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I tightened it about as much as I'm comfortable with so I'll just tape up the drooler and go from there. Then I'll put a few more stop and go miles on it to see if the stopping power gets better. Wilwood make you guess what the pads are by color plus the pads are made by several vendors and calling Wilwood I found is frustrating.

What compound are the green supposed to be, sinse I don`t know....?

Dave brake fluid eats Teflon tape.

Originally Posted by IC2

I tightened it about as much as I'm comfortable with so I'll just tape up the drooler and go from there. Then I'll put a few more stop and go miles on it to see if the stopping power gets better. Wilwood make you guess what the pads are by color plus the pads are made by several vendors and calling Wilwood I found is frustrating.

I found that the green pads are for racing and very aggressive. They will wear your rotors down in a hurry. I have the light tan pads on mine. They are more for the street .
Also , you want to use the teflon in a tube not the tape when putting in the adapters. using tape on a tapered pipe thread will break the casting if you turn it in too far. The tape makes the taper even bigger and as you turn it in, the casting can crack.

I couldn't get into their site yesterday, but here's all what they recommend for the Dynalites: http://www.wilwood.com/BrakePads/Bra...spx?padtype=71 I'll probably change them out to the BP-10's if the braking effort/performance doesn't get better

It doesn't look like the sell them by color any longer, but mine are not the same which leads me to believe that they are different compounds - guessing street in the front and race in the rear. Neither set of instructions, front or rear which were purchased separately and from different sources(front, came with the TCI chassis and rears, Speedway) gave me what pad was supplied.

And as far as Teflon tape - I do like the stuff in a tube better. Both that and the tape are a PITA to clean off, but probably the tape is worse. Steve - I had forgotten when I posted, but used tape on a T-bucket years ago, but don't recall deterioration.

Hi Dave, i'm a dealer for a UK brake expert and they told me that brake fluid can eat the tape and its better to use the liquid stuff, Next time i'm in there i will ask further questions.
To be honest an NPT thread shouldn't need any additions at all and should seal against itself but i have had the occassional problem thread myself.

Originally Posted by IC2

I couldn't get into their site yesterday, but here's all what they recommend for the Dynalites: http://www.wilwood.com/BrakePads/Bra...spx?padtype=71 I'll probably change them out to the BP-10's if the braking effort/performance doesn't get better

It doesn't look like the sell them by color any longer, but mine are not the same which leads me to believe that they are different compounds - guessing street in the front and race in the rear. Neither set of instructions, front or rear which were purchased separately and from different sources(front, came with the TCI chassis and rears, Speedway) gave me what pad was supplied.

And as far as Teflon tape - I do like the stuff in a tube better. Both that and the tape are a PITA to clean off, but probably the tape is worse. Steve - I had forgotten when I posted, but used tape on a T-bucket years ago, but don't recall deterioration.