Saturday, June 25, 2011

Sound of Distant Drums

Out with the bad brakes; in with the good?  We're sticking with the four-lug wheels, so our options are limited when it comes to replacements.  Fortunately, there was the Ford Contour SVT made in the mid-nineties that still used the four-lug pattern on their wheels, so discs are relatively cheap.


We do have to make a custom caliper mounting plate.  More on that later...

What inspired designer penny-pinching program manager at Ford decided to put drum brakes on this car in the first place?

These stinking drum brakes were probably the cause of our last woe of the weekend in our first race in '08; smoking rear wheels, as pictured here:

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