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View Poll Results: What brake cooling setup would you run on your car? | |||
APEX duct only - I'll come up with my own backing plate solution | 1 | 0.65% | |
APEX duct and backing plate for OEM brakes | 113 | 73.38% | |
APEX duct and backing plate for a BBK | 37 | 24.03% | |
My own ducts and APEX backing plates for OEM brakes | 2 | 1.30% | |
My own ducts and APEX backing plates for a BBK | 1 | 0.65% | |
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01-28-2011, 04:55 PM | #1 |
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ApexRaceParts - GT4 style brake duct PREVIEW
Here's a preview of the ApexRaceParts GT4 style duct kit
Design: The Carbon ducts were white light scanned and then modifications were made to the CAD profile before producing a prototype with a 3D printer. A mold was created using that sample pair to produce the ducts from ABS plastic. Improvement: These ABS ducts have been modified to include a thicker ring where the hose connects. The carbon ducts are only 2.75" OD and not a true 3" connection. The added ring results in a tighter more secure fit. It helps prevent hoses from sliding off, or hose clams from crushing the tube if tightened too hard. Weight: The original carbon ducts are 0.8 ounces each. The new ABS ducts are 1.6 ounces each. This is such a low weight, that the benefits of carbon fiber weight savings on such a small part is negligible in addition to costly. Final Product: 8 months ago the first batch was produced, but with an incorrect plastic mix, which resulted in a very rubbery part. The pictures below are of the final product made from the correct material. This plastic remains ridged at high temperatures, yet has enough flexibility to handle abuse. The black finish shown below is the natural black finish of the plastic. No paint or other finish will be applied as this is a race part, in a hard to see area of the car. Backing Plates: Backing plates are still in production with no sneak-peak photos available. They are being developed in multiple sizes to work with both an OEM brakes, and for vehicles with a BBK. Complete kits with ducts, hoses, backing plates, and mounting hardware will be available. Your input: Since these kits were developed for track enthusiasts on a budget, and not everyone runs the same vehicle setup, please vote in the poll above to let us know how you would want to use this kit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carbon Fiber vs. ApexRaceParts duct
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This thread is a good place to discuss what is wanted from this kit. It should be build based on the input of community of knowledge.
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01-28-2011, 08:31 PM | #6 |
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Wow, someone's finally coming out with a solution! I voted duct + backing plates. But that's because I'm not really sure if ducting alone will provide enough cooling to prevent the M3 brake fade problem. I'm really anxious to see how well this works.
Would this be a full kit, sa. ducts, hose, backing plate, clamps and whatever else is needed to fasten the whole thing securely? Or is it just the duct and backing plate parts that you're offering? Cheers.
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01-28-2011, 11:22 PM | #10 |
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+1!!!
Agreed, making these ducts out of CF seems like a waste of money.
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01-30-2011, 10:06 AM | #17 |
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Very Nice
As with your wheels, the brake duct design looks solid. It's likely that there's a market for full kits as well as various combinations of individual components. Do you have an idea what the retail price will be for a full kit?
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Just under the front bumper
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