I think if you try to stop a Westy too quick it might tip forward and end up
on its roof.

John
'84 Westy

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Ray <Mike.Ray@AMMOBILE.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, April 17, 2000 7:43 PM
Subject: Any desire for high performance brakes??? Read iffin interested!!

>OK, my buddy is a retailer for Stillen. They make high performance brake
>rotors and pads for  several different vehicles. Mostly sports cars but
also
>trucks. Surprisingly, they're not all outrageously priced. He was trying to
>get me to buy a set for the Mustang and I said "it stops pretty well but my
>Westy S**KS!". All my friends rave about the increase in braking
performance
>with these things. Basically, they're made to wear the pads so that the
>rotors last indefinitely. The cross drill is for street applications while
a
>slotted rotor is for higher heat. Slotted don't work well Until they heat
>up.
>
>Paul at Special Vehicle Products (my Mustang vendor)....
>
>Once I know that then I can see what kind of numbers and prices we could
>get. The
>rotors would be cross drilled and the pads would be the Stillen Metal
>Matrix. We will probably need a commitment of 20 people for each style
>rotor. Just get me a year span breakdown and how many different rotors were
>used for what years and I will get back to you....
>
>Me again...
>I know there's two styles of Calipers on the Vanagon (Girling and ??). So I
>ASSUME two types of pads. Are the rotors the same on all years or are there
>2 styles of these too? Once Paul has some more info he can nail down a
>minimum order and cost.
>
>What do you all think about this??? Anyone interested? What's your
feedback?
>
>Mikey
>`87 Westy Eeore
>