rotor temps

1MOREMOD · 02-10-2013, 03:01 PM

i have a semi-cheap laser temp gun that i use primarily on my tires. doesnt have a reflectivity setting so is it ineffective at rotor temps as i was told yesterday at the track? reason i ask is im reading 600 temps which is great but when i came off a friend with a different gun saw my rotors glowing blue and tested with his gun and it wouldnt read it because it was over 1000. This was after a cool down lap as usual and pulling to my spot in the paddock so im guessing that means 1200 or more on the track?

Porschefile · 02-10-2013, 04:46 PM

To get any value out of temp data (tires or rotors) you can't do a cool down lap. Just pull into the hot pits and quickly take a temp reading. The cool down lap totally changes the readings.

1MOREMOD · 02-10-2013, 06:11 PM

Yep I realize that but being at 1000 after a cool down lap is a significant piece of data.

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1MOREMOD - 11817 Rep 23,187 Posts Drives: Race car-> Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: check your mirrors iTrader: (5)	rotor temps i have a semi-cheap laser temp gun that i use primarily on my tires. doesnt have a reflectivity setting so is it ineffective at rotor temps as i was told yesterday at the track? reason i ask is im reading 600 temps which is great but when i came off a friend with a different gun saw my rotors glowing blue and tested with his gun and it wouldnt read it because it was over 1000. This was after a cool down lap as usual and pulling to my spot in the paddock so im guessing that means 1200 or more on the track? __________________ 02 Tiag e46 M3\|6MT\|GC plates\|MCS c.o.\|GC bars\|GC race control arms\|GC bushings\|BW eng. & tran. mounts\|subframe kit\|BW race shifter\|BW Jaffster\|Euro header\|BW exhaust\|K&N c.a.i.\|Epic race tune\|Rouge pulleys\|Seibon CF hood\|CSL bumper\|apr gt 250 & splitter\|ST-40\|XR-2\|SS lines\|half cage\|Recaro profi\|Profi 2 harness\|BMWpedals\|BW studs\|
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Porschefile Major 59 Rep 1,250 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee iTrader: (7)	To get any value out of temp data (tires or rotors) you can't do a cool down lap. Just pull into the hot pits and quickly take a temp reading. The cool down lap totally changes the readings.
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02-10-2013, 06:11 PM	#3
1MOREMOD - 11817 Rep 23,187 Posts Drives: Race car-> Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: check your mirrors iTrader: (5)	Yep I realize that but being at 1000 after a cool down lap is a significant piece of data. __________________ 02 Tiag e46 M3\|6MT\|GC plates\|MCS c.o.\|GC bars\|GC race control arms\|GC bushings\|BW eng. & tran. mounts\|subframe kit\|BW race shifter\|BW Jaffster\|Euro header\|BW exhaust\|K&N c.a.i.\|Epic race tune\|Rouge pulleys\|Seibon CF hood\|CSL bumper\|apr gt 250 & splitter\|ST-40\|XR-2\|SS lines\|half cage\|Recaro profi\|Profi 2 harness\|BMWpedals\|BW studs\|
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