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  1. 14-09-10, 02:30 PM #501
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    Quote Originally Posted by bmw156
    works fine IMO. and saves weight.
    Only because they are lightweight calipers, so if you really wanted that weight saving with a proper brake setup (solid discs does not = proper btw) then you buy a set of decent quality alloy calipers.
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    the issues with rear brake cooling on a fwd hillclimb car are minimal, it runs for about a mile maybe 6 times a meeting...
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    Quote Originally Posted by mowgli
    the issues with rear brake cooling on a fwd hillclimb car are minimal, it runs for about a mile maybe 6 times a meeting...
    He;s talking about putting them on the front.
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    Colin already has lightweight alloy calipers so youre making no sense here, and originally you said about using bike disks too.

    So my statement about post of the year stands.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul
    Colin already has lightweight alloy calipers so youre making no sense here, and originally you said about using bike disks too.

    So my statement about post of the year stands.
    im sorry i havent, please quote where i have said that!

    im not a retard
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    You could drill those disks too for even more savings!
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    Sure i read the other day some of the most competitive (track) fwd cars run no rear brakes to great success in one of the race series's

    This is obv no help, but shows how different and crazy the rules are at times
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    most of the fiesta racers used to blank off the rear brakes until they got caught...

    but on hillclimbs, surely the use of a handbrake would be very useful....

    like to park it on the line ready for the off etc...
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    Quote Originally Posted by bmw156
    are you blind? - not 5mm thick!
    Please note after all the argueing... that the disc is a solid car disc and the caliper has a machined spacer (silver section in the middle of the caliper) to allow this to be used in combo with the disc. To me this is cheap and not really the "Proper" way to do things but if its all he had and working to a budget and works for him in his circumstances then go for it...
    If Carlsberg did Motor clubs, then IDMC would probably be the best motor club in the world.

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    vented discs have limited appeal on a hill climber too.. they need to keep heat in them
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