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Join Date: Aug 2007
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Probraking fronts installed

I installed my Probraking Super SL4 upgrade last week. I've attached some pictures below. I had a track day at Gateway on Tuesday where we come off the front straight at 130-140mph (depending on my courage in the bowl) to 40 for turn 1-2 combo. On track they performed brilliantly, no fade no boiled fluid, using Ate Blue. I was braking later and harder than I was on my stock Carrera fronts in no time.

Last year with my stock Carrera brakes I was boiling the fluid (ATE) after only a few laps. I did change out to Hawk HP plus pads on a second round at gateway last year to see if they made a difference on early fade. They were much better for the few laps that the fluid lasted.

Anyway, I was not willing to give up the look of my anniversary Fuchs and the Lindsey rims were very hard to come by. Seems that 16x6 Fuchs have become a high demand item these days. Dave at Lindsey told me he needs 4 rims to cut out the centers and build their two piece rims. So, upgrading to the "Big Red" or equivalent packages would have required a different style rim.

So here they are, Dave at Probraking was very accommodating with quick shipping (overnight!), pad info, and explaining his hardware strengths and weakness'. I was very impressed with the quality of the components in the box and even my skeptical mechanic admitted they seemed well made and were an interesting solution to the Fuchs/brakes conundrum. He's a Porsche purist so he wanted me to hold out for Lindseys and Big Reds.






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Old 08-11-2007, 08:55 AM
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