Project Silver, PIC HEAVY

[yippeekiay]

Oh...thank 'f' for that. Wasn't sure at all as the movement/creaking was what flagged up the problem in the first place but now it's very little with no creaking.

Thanks again mate k:

Still contemplating the adjustable mounts though but seeing a mate to see if he can CNC them off the CAD drawings I do.

 

[ScubaSteve]

i did also investiage alloymounts, but the place that used to do them has now shut up shop, pumabuild were meant to be getting back to me about them but havent, and pumaspeed just sounded baffled like he'd never heard of a solid top mount!

 

[yippeekiay]

You mean adjustable aluminium ones or just solid aluminium replicas of the rubber ones? Not sure the latter would work as they would probably wear with the movement over time plus trying to get some to exactly fit under the turret would be nigh on impossible. Although smaller ones could be bolted to the turret itself but might as well go the whole hog and have them adjustable for the additional expense.

 

[ScubaSteve]

adjustable ones

 

[yippeekiay]

So pumaspeed ain't ever heard of them....haha, shows how much they know about cars I guess....lol. k:

 

[ScubaSteve]

the guy there always sounds a bit dumb when i ring up, im not sure they really do know a great deal tbh

 

[Voa]

Don't mention puma ****** -or you will start me off swearing and cursing about them ....... :roll:

Steve did you get your other willow caliper yet?

 

[ScubaSteve]

Autocorrect lol? Yeah should be here today fitted later

 

[Voa]

What the puma ***** bit edited it there both as bad as each other

 

[ScubaSteve]

nah i meant the willow caliper lol, wilwood, yeah its arrived anyway so fingers crossed all together tonight!

 

[Voa]

lol that just proves I am a dumb dumb :grin: ..... willow that is a type if tree? Guess you must be eager to drive the car again with the new parts..

 

[ScubaSteve]

Brakes are on and jesus christ they are absolutely fucking fantastic, words cannot describe how brilliant they are, best mod iv done yet by far!

some pics fitting

bracket on with some custom spacers courtesy of lee, cheers lee :thumbs:

disc on

spacer on

greased back of pads

caliper on

these are 'smart pads' they slot in the top meaning when you need to change you dont have to take the caliper off

then they are retained by this bolt and pin

sneaky pic

sorry havent had time to clean the filthy wheels etc

 

[mrMechanix]

Nice frikin brakes my man! How do they feel? The 4 pots are awesome so I can only imagine the stopping power your gonna have.

 

[ScubaSteve]

Lol they are unbelievably good, bedded them in felt like my organs were trying to escape my body

 

[madhillbilly17]

nice job mate, got to get those new wheels on now

 

[mrMechanix]

What pad compound are you using? Is it a fast road pad or did you go for the competition ones?

 

[ScubaSteve]

Fast road I think wheels will be here in a couple of weeks

 

[mrMechanix]

Looks really good mate. I'm totally jelous of your brakes. The fast road pads I had were fine till they wore down a bit then I started getting brake fade and imbalance on track days. I'm now on ebc yellow stuff race pads which they say arent for road use really but the brakes are so much better than standard their still really good cold. Once their hot, oh my god. Just a thought for the future mate.

 

[Voa]

What pads are they carbon- loraine 5's?

 

[ScubaSteve]

Wilwood ones, haven't a clue of the proper name , the kit is surprisingly cheap 539 for the calipers and brsckets