was going to say the same hardcore brakes for a well hardcore car!!Quote:
Originally Posted by craig green
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was going to say the same hardcore brakes for a well hardcore car!!Quote:
Originally Posted by craig green
Colin. i have two words for you...
Motorbike brakes?
just read a project where a guy fitted some gsx 750 brakes to a small rear engined fiat. said he saved 6kg a corner.
any good to you?
for the fronts im thinking.
Any links to said project???
Great idea it would be interesting to see how efficient they would be as then nova is more than likely 2-3 times as much as a bike weight wise!
If they are over speced for the bike they may be ok though
Bike brakes are single thin discs like the KAD brakes Colin has afaik, my guess is the guy with the fiat fitted them to the back the same as Colin... considering you can generate enough heat to fade 236mm vented discs and some people manage to cook 256mm vented on lower quality pads, moving to what is effectively thin solid discs that are designed for a much more open cooling environment and less than quarter the weight, would be a very bad move!
at a guess this Nova will be around twice the weight of the bike but remember that the bike brakes are designed for stopping from speeds of 160mph+ so the extra weight of the car will probably be compensated for by the slower speeds reached on a sprint track. Its definitely worth looking into but i would imagine some rather expensive custom machined hubs will be required to suit the bike discs and hold the calipers. And then a spacer will be required between disc and wheel to give enough clearance for the calipersQuote:
Originally Posted by Kev Turbo
As Mk999 says the cooling issues will need addressing
i wont link you. but some pics.
as you can see he has used the same thickness brake discs, and he calculated the area of pressure from the pistons on each caliper and the bike ones came in a little higher, so didnt affect the servo pressure.
and he says, the feel is alot more modern now unlike the old feeling.
IMO. it works like this, because its just a caliper pressing a pad against a disc. if you used small thin discs, then yeh there would be an issue as you mentioned
p.s note he spaced out the motorbike calipers to suit the disc.
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/q...iat/brakes.jpg
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/q...frombehind.jpg
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/q...oldandlame.jpg
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/q...wandbadass.jpg
Ah right thought you meant the whole setup, can't see how he's saved 6kg a corner without the lighter discs tbh, he's swapped a caliper for roughly the same size caliper as far as I can see?
it was going from a 1971 sedan to a 2008 Suzuki GSX R750
and my bad, 6lbs. stupid american! (2.7kg's)
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Originally Posted by MK999
Must be aluminium alloy calipers then or something similar?