EBC pads Andy?really?
I'll second that too I'll let you lead mate didn't think of trying DS2500?
EBC pads Andy?
I'll second that too I'll let you lead mate didn't think of trying DS2500?
Originally Posted by Mart
Note to self: Make sure Andy isn't following me at any point next weekend...
Can't possibly be worse than the ones I have on now
I didn't know you did that stuff. I mean apart from making money appear from nowhere
Ebc dog turd pads. Mintex 1155 padd are superb
I took a set of greenstuff pads out of benj's gtt at the weekend. They were about half way down, pulled the pad out of the carrier and the material came leaving the metal backing bit on the caliper. Absolute dog****e in my opinion.
Get some ferodo ds2500 or mintex 1144, far better
Let me know how those brownstuffs pan out for you.
1155's are THE worst pad I have ever used, bar none. Waste of money.
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Will do, it's good to try the 'other' stuff every now and then, I might be pleasantly surprised. They will get the shake down on the french tour for all to see.
when you mean shake down ,is that after you stamped on the brakes , got no response and crashed into a section of armco ,done a few rolls and landed on your roof like a half baked turtle, spitting old bits of fresh green french foilage, followed by "**** those brakes are ****"
Ive used greenstuff on a few trackdays now, day to day use there a tiny bit spongy but feel fantastic on track days once warmed up after a couple of corners. Never had any fade from them and i push pretty hard at Oulton now. im sure theres better pads but value for money (i got them through my local euro supplier for peanuts) they were fine.. i just cant justify the rediculous £££ im too used to buying pads for around£10-£15
Good to hear Tony. I'm never one to follow the masses, and I'm sure at some times, it's at my expense one way or another. I didn't go with green as there was so much bad press about them, but opted for the yellow as they seem perfect for what I need. I'll be bedding them in on the Euro trip and spanking them on the RTOC national day. Like I say, I'll soon let people know it they are ****e.
BTW a few miss-noma's
1 - My Exhaust manifold installed fibre to the head, metal to the manifold is not blowing. This is the 1st time I have achieved this.
2 - My '****e' turbo manifold gaskets are also fine despite boosting over 24psi. They are also not leaking.
This is working for me.
Cant remember how i put mine on but i put two on incase there were any discrepancys between the "crap" raceland manifold and the std inlet manifold and all is good
Have you still not broken that?Cant remember how i put mine on but i put two on incase there were any discrepancys between the "crap" raceland manifold and the std inlet manifold and all is good
Right, lets get those Yellows in there and see what all the fuss is about.
BTW, I had green stuff in there which were pants.
Have you still not broken that?
lol im trying my best. My greenstuff are nearly out so ill prob end up changing em at blyton. might be nice to compare. ive only got red dot ones to go in tho, they came with some discs i bought along time ago lol.
Yellows seem fantastic for normal driving, very sharp from cold, a lot better than my Green stuff pads I removed. Just need to see how they perform on track now. I also got some Ultimax for the rears which are yet to go in as per -
http://www.ebcbrakesdirect.com/car/info.asp
So, so far, very good - I know generally people state that the EBC stuff wears down quickly, but that really suits my needs as I do less than 3000 miles a year and I'd rather change my pads regularly than my disks.
But to reiterate -So far so good.
Just a bit of an update really.
As we all know I can't drive for **** as per Blyton again. This came about from the extremely good breaking force offered from my new ecb rear brake pads (ebc Ulimax)biteing a bit better than my old pads therefore sensing my bias out of the window and sensing my back end out upon heavy braking. So the pads are good, no fading etc, just continuous good braking.
My Cosworth intercooler and my T25 will be coming off and as we speak my newly aquired GT2860r is off toCR for a .49 rear housing and a billet compressor whilst it's there which should give me the extra capacitytop end and also let me have more power if needed, but more importantly allow me to run my existing power with less boost. I'm pretty happy with my power atm but the top end cholks up after 6500 room which is letting me down especially on track. Don't get me wrong, my current turbo is great and delivers very well, but this is now becoming addictive.
So to summerise, my car has a few more dents and looking worse for wear, but hopefully will be going faster.
Next up new tires
good news andy, what extra bhp are you hoping to achieve from the new turbo over the old one?? fluffs will be happy
230 would be nice.good news andy, what extra bhp are you hoping to achieve from the new turbo over the old one?? fluffs will be happy
T28 Going on shortly!
Mmmm mmmm mmmm, big boost bruvva?!
reminds me i must do mikes t28 soon wiv the old screamer and external wastegate pmsl
Ahh the magical 230hp....... I'm sure with that blower it won't be a problem
Looking forward to this next stage of development.
Thanks for the comments guys. The 230bhp is really an estimate really, I'm not too fussed if it doesn't make that. I'll be happy to make the same power at less boost to be honest. It's becoming a geeky kind of project for me. Also will be nice to he a roller bearing turbo on there and see what that does from a characteristic point of view.
Will you be selling the t25 when you swap to t28 Andy? I could well be interested if so.
Yes, dependant on how well the T28 performs that is.
Cool beans.
Keep me in the loop please dude
Go for 250hp and up over with efi matey, make full use of it
I'll leave that in the hands of the Scoff Mr Briggs
Well the Turbo and BMS downpipe are on, and hanging off that lot is the Dave Reed Sidey which I'm very excited to here on ol' Fluffy. I'ts all just mocked up at the moment as there is a fair amount of adjusting to be done on the exhaust in so much as very small adjustments to the bottom bracket, and adding a few mounting points as I make my way back.
as always, no hurry's at this end. Just waiting for some bit's n bobs to turn up, Heli-coil kit for the Turbo so that I can fix the studs in place on the bottom 2 fixings and just waiting for Hel performance (Hose solutions) to to get back to me in respect to my AN-4 oil feed which needs to be made up.
Then off to Scoff again.
Just a few of the old and the new - I'll get some more photo's up once I'm back in the garage.
Each wheel is bigger by 5mm and the front is billet, the back end is .49 the front end is quite large @ .80
Wonder how this will work?
Should be interesting, again the EFI and scoffs magic should be able to help get that big bruiser of a blower (for a c1j anyway) up to speed as quickly as possible.
Got the T28 / bms downpipe mocked and hanging on there -
Hopefully the silencer will keep my trackday scrutineers happy
Also a great and simple mod is the lower exhaust bracket that came with this exhaust (Dave Reed) which replaces the original awkward and bulky item, I'll get some better pictures up once I get back in the garage.
And the last piece of the jigsaw is the oil feed which I'm just waiting on Ben at Hel performance - Formally hose solutions to come up with a short pipe from -4 to -4 with a 90 degree bend on it.
So all is good.
Whilst looking at threads etc, I came across a handy little app if anybody is interested.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...kr.sira.thread
It works surprisingly well.
Last edited by TNT ANDY; 22-01-2014 at 07:01.
Bloody handy that!
Looking good fella
New tyres I hear you say! Does that mean your aiming to get past the first corner?
Why not go on the bay and order up the parts you need for your oil feed from ASH ?
Don't forget you need a resrictor in your oil feed on a dollar bearing setup.
Hope the turbocharger won't let you down mate! As i said it's a bit big for a c1j but the .49 housing will help!
What base housing did they use as .49 rear as it isn't a standard supplied housing.
One thing i'm sure about though, it will be able to deliver 300bhp!
I bought all my AN couplings at Torques UK
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