First outing with WMS at Cadwell..

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Slarty_Bartfast
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Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:01 pm

Just a quick post to say that I am very impressed with my new WMS brakes. 8) 8) 8) 8)

I went for the set with the grooved discs and EBC Yellows as the car is only used on track.

We covered about 280 miles on track on Sunday, we did 20 minute sessions with a 5 10 minute break and an hour for lunch.

No fade what so ever and more importantly no warping.

So first impressions are very good and will keep posting the more track time I do.

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Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:37 pm

good to know!

i'm using the plain disks with EBC reds on the road with my M30 3.5 tourer and like you, can't cook the fronts at all. they've also got no signs of warpage after a fair few road miles and delibrately abusing them to see if anything could be broken. :D

you may find if you push it too hard, the rears will overheat first unless you've got uprated rear pads, though looking at your spec i suppose this is already covered.
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:11 pm

Slarty_Bartfast wrote:Just a quick post to say that I am very impressed with my new WMS brakes. 8) 8) 8) 8)
Good stuff, keep us posted! :D
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:14 pm

This was Gaydon day!

It was a toss-up to go to Cadwell or Gaydon. Gaydon won.

Cadwell is only 10 miles from Dad's house... you can hear it on a good day!

Glad you enjoyed yourself... will be on there in September.
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:49 pm

gareth wrote:good to know!
you may find if you push it too hard, the rears will overheat first unless you've got uprated rear pads, though looking at your spec i suppose this is already covered.
Running DS 2500 on the rear at the moment, with standard discs.
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:52 pm

Geeman wrote:This was Gaydon day!

It was a toss-up to go to Cadwell or Gaydon. Gaydon won.

Cadwell is only 10 miles from Dad's house... you can hear it on a good day!

Glad you enjoyed yourself... will be on there in September.
I had originally planned to go to Gaydon, TBH, but Cadwell looked like the better option.. winkeye winkeye winkeye winkeye :twisted:
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Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:19 pm

Slarty_Bartfast wrote:
gareth wrote:good to know!
you may find if you push it too hard, the rears will overheat first unless you've got uprated rear pads, though looking at your spec i suppose this is already covered.
Running DS 2500 on the rear at the moment, with standard discs.
sounds good to me! is the rear setup much of an improvement over OE stuff with regards fade resistance? (my new weakest link)
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Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:17 am

Well I have done another 500 + track miles (including another Cadwell :twisted: ) and all is still well. And have had several comments from passengers saying, â┚¬Ã…”ahow good the brakes areâ┚¬Ã‚a especially when coming into Hall Bends and coming across a rather large piece of bodywork that has deposited on the trackâ┚¬Ã‚¦ :mad: :mad:

Havenâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t had the wheels off to see how much of the pads are left yet, but the rears now look like they are on there last legs (1000+ miles)

Slarty :D
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Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:56 am

Slarty_Bartfast wrote:... another 500 + track miles...
You do more miles on track than I do on the road! No fair! :eek:

WMS is always glad to assist in dodging bits of cars.....

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Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:04 am

I did about 150 miles at Cadwell yesterday and the rest was at RAF Marham a month ago on one of their charity weekendsâ┚¬Ã‚¦ winkeye I would go to Snetterton on Monday but I have too much work to do.. :cry: :cry:
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