OVerheating
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I have hawk racing pads on, but I do need to upgrade the rotors, was just trying to see if anyone has done something to vent more air into the brakes. Although I think I have come to the knowledge that it is time to get a track car and turn my G37 into just a street car.
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Just say no!!!!!
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Kao, guys on the bike forums run into similar issue all the time. It hurts most when they ride their street bike to the track, crash, then end up having to either figure out how to get the bike back home, or worse yet, end up in the ER + a wrecked bike.
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Bigger BBK means more friction, thus higher temperature.
I have hawk racing pads on, but I do need to upgrade the rotors, was just trying to see if anyone has done something to vent more air into the brakes. Although I think I have come to the knowledge that it is time to get a track car and turn my G37 into just a street car.
Or just do what I did on my car. Drill hole on both fog light and fender skirt. And connect using dryer ducts. Whole project cost me less than $10. This is not as efficient getting air flow directly to the middle of the rotor. But keeps ambient temperature down.
FYI Not all insurance company will cover HPDE. Read your policy. Look for key word "on track surface", than you are not covered. "not timed, competition, or preparing for a race", HPDE is covered.
Last edited by JEBperformance; 10-14-2011 at 05:27 PM.
#11
the brakes can potentially if they get hot enough... though, I would bring it back to the turning technique... or upgrade the brakes...
I'm not sure if you guys watch or recall but if you remember the ceramic setup on the merc SLR on top gear ignited... everything has a flash point... that's why you can get like cross drilled and slotted rotors to reduce some of that friction stress and heat production. AP makes some good ones. I mean I think our brakes cook pretty well... I smell mine all the time during certain days.
i'm more surprised that your car didn't go limp cause of oil temperature first.
I'm not sure if you guys watch or recall but if you remember the ceramic setup on the merc SLR on top gear ignited... everything has a flash point... that's why you can get like cross drilled and slotted rotors to reduce some of that friction stress and heat production. AP makes some good ones. I mean I think our brakes cook pretty well... I smell mine all the time during certain days.
i'm more surprised that your car didn't go limp cause of oil temperature first.
Last edited by mw09g37; 10-16-2011 at 04:03 AM.
#12
JEB- I was not in A-class so no instructor, I was running Motul racing brake fluid. I will be doing the fog light duct thing, thank you for confirming that it does work And Geico covers HPDe events since it is not "competitive" The main reason for the overheating (imo) is at Thunderhill there are a ton of straights that go into hard corners, so coming off turn 8 and hitting 110 then slowing to 30 , then going through 9 and 10 hitting 100+ again and into another 30-40 turn I was motoring (for a car of this size, I have a sedan)
mw09g37- no limp mode as I put in a Moshimoto Engine oil cooler and transmission cooler I learned from Infineon about that haha
mw09g37- no limp mode as I put in a Moshimoto Engine oil cooler and transmission cooler I learned from Infineon about that haha
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