement they would make.
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Ludacris Turbo
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
yep, been proved loads of times
in performance ford they have a challange called beat the DOLF or something, where he has set a time in a focus ST and readers have to try and beat it
cossys, high power rs's etc have all had a go, the only car thats faster ?
a 90BHP fiesta with proper suspension and brakes
Was this the fiesta that was doin everyone at Ford Fair on the track? That was amazin watchin a lil fiesta rape escos's on the track!!!
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jr
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not sure actully, this one is in rapid fit colours
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Robin
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Just look at Lawries little red Ka, with LEDAs and decent brakes (alcon?)
That was eating much more powerful cars.
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jr
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yep another good example
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Cupra Steve
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surely it wouldn't classify as standard then????
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Ludacris Turbo
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
not sure actully, this one is in rapid fit colours
Yes i believe it was!!
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