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38/41mm Pistons Left Leading MountAdvantage H-Type Radial Mount Caliper
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Nice caliper, right sizes... Great price...
"'Advantage' - a new off-the-shelf brake caliper tailored specifically for use by club competitors and more hard-core track day enthusiasts"

Says right there tailored for club competitors.

4 of them---no pads is only $2900 plus UPS and hoses and pads and mounting...

A deal at twice the price.

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Andrew Steere
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Dave, thanks for the thoughts and feedback- the only cars I've rallied have been AWD and FWD, and I had the power to create brake squishiness with either, I never really thought about not needing to left foot brake as aggressively with a RWD car. I will probably look for a 325 or 328 stock setup. I don't know if what I have is the same as M3 or not, I was told it was from a 330, but I do know that there's no way any amount of caliper clearancing wil get 15" wheels over them- the 17" wheels on the car now are a tight fit.

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Dave, thanks for the thoughts and feedback- the only cars I've rallied have been AWD and FWD, and I had the power to create brake squishiness with either, I never really thought about not needing to left foot brake as aggressively with a RWD car. I will probably look for a 325 or 328 stock setup. I don't know if what I have is the same as M3 or not, I was told it was from a 330, but I do know that there's no way any amount of caliper clearancing wil get 15" wheels over them- the 17" wheels on the car now are a tight fit.

I remember reading about the E46 330 stuff as an upgrade. One thing to keep in mind is that the M3 used different brake bolt spacing on the knuckles than the other E36 cars...so if you're after cheap spares...probably smarter to stick with the non-M parts.

Dave

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Anybody know to what level Derik went with brakes on his M3? Seems that car really moves.

As an alternative...I wonder if stock M3 brakes could be clearanced slightly to clear a set of proper rally wheels? I'd imagine there are plenty of options out there for 2-piece stock replacement rotors.

Dave

Derik made his own setup using Brembo calipers and mounts he welded to the knuckles. Otherwise pretty similar to what Hintz has.

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DaveK
Anybody know to what level Derik went with brakes on his M3? Seems that car really moves.

As an alternative...I wonder if stock M3 brakes could be clearanced slightly to clear a set of proper rally wheels? I'd imagine there are plenty of options out there for 2-piece stock replacement rotors.

Dave

Derik made his own setup using Brembo calipers and mounts he welded to the knuckles. Otherwise pretty similar to what Hintz has.

Derik only uses the brake pedal as a spacer between the clutch and gas pedal....and the gas pedal is screwed down to the floor...

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john vanlandingham
38/41mm Pistons Left Leading MountAdvantage H-Type Radial Mount Caliper
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Add to Cart:

MSRP: $848.93
Our Price: $724.80
You save: $124.13 (15%)

Nice caliper, right sizes... Great price...
"'Advantage' - a new off-the-shelf brake caliper tailored specifically for use by club competitors and more hard-core track day enthusiasts"

Says right there tailored for club competitors.

4 of them---no pads is only $2900 plus UPS and hoses and pads and mounting...

A deal at twice the price.

<sarcasm meter calibration>
WTF
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Wot da fock wot da fock? Or

to be just a smidge more succinct:

Wot da fock youse wot da focking about precisely?

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Looks like your having fun with the pac dave?, whats with the engine?.

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Looks like your having fun with the pac dave?, whats with the engine?.

Certainly enjoying the hell out of it when its running!

Still haven't had a chance to dig into the engine yet...and now have another one that will need some TLC as well. If I'm lucky, it'll just be a set of bearings, but if it needs more than that, I'm looking for sub $1000 engine options so I can just drop in a new used motor.

Plan for the Compact over the winter is to get the Harry Hockly kit put on the car and get the S54 up and running. Loads of work! Also thinking about modifying the kit slightly so that I can run factory urethane bumpers as they take the abuse of getting run into stuff better than the fiberglass parts.

Dave

Hockley kit was a pain to fit, so much so we cut the front arch off the hockley wings and grafted them on some steel wings to get the gaps correct, rear arches were ok , bumpers aren't great and had to go to great lengths to make good , we also have a sport front bumper that will be modded to fit eventually , finally finished are car and hope to test soon :-)

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