REFLECTOR: Matco vs Cleveland

[gibbons]

I have the updated  Matcos brakes and they work find with IO540 300  HP
Fix pitch.
Barry Gibbons
204AG

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:24 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Matco vs Cleveland


I have heard many things about the Brake comparison. Recently one
Velocity builder told me that Matco was sold some time back. That caused
quite a few problems in quality and customer service, so the old owners
bought it back. I was told that a set of Matcos was sent back,
rebuilt/upgraded and now work fine. 
 
I had not heard about the brake pad pain in the a$$ (PITA) and that
sounds like a bonus for Clevelands. 
 
I also heard that the Cleveland kit was pretty spensive (considering I
haven't even used the brakes that I have yet)!. 
 
I have the 173 Elite FG, and was wondering whether I really need to
consider some form of brake mod at this point. Either sending the Matcos
back for an upgrade, or switching to Clevelands.  I thought I recalled a
Velocity factory rep saying that the Matcos did well on the smaller
airplane. 
  It would be nice to have adequate braking since Im flying out of a
high density altitude airport, and only have 4300' of runway. But I dot
want to spend more time fixing things that aren't broken. 
 
Any input?.  
 
Kurt Winker
173 FGE
325 HP Alum. V-6 Chevy
 

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