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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by David » Tue Oct 21, 2014 5:13 pm

Glad that fixed it :D It's all too easy to assume pads are good until they wear out. They can degrade for many reasons - and not always evenly.
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Dominic » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:37 pm

Mike Scib wrote:Well looks like the pads may have fixed the problem after all now that they have been properly bedded in! Now running DS2500's.

The brake tester also weighs the car, not sure how accurate it is but 780kg with an empty tank of fuel. What does a Elise/Exige SC weigh roughly?

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My elise was 749kg with a full tank of fuel and the rear window removed.
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Mike Scib » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:40 pm

Dominic wrote:
Mike Scib wrote:Well looks like the pads may have fixed the problem after all now that they have been properly bedded in! Now running DS2500's.

The brake tester also weighs the car, not sure how accurate it is but 780kg with an empty tank of fuel. What does a Elise/Exige SC weigh roughly?

Mike
My elise was 749kg with a full tank of fuel and the rear window removed.
Did some googling and don't think those numbers are right for the vx! :lol:
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination). :roll: :lol:
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by GBOBM » Tue Oct 21, 2014 9:36 pm

Mike Scib wrote:
Dominic wrote:
Mike Scib wrote:Well looks like the pads may have fixed the problem after all now that they have been properly bedded in! Now running DS2500's.

The brake tester also weighs the car, not sure how accurate it is but 780kg with an empty tank of fuel. What does a Elise/Exige SC weigh roughly?

Mike
My elise was 749kg with a full tank of fuel and the rear window removed.
Did some googling and don't think those numbers are right for the vx! :lol:

definitely not right. standard car is 850kg + supercharger and cooler. Might have a few lighter bits like wheels etc., but not enough to drop it 100kg.
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by IanD » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:39 am

There is a long post about weigh in as Craig organised a session between Aberdeen and Glasgow.
This was a summary but the post has attached spreadsheet.
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Lazydonkey » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:50 am

On the same day Dom weighed his (when he threw most of the stuff that wasn't bolted on to one side :lol: ) my / your old car weighed in at

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With just under a full tank of fuel

EDIT : That was mine above.....2003 VX :lol:
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Rosssco » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:24 am

Mike Scib wrote:
The brake tester also weighs the car, not sure how accurate it is but 780kg with an empty tank of fuel. What does a Elise/Exige SC weigh roughly?

Mike
Something not right - should weigh ~900kg - Standard ~875kg + ~25-30kg of Stage SC parts (I've weighed them all individually..)

Elise / Exige S2 SC weighs ~900-930kg

What spec Cl pads were they Mike? - I was thinking of installing some CL5+ (which I really rated on my last car)
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Mike Scib » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:03 am

Looks like the weight was a good 100kg out then :lol:
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What spec Cl pads were they Mike? - I was thinking of installing some CL5+ (which I really rated on my last car)
Pretty sure it was the CL6's Ross, welcome to try them out incase they work for you :thumbsup
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination). :roll: :lol:
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by GBOBM » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:42 pm

Lazydonkey wrote:On the same day Dom weighed his (when he threw most of the stuff that wasn't bolted on to one side :lol: ) my / your old car weighed in at

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With just under a full tank of fuel

EDIT : That was mine above.....2003 VX :lol:
The massive sunglasses, tin of boiled sweets and the travel blanket would have weighed it down though.
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Lazydonkey » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:02 am

:knob

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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by lou_m » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:24 am

Mike Scib wrote:Looks like the weight was a good 100kg out then :lol:
Rosssco wrote:
What spec Cl pads were they Mike? - I was thinking of installing some CL5+ (which I really rated on my last car)
Pretty sure it was the CL6's Ross, welcome to try them out incase they work for you :thumbsup
CL5+'s. John got the same ones as I have on mine.
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Rosssco » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:25 am

Lazydonkey wrote::knob:
Yep, that's what it says on the front... :mrgreen:
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Re: Brake imbalance

Post by Stephen » Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:41 pm

Lots of weight info here
http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Elise_weight
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