wildturkey

Damn bro............your sig is blinding me! ;D ;D ;D Now I see yellow spots lol yeah I got mine done at Tuffeys in Lower Hutt $45 for both front discs to be skimmed.

i like the facelift seats........but prefer the classic straighter lines of the s1 and the boxier front end.........but hey each to their own right! ;D ;D ;D

very nice............given up on the leggies? catch up with you soon

Ha........ good to see u in here bro. For nothin huh?........i remember that next time ;D Those bendix sure are dusty bitches. Yeah picked up some 4 pots and got my eye on some rotors. What u driving now?

As you can see, you're gona find very different opinons on this bro and probably conflicting and/or lack of evidence which aint gona help you much...........my advice, scan the internet for independent reviews and try and find people in here who actually use them. Radar Direct might be worth making a call to but keep in mind they'll have a vested interest in telling you what want to hear. Just get as much info on laser jammers as you can before sinking ur $$ into 1......... and if you do buy one..........maybe you have a cop mate who's happy to fire his laser at you down a quiet back road ;D

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do u mean staitonary laser gun or inbuilt mobile laser units? Blinder units have had some success against laser but expensive and you'll still have to react quickly before the laser gets 'punch thru'. In saying that though some blinders apparently 'jammed to gun'.........which just means they were effective against the laser from the time it locked on to them to more or less point blank range have a read on the net interesting stuff................and I've always found Radar Direct to be really helpful too Plenty of independent testing reviews on the net...........do some good research b4 forking out ur $$ Yea they work great in A LAB/Experiments (that they use to illustrate the "effectiveness) but in real life they are a waste of money. From memory to jam a laser you have to shine an opposing laser of the exact same frequency constantly (and exactly into its centre) into the other beam for it to work... Some others on here had some knowledge on that not exactly true........the tests are conducted on open roads in normal traffic conditions using a range of different laser guns.........these are definitely not lab tests

do u mean staitonary laser gun or inbuilt mobile laser units? Stationary. The handheld lidar gun technology they're using won't work if the policeman isn't standing still ie. must not be driving. It is however as a result instant (3/10ths of a second) thus if they get a good reading on you you're pretty much screwed. yeah I didn't think they were using mobile laser for exactly that reason..........yeah radar guns been around for a while now.

do u mean staitonary laser gun or inbuilt mobile laser units? Blinder units have had some success against laser but expensive and you'll still have to react quickly before the laser gets 'punch thru'. In saying that though some blinders apparently 'jammed to gun'.........which just means they were effective against the laser from the time it locked on to them to more or less point blank range have a read on the net interesting stuff................and I've always found Radar Direct to be really helpful too Plenty of independent testing reviews on the net...........do some good research b4 forking out ur $$

sanded off the glazed pads ..machined the rotors.........gave it a bit of a clean. The old bitch did good ;D

yep makes sense to me ;D cheers...... I done a few handling mods since last MM and they really paid off on the track

it's all good part of the learning curve for me ........I'm just happy the RS held up cause i was givin it the beats and for a 20 year old block.......well can't complain..........and then it got me back to welly ;D

that's pretty good for factory setup. ;D You'll understand I'm getting lots of 'advice' as to what caused and didn't cause my brake fade and warped discs. Happy to take it all on board but have pretty much made up my mind to invest in a quality setup for peace of mind. You looked like you were having fun out there ;D ;D ;D was good to see other BC5s going for it You were hitting 200+?.........nice work

I agree with this. Sounds entirely like it was the rotors fault. What else have you used on the track too? I use a similar setup but always have new rotors before I go out on the track. I've got the 277mm ones. The pads last about 350km of track usage which is pretty decent but that is just with road tyres. My only issue with brakes has been the rotors getting rather hot at the end of Ruapuna's front straight (~200kph down to 80 ish) but have never cracked or warped one. Always use the cheap ones from BNT too They're a good trackday pad but won't handle extended time on the track (keep it to ~5 laps each time and they're fine) and I doubt they'll handle the heat if you have semi-slicks or better. add-in: I've normally made my (road) tyres go off and loose grip completely before running into issues with the Ultimates and RBF600. Some extra ducting to the rotors would help the rotors out quite a bit. At Taupo I used these rotors as well but they were pretty new. I will completely revise my brakes setup after this.....................fortunately they didn't shat themselves till later in the day and I had heaps of fun b4 then ;D

ahhh yep I did see a bit of that on the edges

didnt realise skimming took that much off.....but looking to the future.........I see a much better brake setup lol ;D ;D ;D

I'm hoping my pads aren't useless ;D ..........cause I've sanded the glazing off and stuck em back in there with freshly skimmed rotors

pads were bedded in through normal driving as per instructions from rep at BNT. Yep I did a cool down lap at end of each outing and also continued to rock the car back and forth in the pits so the pads didn't seize. My rotors were in pretty good nick having only been skimmed twice before since new.

mmmm never did check the rears but never got any rear probs either

yeah bro I tend to agree with you about the 4 pots............def a good investment alongside some good rotors. Yeah the old leggy was lovin it out there started hitting sum good lines on my 2nd and 3rd outings

Motul RBF600

well after much raving and hype from different peeps who will remain unamed ;D about how good bendix ultimates were for a track day, I forked out around $120 for a front set (2 pots GTB calipers) and put them to the test. I would describe their performance at best as average.......... On the first outoing (4-6 laps) they were ok but i started to notice fade. On the second outing (6-8 laps) they stabilised but faded towards the end and when I came into the pits they were smoking like a mofo. At the end of the third outoing (5-6 laps) they were cooking like a biarrrrtch and sizzling away nicely. On my fourth outing into the 1st lap the front end started shuddering under braking...........not heavy braking just light braking. Under heavy braking the front end shuddered violently..................warped discs so that was the end of my day. Driving back to welly that evening the brakes felt dead and unresponsive. The next day I got the discs skimmed and sandpapered the heavy glazing off the pads. Track day is damn hard on brakes so lesson learnt for me is invest in a good braking setup which is why I'll prolly switch to 4 pots, good discs and spend a bit more $$ on race proven pads Hope that little learning curve helps someone else out there ;D

well u know what a mission I just been thru tracking down coolant leaks but yeah try and trace it to an area if you can. Replacing the hoses is a good idea if it aint been done b4. That's a hell of a lot of coolant to lose........so this is a suspected blown head gasket rather than a leak from a hose or water pump or seal?

that's a real shame bro I feel 4 ya.............looks like a nice tidy example too

9ish?........c u there