Hey there, did anyone ever buy a set of super stopper shoes from John at Aircooled? They were out of stock for a long time and now John has thrown in the towel.
I’m guessing they were a name brand like Raybestos, but I haven’t a clue what they were made of.
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Are you talking about brake shoes?
A bunch of Vee guys use Porterfield RD-4 which are less expensive. Especially for the rear brakes as they don't wear or brake nearly as much as the front. Notice the fronts are 40mm wide and the rears are 30mm.
https://porterfield-brakes.com...duct&dgwt_wcas=1
Then there are Carbotech which are pretty expensive.
The regular Carbotech people in North Carolina can't really help you, they do pads.
The dad(Mike Puskar Sr. 216-642-8502) is in Ohio with a different facility just for shoes. I haven't had to buy shoes yet.
I'm pretty sure ALL the later drum cars(66-up) had curved shoes(where the starwheel adjuster hits) instead of the older flat style. But I would check my car first before ordering anything.
I just priced them up. The RD-4 Porterfield are $139 an axle.
I don't know anyone using the R4.
The more durable R4S is $89 an axle, and recommended for street usage.
You might also try
CH Topping brakes in Long Beach , ca
562 432 0901
they have been there since the 1930s and can reline your old shoes with better material ,
They do a lot of vintage race cars
you really want to have them arc the new shoes to the drums
Thanks guys. I’ll look into. I was mostly interested in what brand John sold, as he was just a reseller. Maybe they were back ordered because they were NLA.
TBH, I’ll probably order Raybestos from Rock Auto.
@DannyP posted:Are you talking about brake shoes?
A bunch of Vee guys use Porterfield RD-4 which are less expensive. Especially for the rear brakes as they don't wear or brake nearly as much as the front. Notice the fronts are 40mm wide and the rears are 30mm.
This looks like a great reference for folks who don’t know exactly what calipers they have.
https://porterfield-brakes.com...r/raybestos/page/30/
Side note: I heard that John had closed aircooled.net and was just trying to fill backorders before shuttignthe doors? Anyone know anymore about this? I see their old Covid note a the top of the page but not much else...
@chines1, I tried to order a set of Dellorto whistle gaskets for a 912 I’m “refreshing” from them a few weeks ago, it said “out of stock, no resrock date avail”. I tried to call, no one answered the phone. Doesn’t look like much happening there.
I think they are completely done, happened at the beginning of the year I think.
Same here; I've noticed after the lockdownerism and consequent supply chain problems things sort of started going South for him; which is a pity because he offered good stuff and good advice too.
I bought lots of stuff there. He is certainly missed.
It was nice to have a local source of that quality, but him gaslighting me about my disc brakes that were obviously defectively manufactured ended our relationship. I just wish I’d have called him on it before I had the machine work done to them, that he recommended, so I could have returned them.
