TSW's BBK Offering
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TSW's BBK Offering
The BBK on one of our test mules - ready for punishment! 
We got all the kinks worked out and have documented the install for the MINI kit... Rotor is a 12.19" Revolution lightweight rotor made from the Brake Man's special, proprietary steel alloy. The kit uses their full billet F3 Tornado caliper, 4 piston, hard plated and comes with all hardware, SS lines and pads. It's a thing of beauty, for sure. Rebuilds can be done at home VERY cheaply...
As you can see, it clears my 16x7 OZ Ultraleggeras quite handily - it does NOT clear the OEM Daytona wheels. I'd like to see if it will clear the webspokes. Anyhoo, it should clear most aftermarket 16" wheels, and will definitely clear 17's. We can provide measurements for seeing if your wheels would fit.
Performance? Uh, toss a battleship anchor out the back and you get the idea. The power is plain nuts. It's cold out right now, so the true test will come when things get hot out - but I have no doubt that they'll be totally insane.
After bedding in the pads with our normal process (series of hard stops from 30-10, 35-10, 40-10, 45-10, 50-10, 60-10, 60-10, 60-10, 60-10, 60-10 with 1-2 blocks of driving between stops), I drove around the block to let them cool and then pulled into the garage. By the time I had gotten home (no more than 5 minutes), I could put my bare hand on the rotor and HOLD IT. Ambient temp was 45 degrees F that evening, so keep that in mind. Even so, I have NEVER seen that with cast iron rotors. Impressive the way these shed heat. And yes, you read that right - they're a steel alloy and NOT cast iron.
The Brake Man's F5 full race kit outperformed the Brembo Monobloc race setup - tests were performed at TexRacing here in Texas. Less deflection, less heat and better performance. This kit is at least on par with Stop-Tech or Brembo, offering at least the same performance (or better) and has a pretty high bling factor. You'll find the Brake Man's kits on sprint cars, modifieds, NASCAR racers and American Iron race cars.
One note - the rotor design DOES make an interesting noise under braking. It's kind of like when you stuck a playing card in your spokes when you were a kid - not that loud, but that's what it would remind you of...
Price will be $2625 shipped! Bling AND performance!
http://www.thebrakeman.com
Another niche product from Texas Speedwerks!
We got all the kinks worked out and have documented the install for the MINI kit... Rotor is a 12.19" Revolution lightweight rotor made from the Brake Man's special, proprietary steel alloy. The kit uses their full billet F3 Tornado caliper, 4 piston, hard plated and comes with all hardware, SS lines and pads. It's a thing of beauty, for sure. Rebuilds can be done at home VERY cheaply...
As you can see, it clears my 16x7 OZ Ultraleggeras quite handily - it does NOT clear the OEM Daytona wheels. I'd like to see if it will clear the webspokes. Anyhoo, it should clear most aftermarket 16" wheels, and will definitely clear 17's. We can provide measurements for seeing if your wheels would fit.
Performance? Uh, toss a battleship anchor out the back and you get the idea. The power is plain nuts. It's cold out right now, so the true test will come when things get hot out - but I have no doubt that they'll be totally insane.
After bedding in the pads with our normal process (series of hard stops from 30-10, 35-10, 40-10, 45-10, 50-10, 60-10, 60-10, 60-10, 60-10, 60-10 with 1-2 blocks of driving between stops), I drove around the block to let them cool and then pulled into the garage. By the time I had gotten home (no more than 5 minutes), I could put my bare hand on the rotor and HOLD IT. Ambient temp was 45 degrees F that evening, so keep that in mind. Even so, I have NEVER seen that with cast iron rotors. Impressive the way these shed heat. And yes, you read that right - they're a steel alloy and NOT cast iron.
The Brake Man's F5 full race kit outperformed the Brembo Monobloc race setup - tests were performed at TexRacing here in Texas. Less deflection, less heat and better performance. This kit is at least on par with Stop-Tech or Brembo, offering at least the same performance (or better) and has a pretty high bling factor. You'll find the Brake Man's kits on sprint cars, modifieds, NASCAR racers and American Iron race cars.
One note - the rotor design DOES make an interesting noise under braking. It's kind of like when you stuck a playing card in your spokes when you were a kid - not that loud, but that's what it would remind you of...
Price will be $2625 shipped! Bling AND performance!
http://www.thebrakeman.com
Another niche product from Texas Speedwerks!
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