Front brake cooling duct orientation |
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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 |
ThePaintedMan |
Dec 30 2017, 02:13 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States |
Also consider ducting directly into, or at least at the calipers. That's what I did, similar to Racer Chris.
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stownsen914 |
Dec 30 2017, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 913 Joined: 3-October 06 From: Ossining, NY Member No.: 6,985 Region Association: None |
I think S calipers are probably not enough for a 914 running wide slicks and a 3.6, even with cooling. You could look into getting some Boxster calipers, or maybe some Wilwoods. I have Wilwood Superlites on my car, and they have served me well.
To your question about the duct orientation, I'd guess that ideally they'd be pointed straight ahead, but as you noted the incident air won't be flowing straight at that location on the car, so maybe it's hard to say what would be best? Scott |
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