Cheap & easy brake cooling mod

SeattleLion

That's the question. Will ducting to the wheel well make a real difference?

ChrisSlicks

To the wheel well? No. The air has to be directly directly to the hub so that the rotation will pump it through the center of the rotor and cool it evenly. It's not a magic cure, but it will lower rotor temperatures by 150 degrees or so which makes quite a difference.

Honestly if you are just a casual HPDE driver I wouldn't get too worked up over it for now, just run the best pads and fluid you can and things will hold together. When you start pushing the car really hard then this is an upgrade you will want.

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cossie1600

Only problem is we try to upgrade the brakes, f-ing ice mode kicks in

ChrisSlicks

Stick with low friction pads. The pads I'm trying out next weekend have a co-efficent of friction of 0.46, where as the XP10's are like 0.6+. The pads will have bite but not so grabby such that they mess up the ABS. That's the plan anyway.

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Hotchkis ARB | Stillen CAI | Art Pipes | Berk CBE | Stillen AP Racing Brakes | AE Performance Oil Cooler | BC Racing ER Coilovers | Doran Control Arms