brake duct prawns
11-01-2011, 01:05 PM
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...I know.
It goes beyond ditching the ABS, though. Anyone with a 94+ chassis would be required to hack up their spindle in order to move the duct closer to the center. Even cars without ABS have that spindle nub from '94 on. In our opinion, that is a totally unacceptable solution.
That's why we came up with these - we wanted a plate that would fit all 90-05 spindles without modification, fit ABS-equipped cars without modification, and protect the two balljoint boots that are highly prone to heat damage from the brakes.
There are other plates available that don't fit 94-05 spindles or ABS, don't provide any heat shielding to the balljoint boots, and are more expensive to boot - if all of that strikes your fancy.
It goes beyond ditching the ABS, though. Anyone with a 94+ chassis would be required to hack up their spindle in order to move the duct closer to the center. Even cars without ABS have that spindle nub from '94 on. In our opinion, that is a totally unacceptable solution.
That's why we came up with these - we wanted a plate that would fit all 90-05 spindles without modification, fit ABS-equipped cars without modification, and protect the two balljoint boots that are highly prone to heat damage from the brakes.
There are other plates available that don't fit 94-05 spindles or ABS, don't provide any heat shielding to the balljoint boots, and are more expensive to boot - if all of that strikes your fancy.
Bob
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11-06-2011, 01:54 PM
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They are designed so that when you bolt them down it will put a slight bit of force on the backing plate from the tie rod end. This is to ensure maximum brake clearance possible.
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11-06-2011, 05:59 PM
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"prawn" is the phonetic pronunciation of "pr0n" which is the commonly-used substitute on the interwebs for a word referring to media which depicts (usually) people, usually without clothes, engaging in behavior which many religious groups consider to be immoral.
In other words the the title of the thread is brake p-o-r-n, which is never spelled shorthand to avoid blacklists etc.
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11-08-2011, 10:11 AM
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Thanks to everyone that participated in the brake duct backing plate sale. They are now available on our website for $119 for the backing plates and $189 for the complete kit.
http://trackspeedengineering.com/sto...cts-p-118.html
http://trackspeedengineering.com/sto...cts-p-118.html
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