Wheel meet again!!

[CitroJim]

That was quick Mick

[mickthemaverick]

The three wheel nuts gave it away to me, definitely not a 2CV!!

[CitroJim]

The three wheel nuts gave it away to me, definitely not a 2CV!!

Or an AX!

[NewcastleFalcon]

If you had forked out for a classic Austin Healey 100 would you really go for black wire wheels rather than gleaming chrome

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Far from the World's finest wheel, shod in 255/40/R22/103V tyres

Those ain't bargain basement tyres Looked them up on ASDA tyres...1 tyre is 3 x the price I paid for the Falcon Bargain basement K12 Nissan Micra in 2019 (whole car including the 5 tyres!).

Neil

[CitroJim]

If you had forked out for a classic Austin Healey 100 would you really go for black wire wheels rather than gleaming chrome

Ummmm, normally I'd say chrome but in this case, and I may be a lone voice here, but I rather like the black against the red bodywork. It works in this case but I'm not sure it would for any other colour...

[NewcastleFalcon]

The most mirror like brake disc I have ever seen!

Falcon Original

Perfect reflection of the adjacent grass!
Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Slight tangent, but it would appear that PSCB (Porsche Surface Coated Brake) is a thing, manifesting itself in the mirror finish discs on that Porsche, just never noticed it before.

PSCB is one of the options you can select if you are in the market to buy a Porsche and any semblance of a cost of living crisis and inflation is just passing you by without too much hardship. The discs/pads last longer inspite of the discs having a surface coating of tungsten carbide to only to a depth of 0.1mm, and make less brake dust in combination with the special pads required. Driven normally rather than ridiculously harshly they maintain their mirror finish, as on that one I saw at the charging point. Obviously when the discs and pads do need the inevitable replacing, compulsory wallet and bank account emptying will be the order of the day, and stick with the vid to the end and you will see what Porsche quoted for replacement, and that was 3 years ago!

At 10 minutes it's in the too long unless you are interested to find out, and it's a USA presenter presentation, but is reasonably informative about the the subject.



Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

To get a more up to date price punchline, as of right now you can order on-line those Porsche Surface Coated Brake Discs when they need replacing on your Porsche Taycan 4S for a reduced price £1,592.80 each, free delivery though!

The Sixteen Hundred Pound Disc, Gentlemen we have the Technology, obviously the person on the Clapham omnibus will not be able to afford it!


Neil

[bobins]

^^^^^^^^^

I must admit, I hadn't realised braking technology had declined so much in recent years that we needed a new version of the brake disc. Who'd 'ave thunk that these news brake discs would be a lot more expensive, rather than cheaper, than the sort of brake discs we've all come to know and love. Progress, eh !

[NewcastleFalcon]

Older Brake disc on this wheel

falcon Original

Neil

[Rp0thejester]

TC discs? Really? We use Tungsten Carbide on percussion drill bits because it drills concrete really quickly. As for a breaking component I'm not sure it will be that affective as braking needs resistance which TC shouldn't give.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Probably needs some of those mirror finish brake disks

Falcon Original

Neil

[Gibbo2286]

Older Brake disc on this wheel



Neil

What's that on Neil?

[NewcastleFalcon]

What's that on Neil?

One of these

Falcon Original
Duns Castle Jim Clark 60th Anniversay Weekend
to celebrate his 1963 Formula 1 World Championship

Another Lotus Wheel

Neil