Track forum general chit chat.

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by TheMechanic

Can you please elaborate; you recommend other pads on rear DSuno, coupled with DS2500s on front ?

Running a less aggressive pad in the rear was recommended to me by several professionals- Essex and Cobalt Friction.

I enjoyed ferodo dsUNO for a while. Loved the pad. No complaints for a race pad besides some chunking when it gets to backing plate thickness.

Switched to Cobalt Friction and I run their XR1 pads up from and XR3 pads in the rear. I tend to leave my rear pads in for the street (lazy) but swap the fronts to Ferodo DS2500s.

The theory on track is you want a less aggressive pad in the rear becaue when you brake, there is weight shifting off of the rear and you can lock up the rear brakes before the front, creating some imbalance. Makes sense on paper and I haven’t deviated from that advice.

[okusa]

So...my lexan windshield has been bowing a bit (actually it happens with a loud bang) at 120mph+. So, I need to add some sort of brace. Any ideas that will not be too visually distracting?

[jmeenach]

I know places like Jegs sell NASCAR-style windshield brace kits. That said, those probably fall into the visually distracting category...

[DRLane]

Originally Posted by okusa

So...my lexan windshield has been bowing a bit (actually it happens with a loud bang) at 120mph+. So, I need to add some sort of brace. Any ideas that will not be too visually distracting?

Maybe two small diameter aluminum rods wrapped in a soft black velour. With dual rods you could probably get away with smaller diameter and thereby less distracting.