AP Racing Brakes - Job Done |
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lancelotII
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Topic: AP Racing Brakes - Job Done Posted: 04-October-2004 at 07:10 |
I got my car back at the weekend after having the brakes upgraded for a set of AP Racing jobbies and having a rose jointed gear lever fitted. Firstly, Geoff Steel Racing who did the work are really nice to deal with, the car was spotless when I got it back, washed and polished and I mean polished, tyres blacked. They bent over backwards to help and swapped my track tyres onto my new track wheels and balanced them while I waited, all free of charge.
So what's it like ? Well the brakes are brand new, so they are a bit dead at the moment, I really need to bed them in properly, but the pedal is lovely and firm, they pull up straight and true and not an indication of any brake judder. They also look they absolute nuts (pics to follow). You can feel though, as they heat up, that they are really reassuring. They have also converted the front wheels to studs and nuts rather than the fiddly bolts, which should make wheel swaps a doddle. Rears to be done soon. The gear lever is something else. I had a short shift kit before, I have also used a few rose jointed levers but nothing like this. It's a work of art (again pics to follow), the whole assembly is all metal, no rubber or plastic anywhere so when you select a gear it clunks into gear. There is also some noise when accelerating hard as there is nothing to absorb the noise but the shift is so positive you just find yourself rowing up and down the box for fun. Words can't really describe the action but think Prodrive rally car with H pattern box and you are probably close. Roops |
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Jonners
Really Senior Member II Joined: 23-September-2003 Status: Offline Points: 601 |
Posted: 04-October-2004 at 07:20 |
Great stuff - looking forward to the pics
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coupe king
Really Senior Member II Joined: 23-November-2003 Location: Aber’bloody’deen Status: Offline Points: 2295 |
Posted: 04-October-2004 at 07:57 |
Nice! the AP's really look the business! How much did they tan you for that, if you dont mine me asking? The short shift & the AP's???
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 04-October-2004 at 08:43 |
The AP's are about £1350 and the gear lever is £250, but don't think of the gear lever as a short shift. It is the complete assembley linkage and all, custom made. It doesn't retain any of the original stuff even the gear knob gets binned as the shaft is about twice the diameter of the spindly original, it's also taller and you get a great big turned ali. knob (ooohh matron...)
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coupe king
Really Senior Member II Joined: 23-November-2003 Location: Aber’bloody’deen Status: Offline Points: 2295 |
Posted: 04-October-2004 at 08:52 |
Cool!
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M BLUR
Really Senior Member II ZeeMax ROADSTER Joined: 04-August-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1557 |
Posted: 04-October-2004 at 10:29 |
How much for the shift stick conversion m8.. details details lad.. |
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 04-October-2004 at 11:16 |
The full details are on their site
http://www.geoffsteelracing.co.uk/ I don't know fitting costs as it was all in with the brake kit fitting. I am sure they would give you a cost over the phone. |
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 04-October-2004 at 18:17 |
Here's a couple of pics. More to follow when I get a chance to have the wheels off.
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petesm3
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Posted: 05-October-2004 at 08:24 |
Will the brakes fit under standard 16in wheels?
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 05-October-2004 at 11:37 |
They absolutely will. I have 16's for road and 15" compomotives for track.
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Ian Godney
Really Senior Member I Joined: 01-September-2004 Status: Offline Points: 257 |
Posted: 05-October-2004 at 11:51 |
Here is a pic of the gear stick I bought from Moseley M/sport , is it the same as this ?
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www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 05-October-2004 at 12:06 |
Looks very similar. I never saw mine before it went into the car, but looking at the build of that one I can well belive that mine is very similar, it feels very business like.
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BMG M3
Really Senior Member II Joined: 26-April-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1594 |
Posted: 05-October-2004 at 12:30 |
That must be a very neat and compact install. I'm surprised there's enough room for a 4 pot caliper to fit behind the stock 16" wheel ...good job !
Is that a brake proportioning valve I see ? |
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M BLUR
Really Senior Member II ZeeMax ROADSTER Joined: 04-August-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1557 |
Posted: 05-October-2004 at 13:09 |
Not it's a Pepsi can.. |
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jon90
Really Senior Member II Joined: 11-January-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 653 |
Posted: 05-October-2004 at 16:26 |
Roops,
Nice bit of kit.I expect you will be going to Oulton park then ps;Someone has stuck a screwdriver in your centre console,in case you haven`t noticed Jon |
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 06-October-2004 at 04:23 |
I have been trying to get it out ever since I got the car back......but it's got this sort of ratchety bit in the middle....can't work it out myself.....
(Yes it is a brake proportioning valve..) |
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Jonners
Really Senior Member II Joined: 23-September-2003 Status: Offline Points: 601 |
Posted: 06-October-2004 at 08:46 |
Lancelot
Have you experienced any MOT problems with the proportioning valve?? One tester told me that it's a fail if it's adjustable by the driver when driving but have seen them on several road cars. Want to do this myself but car is driven on road. |
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 06-October-2004 at 09:05 |
Can't possibly see how that can be the case. A WRC car has to pass an MOT, so how do they manage. I haven't had to go through the annual farce yet, so will let you know when I do.
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Ian Godney
Really Senior Member I Joined: 01-September-2004 Status: Offline Points: 257 |
Posted: 06-October-2004 at 09:12 |
The WRC's are too new to go through an MOT , I have never had any problems taking any of my rally cars for MOT's with these fitted , sounds like the tester was a teste
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www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk
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lancelotII
Really Senior Member II Joined: 24-November-2002 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 853 |
Posted: 06-October-2004 at 11:05 |
Ian, that's kind of what I meant. Just about any rally car worth it's salt will have an adjustable brake bias and they all have to have MOT's. Mind you, I have had testers try and fail my car with coilovers on. Comments like
"well that's f*cked" "err no, the bottom of the shocks are rose jointed so they may well sit at an angle" "well you might believe that...." " At this point I bite my lip and struggle to hold my tongue. One of the reasons why a hate the MOT test farce, is that I see so many sh*t heaps on the road that clearly haven't got MOT's, but some jobs worth wants to fail my car because the hoses for the brake ducts have a few scuffs on them. |
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