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[rally1380]

Anything over that is spending cash for the sake of it.

 

There is alot of that going on!!!

[minilee94]

It is a waste of money end of the transporters I work on only have 2 pistons aside

4 pots up front are all you need

[mini-man14]

so the best brakes for road use are KAD 4pot??

[Bubblebobble]

Does it matter at age 14 ?

[Alex_B]

so the best brakes for road use are KAD 4pot??

That would depend on the definition of "best". 

Just because they are the most expensive or the nicest colour doesn't mean they are the best for a particular application.

[Cooperman]

 

so the best brakes for road use are KAD 4pot??

That would depend on the definition of "best". 

Just because they are the most expensive or the nicest colour doesn't mean they are the best for a particular application.

 

Yes, the 4-pot would be best for long distance racing on a very twisty circuit where lots of hard braking is required and the brakes never get the chance to cool sufficiently unless they are vented and multi-pot.

For road use a standard set-up is best, with harder pads for, say, short racing (maybe 10 laps) or rallying. In those cases the best pads will get to their best operating temperature and best braking will result.

It is a question of available friction within the operating temperatures that will be achieved. The temperatures are a function of the amount of energy to be taken out by them. That is the kinetic energy removed by braking the weight of the car over a given distance.

Again, it's a question of looking at the application.

If 4 or 6-pot brakes are fitted for road use it will be hard to get the pads up to best temp., so braking may not be as good as it could be. I blame the magazines for advertising racing products for road use.

[petey81]

so the best brakes for road use are KAD 4pot??

Have you started work on the mini yet?

[minisilverbullet]

Does it matter at age 14 ?

Does the op's age matter?

Do we need posts like this which curb a youngsters enthusiasm?

We are still allowed to have dreams, aspirations and future plans right?

I for one are pretty happy we have a young kid on the forum, who appears to be keen as mustard ( insert the cliche of keeping the mini alive in generations to come),

Should you or the collective forum,constantly be hounding him because of his age?

Bubblebobble, you yourself have been quite trigger happy with the report button, when it comes to 'trolling', the idiom of the 'pot calling the kettle black' springs to mind.

[Cooperman]

At my gliding club I am one of the two members who run our 'Gliding Scholarship Scheme'. This takes several students every year from our local school and we train them to fly up to and including solo flying for FREE. They are mostly aged 14 or 15 and can fly a glider solo at 14. What a great bunch of young people they are. This month we service all our equipment and today I had 4 young pilots, the oldest just 16, helping me to service and repair one of our Land-Rover Discoveries. They learn to fly an aircraft, drive our Land Rovers on an active airfield, tow gliders, tow out the cables for launching, run out flying control caravan, etc.

We must all encourage young people and the OP clearly wants to get more knowledge about Minis. My Grandson was doing his first restoration when he was 14 and built, with a little bit of help, a very nice 1060 cc Mayfair which turned out to be a super road car.

[sonikk4]

RIGHT NO MORE SNIDE OR DEMEANING REMARKS WITH REGARDS TO THE OP'S AGE. ANYMORE WILL RESULT IN WARNINGS BEING ISSUED.

[jt19]

Yea stop hounding the youngern! We all started somewhere!
It's a interesting thread for everyone else as well.

After researching I went for the kad 4 pots for 7.9 discs as I'm running on tens.
I just thought they are a better design out of the minispares and minisport versions.

Specialist components have released a set as well. Might be a idea to check them out.

[mini-man14]

 

Does it matter at age 14 ?

Does the op's age matter?

Do we need posts like this which curb a youngsters enthusiasm?

We are still allowed to have dreams, aspirations and future plans right?

I for one are pretty happy we have a young kid on the forum, who appears to be keen as mustard ( insert the cliche of keeping the mini alive in generations to come),

Should you or the collective forum,constantly be hounding him because of his age?

Bubblebobble, you yourself have been quite trigger happy with the report button, when it comes to 'trolling', the idiom of the 'pot calling the kettle black' springs to mind.

 

 

Thank you finally somebody who understands me.

 

Actually me and my dad are gonna buy one in about 2-3 weeks, but the work will begin in beginning of May, And it will have KAD 16V twin cam 180bhp engine with a lot carbon fibre parts. It will be 35year old car with moderen performance :)

[smudger068]

At my gliding club I am one of the two members who run our 'Gliding Scholarship Scheme'. This takes several students every year from our local school and we train them to fly up to and including solo flying for FREE. They are mostly aged 14 or 15 and can fly a glider solo at 14. What a great bunch of young people they are. This month we service all our equipment and today I had 4 young pilots, the oldest just 16, helping me to service and repair one of our Land-Rover Discoveries. They learn to fly an aircraft, drive our Land Rovers on an active airfield, tow gliders, tow out the cables for launching, run out flying control caravan, etc.
We must all encourage young people and the OP clearly wants to get more knowledge about Minis. My Grandson was doing his first restoration when he was 14 and built, with a little bit of help, a very nice 1060 cc Mayfair which turned out to be a super road car.

I remember the days of doing this, was a good 10 years ago mind you
My longest flight was an hour and 3 minutes I had to get the pilot to put it down due to feeling so dizzy and sick.
What gliding club are you part of? The closest to me I believe is Rattlesden?

Lee

[Cooperman]

 

At my gliding club I am one of the two members who run our 'Gliding Scholarship Scheme'. This takes several students every year from our local school and we train them to fly up to and including solo flying for FREE. They are mostly aged 14 or 15 and can fly a glider solo at 14. What a great bunch of young people they are. This month we service all our equipment and today I had 4 young pilots, the oldest just 16, helping me to service and repair one of our Land-Rover Discoveries. They learn to fly an aircraft, drive our Land Rovers on an active airfield, tow gliders, tow out the cables for launching, run out flying control caravan, etc.
We must all encourage young people and the OP clearly wants to get more knowledge about Minis. My Grandson was doing his first restoration when he was 14 and built, with a little bit of help, a very nice 1060 cc Mayfair which turned out to be a super road car.

I remember the days of doing this, was a good 10 years ago mind you
My longest flight was an hour and 3 minutes I had to get the pilot to put it down due to feeling so dizzy and sick.
What gliding club are you part of? The closest to me I believe is Rattlesden?

Lee

 

I fly with Nene Valley Gliding Club at Upwood (www.nvgc.org.uk). I bought my Schleicher Ka6CR from Rattlesden (G-DDEV). For my sins I am Ground Equipment Manager so I get to fix all the vehicles and the winches. We have a lot of young pilots now and they are a pleasure to work and fly with. I love teaching them new skills like driving the retrieve vehicles, winch driving, and vehicle maintenance. I take my Cooper 'S' for a blast around the Peri-track when the weather is good.