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Post by Stu160 » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:37 pm

steve_weegie wrote:
mckeann wrote:
steve_weegie wrote:Any news on the AP bells stu? I keep overheating the eliseparts ones so will be looking for new fronts at some point....


Do you only have 135bhp?? I've been racing all year with 223bhp, and the eliseparts ones have almost taken the punishment. They have worn heavily, but i never really had a problem with overheating. Have you tried bleeding the fluid properly? What pads are you running?
I get a heavy vibration from the front after serious track work... Running pagid rs-14's and ap600 fluid. I'm pretty sure the fluid and pads are fine, as the car still brakes ok, but the vibration is very bad when they're hot. I should point out that i can happily get about 20 laps of knockers before the problem arises, so i'm pretty sure its disc temperature related.

Could be the steel rotor expanding at a rate and buckling the alu bell? I dont know if the elise parts ones are fully floating?

Cheers,

Steve
I have some of Neils old ones,and the bells are like banana,s :shock:

It could be that.

Stu
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