Roush Brake/Alcon - Help/Suggestions

[lgndracer]

A while back I found a guy with a set of NOS Alcon calipers at a decent price, so I got them from him. I then got the front rotor conversion kit (with bump steer kit) from Baer, as well as a set of matching rear rotors and front stainless lines.

Items I am still looking for are:

Rear stainless lines – I can not seem to find a set. Anyone have a set? If so where did you find them?

Cooling Ducts – I want to run brake cooling ducts from the Saleen air dam back to the calipers. The hose is easy enough to find, has anyone came across a nice intake that will mate to the air dam? Again I have not found one, so I am thinking I will probably have to mod a generic one.

Brake Pads – I am trolling for opinions. I don’t drive the car everyday, but will do a track day or two a year. Since I mostly drive it on the street (hard), I want something that will stop at the track, but don’t want a ton of dust either. Suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Mike

 

[S351R"Animal"]

Pads, I run the Hawk pads. I have never seen a set of stainless rear lines. You can check on Svtperformance in the Cobra R section. Someone there would know if there is a set out there. For the cooling duct you can check with Kenny Brown but, you will have to do some mods.

 

[s351rspeedster]

.....the Hawk pads or the Porterfield R4S pads work very well with the alcon calipers. I agree with Scott, check the Cobra R section for that and custom fab for the air duct cooling will be needed. Good luck and take a few pictures of the ducting system you come up with......

 

[FASN8N]

a 2nd for R4S pads

 

[saleen065]

R4S is my vote as well. I just purchased a set and ran them out at Talladega grand prix road course. check out the pictures at www.atlantamustangclub.com and go to the May 13 Talladega event. Pictures and times. I did 1 minute 16 second times on cheap street tires. Not to bad I'd say! The best time was by an all wheel drive Subaru at 1:11. It was allot of fun!

 

[S351Saleen77]

On the rear lines ... do you mean Braided lines to the calipers?? If so Brads Custom Auto in Seattle hooked me up with some. I see you are in Sumner so they are kind of local. They were Goodridge and a little bracket has to be made and welded to the axel because they won't fit in the stock bracket.

On Pads I read a test awhile ago in MM&FF on the SBS (Scandanavia Brake System) pads from Scandanavia. The kicked butt on everybody's pads. I have not installed mine yet so I can't say, but in the test their "street" pad outperformed Hawk and other more "race" pads in stopping performance. Baer sells them. I read that they were going to drop their other line's of pads and just sell these because they were so good, but I have no idea if they did that or not. These pads have been avaible for years for motorcycles and now they are making them for cars.

 

[lgndracer]

Thanks for all the input.

What kind of dust are you guys getting with the R4S? I assume they also make a rear pad to match?

S351Saleen77, how long ago did you talk to Baer about pads? When I got my rotors just a month or so ago, they didn't have any pads for the Alcons other than some that were full race pads. Didn't catch the name of them, but since I don't want the noise, dust, and wear of a set of full race pads, they recommended not to get them for my application.

I'll call Brad's to see what they did. Like I said I have looked everywhere, and all the Goodridge listings I have found show front only.

 

[saleen065]

On the street the R4S pads are very low dust. Once on the track though, they look like my brembo pads, lots of dust!

 

[S351Saleen77]

I got my pads through Brads Custom Auto also. It took along time to get them, months. I remember asking if they had to mine the Asbestos and send it to Scandaniva to make them. I figured now they would have them in stock though. I got them a year ago, SBS makes 3 levels of pads and their street pads outdid the others race pads.

 

[marcus95]

The Hawks throw less dust than the Porterfields on the street and the track. On the track it's a good debate on who's pads stop better but most guys like the Porters. On the street you can't tell the difference between the two after they have settled.

 

[lgndracer]

Does Hawk have more than one pad for the Alcons, or is there just one?

 

[SorsCode]

not to steal this post but I hate starting new ones. Which brake setup do you recommend the Alcon setup or the Brembo Setup?