More brake holding power

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Rick, what you may want to look at is late 60s early 70s Olds Vista Cruisers. As I recall they had 3"x 9.5" rear drums and shoes instead of the 2x9.5"s on your "bird. You will probably need backing plates and all but there should be a way to make them fit!
Sean, GM cars don't have proportioning valves. They bias the brakes with MC bore size and WC size.

Billy could make it work with what he has in his kitchen!!! Listen to this guy Rick! He is the king of "Hey! I know how to make that work!". Jim

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[Run to Rund]

John Andreotti at Ott's Friction Supply has some soft material that won't glaze and stops well on the top end, yet holds the car well at the line. I believe Abex makes it and it is tan in color.

[Rick Unterseh]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, looks like I'm gonna be busy getting this thing to hold. I hated losing class AND second round, so I'm making sure this doesn't happen again.

[Run to Rund]

Originally Posted by Run to Rund

John Andreotti at Ott's Friction Supply has some soft material that won't glaze and stops well on the top end, yet holds the car well at the line. I believe Abex makes it and it is tan in color.

This is my recommendation, fwiw.
http://www.ottsfrictionsupply.com/ho...TOKEN=48391762
http://www.ottsfrictionsupply.com/contact.cfm

[Jack McCarthy]

put aftermarket brakes on the old wagon few years back and we put two calipers on rear i also use circle track pads called gators on the front (roundy round pads have several friction options)... now i can hold the line at over 4000rpm w/o twostep AND this thing will just STOP at the big end > just perfect for dumping those 140mph guys > two years ago i had a winning et slip with 63mph on it


captain jack