Originally Posted by
mitchntx
I have ... The caliper appeared to be fine, but the pad was in the metal at the top and had 1/2 a pad at the base.
Installed 2 reman calipers ($35 ea) I got from Oreilly's in March 2006 and they tapered a $250 set of Carbotech pads at Hallett.
I was having all kinds of issues with pad knock back, making me pump the pedal on the straights to make sure I had brakes to use.
I was going through pads faster than tires.
The stock, 98+ caliper is grossly weak across the backbone of caliper.
You appear to be about the only one in TX having an issue. Glenn has been very clear that he's never had a problem with his calipers.
Patterson was changing calipers after each race in his T2 car.
That information isn't CMC relevant - a T2 car runs more HP/TQ, is significantly heavier and they aren't allowed to run any brake cooling ducts.
Congrats on having a base which you can rely on. It must give you a lot of peace of mind.
Let's not start down that road again - each chassis has it's benefits/achilles heel.
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