Stoptech brake testing on Vishnu One Lap EVO
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Stoptech brake testing on Vishnu One Lap EVO
http://www.vishnutuning.com/stoptech_video.htm
check out the video... 125mph to 0 threshold braking with the car coming to a halt just 5 feet from the radar gun (and me!). Yeah, we have that much faith in the braking system!
BTW, the testing was done on an airport runway in socal that Stoptech rented out for the day. We experimented with different rotors, calipers, pad material, etc,. to get the best results. A real interesting day!
Shiv
check out the video... 125mph to 0 threshold braking with the car coming to a halt just 5 feet from the radar gun (and me!). Yeah, we have that much faith in the braking system!
BTW, the testing was done on an airport runway in socal that Stoptech rented out for the day. We experimented with different rotors, calipers, pad material, etc,. to get the best results. A real interesting day!
Shiv
Originally Posted by Mister2zx3
Now of course suspension settings have a huge influence on braking, so what were the settings on the suspension? I'm assuming the Ohlins?
)what point would that make? The testing was on the sane car same suspension and the results were the same over and over and over... oh yea and over again. The stoptechs are still on the car
Last edited by David@Vishnu; Jul 17, 2004 at 10:16 PM.
At the brake testing we recorded distances, brake temps, and obviously the speeds before the braking took place. (To make sure that the car was in a neutral state, so weight transfer could be held constant.) All of this data is on steve's (brake dork at large) lap top.
All of the testing was done on the ohlins set up exactly how we use them every day.
Driving the car before and after, I will make a few notes about the stoptech set up.
1. Pedal feel is much better with the stoptechs. ABS modulation is much more predictable.
2. The car is more neutral under braking. Before, the car wanted to dive on its nose, and make the fronts do all of the work. After the stoptechs, I could feel ABS working in the rear as well.
All in all, i was extremely impressed by Steve and Shaun from stoptech, and their product. You know the rule: If they call brake pads "friction," they must know their brakes.
All of the testing was done on the ohlins set up exactly how we use them every day.
Driving the car before and after, I will make a few notes about the stoptech set up.
1. Pedal feel is much better with the stoptechs. ABS modulation is much more predictable.
2. The car is more neutral under braking. Before, the car wanted to dive on its nose, and make the fronts do all of the work. After the stoptechs, I could feel ABS working in the rear as well.
All in all, i was extremely impressed by Steve and Shaun from stoptech, and their product. You know the rule: If they call brake pads "friction," they must know their brakes.
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I like the video too. When you pointed the lens down at the end, I was expecting to see a bunch of **** all over the concrete. There would've been if I was standing there in front of a car coming at me like that.
I like the video too. When you pointed the lens down at the end, I was expecting to see a bunch of **** all over the concrete. There would've been if I was standing there in front of a car coming at me like that.
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