DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2001, Message #1

>
> >The Wilwoods had a nervous character and the car had a pronounced
> >pull to the left that wasn't there before; Gray later told me the car
gets
> >wacky like that after every track event, but with a few street miles, the
> >brake settle down again?  Weird stuff...
>
> Nawwww... Not weird. Normal. My Wilwoods have done that for years
> after every track event. They work great during the track event, feel
> really weird immediately after the event on the road for a short time
> and then settle down to normal again. I've come to accept it as part
> of the deal. I suppose 'other' brake systems don't do that, but how
> many folks can attest to driving the hell out of their car and then
> driving it home and to work and back without problems?
>
> Has to be the pad surface/rotor surface/ who knows... But mine do the
> same. And I'm not complaining since they always stop when I want them
> to...

A result of boiling the brake fluid perhaps ??? or glazing the pad surfaces.

Lars