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02-12-2012, 07:07 PM | #1 |
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CF backing plates, Apex inlets, ST60 cooling set-up done.
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Oregon in February: 34 degrees, snow flurries, rain... We had it all. Consequently, it was road tires all day (Conti DW) and standard stoptech pads up front-not the Cobalts. I did run Cobalts in the rear on OEM calipers to help the bias which worked incredibly well. I have to say the DW's were fantastic in the cold and wet conditions. Very impressed. Back to the brakes...Out of 5 sessions i was lucky to get 2 dry ones towards the end of the day and really get on the brakes as normal (to extent the DW's would let me). Performance was very good, good initial bite, zero fade. Best of all- MUCH cooler after sessions. Not a very scientific gauge...but just standing next to the fronts i could feel very normal heat radiating, whereas the rears were their usual furnace heat and pinging for several minutes. I will know more when the same Cobalts are front and rear and also test with heat paint. All hoses, flanges and backing plates held up perfectly thus far. Happy so far. Next day is March 10th. By then it should be 75 and sunny... OK. First phase of the winter project finished and ready to test at Portland Int Raceway at the end of the month (Son of Quattrofest... Yes! RS4's...) I have needed a solution for overheating brakes for a while now. I previously ran stock with Cobalt XR2 pads. No problems with fade, bite was great and stopping power was fantastic... just tons of heat that ultimately shortened pad life (1-2 days max). ST60's were the stoppers chosen and I decided to do everything at once with the ducting set-up. The work was completed by our outstanding local shop run by Eddie Nakato- AR Auto Service in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Bimmerworld CF backing plates ($398) http://store.bimmerworld.com/carbon-...tes-p1412.aspx Apex inlets ($200), some ducting (not much). The cost of molding and amortizing it is clearly tough with these prices, but hey if they get the job done, it's less than the cost of two sets of pads... CF plates: Well, they are light and CF, but the fit definately needed some work...lots of grinding and sanding around the outside in order to fit. But fit they do. We are not sure how long they will last without some reinforcement around the pipe area that exits to the ducting though... The Apex inlets look good, good molding, nice and stealthy tucked away, but at $200 clearly the tooling costs outweigh the material costs but that is totally normal these days. Ducting fits great to these inlets. I am running the Stoptech street perf pads on the road and for the track Cobalt XR2's that are available for the ST60's. This combo should stop a bus. Can't wait! Cheers, Mark
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Nice! Any pics of how you routed the duct from the flanges through the engine cover?
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02-12-2012, 08:02 PM | #4 |
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How often does one need to replace the hoses, Do they last a couple weekends or a season?
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That seems like too many turns and twists for effective direct airflow.
Have you taken this to a track where you had overheat issues to see if it solves the problem? |
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I'd take anything at this point. Even if it was a trickle of air.
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Agreed.
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also keep in mind that as the rotors spin, it's creating a fan/vacuum effect where it's pulling air from the center. So airflow is not just dependent on front air pressure from the opening in the duct.
One thing to keep in mind - if it's a dual purpose car and you're driving in very cold temps you may want to tape up the ducts when not at track. When I was doing one lap at daytona, at the end of the oval going 150mph the brakes would cool off enough so that I'd have to apply the brakes a little to warm them back up to get the pads to bite hard |
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OP: Just an idea (may not be a good one): Instead of routing the ducting behind and top of that bar in pic 2, why not route through the bottom of it, and then tie it to the bar? Also, is there any other material that is less flexible than the one you're using?
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d'oh.. yes
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Thanks for the thoughts and comments. All are good.
The pic of the ducting that looks too bent is actually not that bad. There's really hardly any compression. We looked at various routing options-including the many already tried on this forum-and this was by far the best. Putting it underneath likely gets in the way of that big round black thing! It's a process right?..look for solutions, try them, adapt them. I'll know more in a few weeks! Cheers.
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Use the Heat sensitive paint on the rotors & temp stickers on your calipers to determine what temperature you are operating at.This way you can determine how effective your cooling ducts are.Anything else is guesswork.
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Great call on the heat paint guys. thanks. I have seen this used before but never used it myself so far.
Time to try the science route...
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Found some heat paint on Amazon.com. $80 for one ounce! Ouch, didn't see that coming.
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