survey steve

i've had a search and a look on the net for these and i aint found that many places to get them from

does any of you folk know a good supplier for these

cheers

steve

Chelspeed

AP Racing site has a list of distributors. I always use BGD in Bromsgrove. Not too near you but then none of them are.

survey steve

ok, thanks for that

P1James

Also try Godspeed , they do discs to fit in place of AP at much cheaper prices , and with a 12 month anti warp guarantee even if you do track days , I have them on mine , Welcome To Godspeed Motorsport

D1CCY

Also Alyn at ASPerformance. He can also do pattern discs which he claims are better heat treated and machined, which are also less expensive.

survey steve

yep, just spoke to Ian on the phone
got a bit of a shock at the price for the AP ones

but more than happy to try the replacement ones at their price

and they'll get a damm good try out next month
track day on the 26th at Knockhill and i just may be going down a strip in the york area the next day

so we'll see if they stand up to some abuse

i may need that 12 month guarantee

WUZ

iTrader: (14)

Steve - if you'd said that was the way you were going to go, you could have had the Godspeed discs I had and I could have got another set once I got back and we settled up.

................................................Ne ver mind.

Russell

survey steve

been trying to get ye on your mobile matey

i take it your away again ?

WUZ

iTrader: (14)

AYE!

Russell

james-wrx

Hi Mate how much are the disks? (godspeed)

MrRA

Surely if the Godspeed ones are cheaper there has to be some difference in quality. Maybe the amount of carbon the discs contain, something like that

Aztec Performance Ltd

iTrader: (234)

AP Discs are proven quality.

You get what you pay for.

Geddon

So what is the price difference?

MrRA

My thoughts exactly. Brakes are very important so why people want to try and save money in this area baffles me.

james-wrx

O.k all good points but let's be realistic about disks, the Ap's are going to be superior in most ways, the problem is unless you drive like a complete loon your not going to notice much difference between Godspeed and Ap, I have done various trackdays on my AP setup and im sure in these conditions they would be superior (sustained high speed braking) they can take loads of abuse, the hotter the disk gets the better and they will keep coming back for more..

But to replicate these conditions on the road would be very very hard work and possibly a little bit stupid, I have never had brake fade with my Ap's on the road, to be honest I struggle to get them up to a decent temp and it's even harder to sustain the temp and get keep the heat in them. Ap are overkill for most people on the road, having said all this there is NO SUBSTITUTE on the track!

I even went as far as running a softer compound pad on the road (so I can stop when they are cold)

Anyway im sure I will be shot down in flames and told you need to be able to pull 2 G's under braking for your trip to Tesco's

MaDaSS

LOL James. Yeah you cannot shop without hitting the 2 G braking in the car park! I have StopTech and have similar trouble with keeping heat in the brakes under normal driving. They work fine, they stop the car fine, but the next time (say a few days later) that you actually need to stop from speed fast, you have lost that edge because the pads have started to glaze over and need the heat again to get them cleaned and back to top stopping power.
The thing is though with big brakes, the hotter they get, the better they get and with the pads i have, this only makes you forced out of your seat when you stamp on the 'stop' pedal! lol.

P1James

If you look on the MLR , you will see lately quite a few problems with AP discs , as the foundry that used to make the discs for AP went out of business and shut down , the new company making them were having problems , quite a few complaints of discs warping


As AP are a much larger company , with big adverts everywhere , all adds up to a more expensive product , a smaller company with smaller overheads can afford to sell items cheaper , it doesnt mean that they are inferior.

I think there are enough people on here including myself running the Godspeed discs with AP calipers , and they are more than up to the job.

survey steve

well over 500 for the AP's
and
310 delivered to my door in aberdeen for the other kind