A quick Alcon brake review (glass half full for Dan) ;-) - Page 6

**shimmy** · 27-02-2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by lawsy

Laptimes

Did he answer about his lap times, not that times matter

**AlexGTT** · 27-02-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

Did he answer about his lap times, not that times matter

titan · 27-02-2011, 07:29 PM

pff its a trackday so "no bloody timing!!"

vbox says 2.02 round oulton though. Not particularly impressive, even on road tyres, but I don't fancy binning the car as its just been finished ;-)

**shimmy** · 27-02-2011, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by titan

pff its a trackday so "no bloody timing!!"

vbox says 2.02 round oulton though. Not particularly impressive, even on road tyres, but I don't fancy binning the car as its just been finished ;-)

Bet you wished you thought like that 6 months ago

shane@mbtech · 27-02-2011, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by titan

pff its a trackday so "no bloody timing!!"

vbox says 2.02 round oulton though. Not particularly impressive, even on road tyres, but I don't fancy binning the car as its just been finished ;-)

2 mins round oulton will be faster than 85-90% there on a typical day.

I ran a048's.

titan · 28-02-2011, 10:49 PM

If anyone has vbox traces around Oulton, send them my way :-)

A048s eh ? The daddy of the expensive tyre indeed. A tyre I have never ever tried due to their pisstaking expense in fact.

The idea behind running "crappy" hankooks was to lower the speed at which things start to get interesting to understand whats going on and learn how to control it. I found that on cup tyres you're just raising the bar, so when it does finally get interesting you're now doing 20mph more and still no idea of what to do :-)

shane@mbtech · 28-02-2011, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by titan

If anyone has vbox traces around Oulton, send them my way :-)

A048s eh ? The daddy of the expensive tyre indeed. A tyre I have never ever tried due to their pisstaking expense in fact.

The idea behind running "crappy" hankooks was to lower the speed at which things start to get interesting to understand whats going on and learn how to control it. I found that on cup tyres you're just raising the bar, so when it does finally get interesting you're now doing 20mph more and still no idea of what to do :-)

The idea behind running crappy hankooks was they had no 888's in stock remember

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As a benchmark, my best round Oulton on a048s was 1.56

When I bought the a048's they came in at approx £900, 888's cost just shy of that now.
Cups in the same size are 1050-1200 ish

titan · 28-02-2011, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lawsy

The idea behind running crappy hankooks was they had no 888's in stock remember

Sssh. Thats a different explanation ;-)

funtime · 02-04-2011, 11:39 AM

Titan, any updates on this? I may need some pad's for my Alcon's soon - it would be good to see what you thought of the Carbotech's

Also who is your supplier for the pads?

**JezP** · 02-04-2011, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by funtime

Titan, any updates on this? I may need some pad's for my Alcon's soon - it would be good to see what you thought of the Carbotech's

Also who is your supplier for the pads?

Give Ian a bell he knows everything you need to know

http://www.carbotech-europe.com/

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27-02-2011, 07:29 PM	#53
titan S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 268 Casino cash: $1363	pff its a trackday so "no bloody timing!!" vbox says 2.02 round oulton though. Not particularly impressive, even on road tyres, but I don't fancy binning the car as its just been finished ;-)

28-02-2011, 10:49 PM	#56
titan S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 268 Casino cash: $1363	If anyone has vbox traces around Oulton, send them my way :-) A048s eh ? The daddy of the expensive tyre indeed. A tyre I have never ever tried due to their pisstaking expense in fact. The idea behind running "crappy" hankooks was to lower the speed at which things start to get interesting to understand whats going on and learn how to control it. I found that on cup tyres you're just raising the bar, so when it does finally get interesting you're now doing 20mph more and still no idea of what to do :-)

02-04-2011, 11:39 AM	#59
funtime S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Sussex Posts: 613 Casino cash: $5830	Titan, any updates on this? I may need some pad's for my Alcon's soon - it would be good to see what you thought of the Carbotech's Also who is your supplier for the pads?