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Front brake cooling duct orientation |
c/s914 |
Dec 29 2017, 01:32 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 19-February 08 From: New Brunswick, Canada Member No.: 8,728 Region Association: None |
So I just fibreglassed in some brake ducts into my front bumper and realized after I did a test fit that they are counter cross-eyed (wall-eyed?) as the Sherdian bumper is angled inward slightly on the sides:
But as I was getting ready to cut the ducts back out too redo them ...I had an epiphany of sorts? Except when something is spinning around in front of us, every time we brake on a racetrack it's before a corner. So wouldn't it make sense to have the duct orientated towards the direction of the car after we release the brakes for maximum cooling? Additionally there would be less drag on the straights if the cross section of the hole is more oblong? Yeah I can sell that in the paddock, right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Besides the car car looks wider and meaner this way too, ha! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) S.Chapman |
ablesnead |
Dec 30 2017, 12:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 157 Joined: 16-September 13 From: United States Member No.: 16,395 Region Association: None |
Try Motul 660...With air ducts to your rotors consider titanium backing plates ...their resistance to heat transfer buys some time for the heat to be removed by the forced air from your ducts , before it can heat the fluid in your calipers
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c/s914 |
Dec 30 2017, 01:35 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 19-February 08 From: New Brunswick, Canada Member No.: 8,728 Region Association: None |
After my first session with my new found power I noticed some extreme radiant heat when checking tire pressures, so I jacked up the car expecting a stuck caliper ...but everything rotated freely. As I had no fade I went out again after lunch but had to back off my rear brakes a notch to keep from swapping ends going into T1
The SRF held up fine, but I melted every gasket and o-ring in the calipers (which the titanium plates would have helped) and turned my front Hawks to dust. Cooling these rotors off is definitely the first thing I got to do! BTW these would be nice if I could find them cheap enough: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/forums.pelicanparts.com-8728-1514662527.1.jpg) S.Chapman |
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