Quad rear calipers
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Quad rear calipers
Installed dual rear 4 piston calipers last month on the bracket car. Before these brakes, I was able to stall a 3400 converter to only 2100 rpm with the stock c4 brakes. The stock Corvette brakes were 1 piston calipers and stopped the car well, but didn't have a great deal of clamping force at the line. The Strange calipers have 4 pistons per caliper with two calipers per wheel with soft pads. Needless to say, the converter can be stalled higher at the line. I was able to stall and launch at 3000 rpm over the weekend. I was getting consistant 1.40-1.41 60' times. On the 7th run since the brake install, I broke a planetary in the tranny. This gearset has probably over a thousand runs on it and has actually launched harder with a different setup in the past so it was probably time for it to go irregardless of the brakes. I am still experimenting with the launch and could very well launch at a higher rpm. Willie
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Installed dual rear 4 piston calipers last month on the bracket car. Before these brakes, I was able to stall a 3400 converter to only 2100 rpm with the stock c4 brakes. The stock Corvette brakes were 1 piston calipers and stopped the car well, but didn't have a great deal of clamping force at the line. The Strange calipers have 4 pistons per caliper with two calipers per wheel with soft pads. Needless to say, the converter can be stalled higher at the line. I was able to stall and launch at 3000 rpm over the weekend. I was getting consistant 1.40-1.41 60' times. On the 7th run since the brake install, I broke a planetary in the tranny. This gearset has probably over a thousand runs on it and has actually launched harder with a different setup in the past so it was probably time for it to go irregardless of the brakes. I am still experimenting with the launch and could very well launch at a higher rpm. Willie
Last edited by HotRodRed; May 4, 2013 at 06:03 PM.
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