rx7/corrado upgrade progress

[BigD]

Lee,

Wow, dude. As if you don't have enough of a presence on the boards, you have to come into individual's threads and pimp your wares? Amazing.

... and make fun of their efforts.

[BigD]

BTW thanks for digging up those pics, Chris, now I understand what you meant about the pad shapes - since I'm going to use Hawk I'll have my brackets be radially inset by 1mm.

[asubimmer]

I know it may get a little old w/ Lee getting into all the brake threads and tryin to push his products but hey thats business. He is trying to push a product that is done the "right way". I love doing stuff myself and while the shadetree stuff may not be wrong, the stuff he sells is tried and tested. There are many ways to do the same thing on a car but some are easier and "safer" than others. Some ppl would rather pay someone else to design importaint things like brakes for them.

Unlike most of the forum Lee knows what he is talking about. And like I said his way is not the ONLY way but its a proven way that you can get in a box.

[rwh11385]

Lee,

Wow, dude. As if you don't have enough of a presence on the boards, you have to come into individual's threads and pimp your wares? Amazing.

Typical Lee behavior. There's a thread on bf.c with him completely pimping BBKs hard as if you couldn't safely track without them.

BigD, nice work. The more write up online, then better.

[BigD]

I know it may get a little old w/ Lee getting into all the brake threads and tryin to push his products but hey thats business. He is trying to push a product that is done the "right way". I love doing stuff myself and while the shadetree stuff may not be wrong, the stuff he sells is tried and tested. There are many ways to do the same thing on a car but some are easier and "safer" than others. Some ppl would rather pay someone else to design importaint things like brakes for them.

Unlike most of the forum Lee knows what he is talking about. And like I said his way is not the ONLY way but its a proven way that you can get in a box.

That's all fine and good but what does any of it have to do with this thread, and why does he have to ROFL at people trying to do something on their own? I appreciate his experience and knowledge but I thought that was pretty damn rude.

[BigD]

BigD, nice work. The more write up online, then better.

Thanks man. Just trying to help people like me trying to figure this out from scraps of info from all over and experimenting, so they can find it in one place.

[Massive Lee]

Wow. CBi. Maybe you don't know, but Dmitry and I have discussed the subject of brakes out of this board perhaps a dozen times over the last year(s). Dmitry even contacted me asking questions and advices about bracket thickness. So, please keep your "wise" comments to yourself.

I don't see why your person seems threatened this way BTW.

If there's anything personal that you want to discuss, then let's do it in the alley, oups, sorry, by PM.

Lee

[BigD]

Wow. CBi. Maybe you don't know, but Dmitry and I have discussed the subject of brakes out of this board perhaps a dozen times over the last year(s). Dmitry even contacted me asking questions and advices about bracket thickness. So, please keep your "wise" comments to yourself.

I don't see why your person seems threatened this way BTW.

If there's anything personal that you want to discuss, then let's do it in the alley, oups, sorry, by PM.

Lee

Yes, we've spoken about your kit in private, so what exactly was the point of reminding me of it in my thread about my brake project, and mocking my caliper choice? You could have taken that to PM, you chose not to. You don't have to worry about me asking for your help again.

[CBi]

Wow. CBi. Maybe you don't know, but Dmitry and I have discussed the subject of brakes out of this board perhaps a dozen times over the last year(s). Dmitry even contacted me asking questions and advices about bracket thickness.

You're right, I wouldn't know. I don't have the gift of mental telepathy.

So, please keep your "wise" comments to yourself. I don't see why your person seems threatened this way BTW. If there's anything personal that you want to discuss, then let's do it in the alley, oups, sorry, by PM.

I'm not remotely threatened by your presence in this thread....just a bit annoyed.

I developed the RX7/Corrado setup years ago, and chose not to commercially market it, but simply let it be known that it works very well, and if someone has the skills, they can build their own setup.

You have chosen to capitalize on my efforts and knowledge, and market a BBK using a Wilwood caliper instead of an RX7 caliper. That is a fact. I can't stop you from doing so, and I wish you well.

But this thread has ZERO to do with any of your products.

Have a nice day.

[Optimator]

Wow. "Massive" Lee has really thwon the down gauntlet ici.

[BigD]

EDIT: IGNORE THIS!!!

Dammit. For anyone making their own adapters DO NOT move the caliper holes down 1mm. It will not fit, keep them inline. Going to have to get the machine shop to make new ones from scratch, fuck. Hope they still agree to do it for free.

[CBi]

Dammit. For anyone making their own adapters DO NOT move the caliper holes down 1mm. It will not fit, keep them inline. Going to have to get the machine shop to make new ones from scratch, fuck. Hope they still agree to do it for free.

D,

Not sure how you're having a problem.

The "1mm offset" should move the caliper radially outward to put the pads almost perfectly to the edge of the rotor.

I made several sets of brackets. All offset 1mm. All of them fit perfectly. They were made on a CNC machine, and the tolerances were very tight.

Care to share a picture of your brackets?

[BigD]

D,

Not sure how you're having a problem.

The "1mm offset" should move the caliper radially outward to put the pads almost perfectly to the edge of the rotor.

I made several sets of brackets. All offset 1mm.

Care to share a picture of your brackets?

OUTward? Well... don't I feel like an idiot. To be fair though it seemed to make sense that you meant to move the caliper in - with my cheapie pads the pad material was right on the edge of the rotor, perfect. If the pad was any larger, I would understand the need to shift it inwards. Whew, I'll go try it out. This is a big relief because the machine shop works on aircraft parts and it was a real big favor to me to do this and I was dreading having to go to them again...

EDIT: Just tried, they're still too beefy, going to have to make the same cutout on that side now, to clear the hub. Still very thick in the middle, plus the key material is between the inner and outer sets of bolts, and that is mighty wide. Should have them finished tomorrow (telling them to do the cutout on the other side isn't nearly as embarrassing as saying I need you guys to redo them...)

[CBi]

D,

Have a quick visit to the picture link on page 1.

I put a scan in there for you...maybe it will help you out.

[BigD]

Thanks Chris. Here's mine, the only difference is I'll now have them make the cutout on the other edge, a little shallower: