Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
08-27-2014, 10:09 PM
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I just did a quick tracking on the BB brakepads.
It seems the Americans don't know where New Zealand is.
Shipped from Phoenix Arizona to San Bernardino California and then to Edison New Jersey and now in transit.
It seems to go the other way around the earth.
Expected arrival is Sep 10.
It seems the Americans don't know where New Zealand is.
Shipped from Phoenix Arizona to San Bernardino California and then to Edison New Jersey and now in transit.
It seems to go the other way around the earth.
Expected arrival is Sep 10.
08-27-2014, 10:15 PM
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I just did a quick tracking on the BB brakepads. It seems the Americans don't know where New Zealand is. Shipped from Phoenix Arizona to San Bernardino California and then to Edison New Jersey and now in transit. It seems to go the other way around the earth. Expected arrival is Sep 10.
08-27-2014, 10:16 PM
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I must say I have tried all sorts of ways to bed in pads and found that anything on the road does not really get enough heat in to the pads to do the job properly.
Some say 5 stops in a row should do it but I have tried this 120k down to 50k - even down hill - but it doesn't quite get the job done as the first use in anger on a rally stage gets a serious burnt smell.
foot on brake and gas not that good either.
Some say 5 stops in a row should do it but I have tried this 120k down to 50k - even down hill - but it doesn't quite get the job done as the first use in anger on a rally stage gets a serious burnt smell.
foot on brake and gas not that good either.
Buy PF and there's no need to bed at all. ;-)
Road/sport pads are a different story. A few quick 100-60 or so and some cool down time is the most you need.
08-27-2014, 10:26 PM
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Matt, that reminds me that I've yet to use the PFC08 in anger yet. The dual sprints didn't count.
Are you getting your car back anytime soon? If not, then as already stated BB is ready for race duty on 23/9.
Are you getting your car back anytime soon? If not, then as already stated BB is ready for race duty on 23/9.
08-27-2014, 10:36 PM
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Some of it is tasteful. Some of it is horrific. Airbags in a Porsche? Yikes.
Not that my modifications are to everyone's tastes.
I have some 17" O.Z. Futuras, which look great on 964s. They need reconditioning but if anyone is desperate for some track 17s I could be convinced to part with them. I bought them to put wets on.
Not that my modifications are to everyone's tastes.
I have some 17" O.Z. Futuras, which look great on 964s. They need reconditioning but if anyone is desperate for some track 17s I could be convinced to part with them. I bought them to put wets on.
I think a 964 can look overtyred fairly quickly if running big rims and 17's are about the right wheel / sidewall proportion for me anyway, maybe 18's but no bigger. A bit like an early 911 or G series running on 16" Fuchs; doesn't look right.
D90's will come screaming back and John's frankenstein hybrids will be king.
08-27-2014, 11:09 PM
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The tools that do this kinda stuff normally put half cages in the rear of 964's. As if they are ever going to turn a wheel on the race track . . .
