A Potted Tarox Brakes
History......
"...while still just boys, in their first workshop,
he [Taroni] refined a compressor based brake system similar
to today's ABS. His experiences led to the key development
which brought Didier Pironi to victory at the exciting
1980 Belgian Grand Prix". This brief biographic note,
taken from the January 1990 special issue of renowned
Italian magazine Autocapital, describes in
great detail the spirit of Gianni Taroni. Born in 1936,
he devoted almost four decades of his life to the research
and development of the ideal Brake. Signor
Taroni is widely known throughout Italy as the 'Specialista'
of braking science. |
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After several years as a professional race car driver, he
met F1 driver Giancarlo Baghetti. Baghetti taught him many
secrets of motor racing and shared several journeys with Taroni
in the mid 1970s - Terra del Fuego to Alaska, Cape North
to Cape South, and from Milan to Calcutta, among others, for
investigating and reporting on new cars while being operated
under the most severe conditions possible. Such experiences
turned out to be extremely useful in the development of TAR-OX
brakes : I am the one who actually tests and develops
all the production - is one of his favourite sayings.
Another is I want to make sure that my customers will
enjoy a fully reliable and performing product, no matter what
its use, in race or in the every day roads.
1980 saw host to the first opportunity of Gianni Taronis
expertise to attract world wide attention: It was at
Zolder," Gianni recalls. "That circuit was very
demanding for the brakes and Ligiers driver, Didier
Pironi, wanted to try my special anti-heat calliper pots".
The Frenchmans confidence was rewarded with a victory.
It almost goes without saying that all the championship contending
teams (Williams, McLaren, Alfa Romeo, Renault, Lotus, March)
asked to have the same device installed on their race cars.
It was an exhilarating period culminating with Rosbergs
victory on a TAR-OX equipped Williams for the 1982 F1 World
Championship. In March 1983 the first grooved disc, designated
C83 was brought to market by TAR-OX. The results were encouraging
but Gianni was aware that perfection was still a long way
to come. Therefore a major commitment was made in the investment
of state-of-the-art technology.
In 1988 TAR-OX launched the G88, the multi grooved disc whose
peculiar design and terrific performances set a new standard
in the high performance disc brakes market. During the same
year, as a result of the strong demand from the Asian market,
TAR-OX designed and marketed the Sport Japan, a drilled and
grooved high performance disc.
At the start of 1993 the new 6-pot calliper was designed
and manufactured. Thanks to the various adapting mounting
brackets the TAR-OX caliper can be installed on the car without
any major modifications thus allowing the use of thicker and
larger discs than the original ones. Although the new TAR-OX
6-pot caliper system was originally designed for competition
use it also delivered surprising performances and smooth braking
when used on everyday road use vehicles. In the following
years the brake conversion kit application list soared: it
included 100 cars in 1997, 200 cars in 1999 and nearly 500
cars by the end of 2002.
The new millennium saw the design and production of a new
breed of caliper: the B32 10-pot caliper and the B34 which
is suitable for discs larger than 340mm and available in 6,
8, 10 and 12-piston configuration. In January 2002 TAR-OX
brake discs and brake conversion kits were TÜV approved.
In September 2002, after years of research and development
TAR-OX was the first manufacturer in the world to offer for
sale Metal/Ceramic discs for after-market applications.
The steady research and development of new products has led
TAR-OX to be one of the most recognised names in brakes. Few
companies can compare with TAR-OX in terms of sheer innovation,
quality and reliability.
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