Brake Pads

[Todd Boyer]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

You shouldn't have problems in the burnout box with a line lock... make sure you whack the throttle quick initially to get the tires spinning. If you ease onto the throttle, you'll have a tough time getting them to break loose!

My Duster bracket car doesn't even have a line lock on it, just a brake proportioning valve. Never had a problem doing a burnout with it.

How is rear brake shoe life Michael?

[Mike Taylor 3601]

NJK 53 I don't know if you caught what Tom was saying. I converted my Malibu to manual brakes when I pulled booster there was 4 studs going through firewall and master cylinder was mounted in middle to line up with push rod so I put holes there and mounted there car would stop OK but would'nt lock up tires no matter how hard you pushed,so later ended up with factory manual brake setup and seen the problem the master cylinder was located on top set of holes with pushrod moved up higher on the pedal,which of course give more leverage,changed master cylinder to top holes has alot more braking power.
metallic pads do take some heat to work but don't think it would to hold in water.
Have you considered your car just hooks so good that it even hooks in the water box LOL
Mike Taylor 3601

[treessavoy]

Tried metallic brake pads on my '64 Dodge and they never worked as good as a set of organic pads. They are actually designed for sports cars and roundy round because they are in constant use and retain heat which makes them work better, it's just not possible to keep enough heat in them on a drag race car.

I would get some soft pads and bleed the brakes then see if the problem still exists.

JimR