brake upgrades, racing style Options

[Trekkor]

I had some brake problems at the WCC track day. Got brake fade and was bummed. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

Now I have Porterfield race pads for the front and rear.
Motul brake fluid.
Rebuilt calipers and a "tee" to replace the prop valve.

I got the fronts on tonight.
Rears are off and ready for rebuilding.

I can't wait to take this car deep into the a/x turns at ridiculous speeds.

I need to bring up my 914Cup average. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

KT

[John]

trekkor,

The problem you are having is caused by your excessive use of the center pedal. Use it less, and your problems will fade away....

I use the ATE super blue brake fluid and have had good luck with it.

What I have found though, is that you need to get lots of cooling air in to your brakes. If you are running much of a front air dam, you effectively are cooking your brakes due to poor airflow.

Without a front airdam, you could use the cool brakes (ducts mounted to your a-arms). With a front airdam, you need to come up with a solution to get air in there.

Our track car now has 3" hoses leading from where the fog lights used to be, through the trunk and out to the wheelwells as close to the bulkhead as I could get them. In the wheelwells, I have 2" hoses leading to the coolbrake brake ducts. I no longer get any brake fade. I run 930 brakes up front (which doesn't hurt). Heck, I may need to get heaters to warm them up.