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Originally Posted by AutoX Z I'm getting pretty sick of the ice mode on my car and have tried to try and fix it. Because of the SCCA rules Im

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Old 09-07-2022, 06:35 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I'm getting pretty sick of the ice mode on my car and have tried to try and fix it. Because of the SCCA rules Im pretty much limited to changing pads and fluid. Has anyone figured out a way to at least improve the braking performance with these restrictions?

Also FYI this is a daily street driven car and will only be used for autox. Please keep this in mind and don't bother recommending track-oriented solutions.
The best solution i can think of lies in brake management and added rear downforce to fight rear lockups... downforce is definitely your friend...

There are some brake "tuning" solutions to limit the amount of brake force to the rear( like a manifold or inline system where you can manually dial back the brake pressure. you can also meter it with different brake pad types, i.e. carbotech 8s in the front and something much less grippy but race durable in the rear.

The other, more obvious solution is to manage brake inputs to limit the effect.

On open track, I had Carbotech 10s and 8s. I found that i had some rear lock ups.. after a few laps the ice mode decided to join the party and sent me off the track a few times.

backing off my brake inputs and "feeling for" what i could get away with (aggressive braking-wise) helped me stay in a pocket of functionality.

But, i noticed more rear bias than necessary on the pads.

my solution was foot to pedal managing and flowing through the courses a bit more efficiently made it better, but considered a bias control manifold...

I since turbo'ed the car and this more of a grenade at that level of abuse. im considering buying another Z for a stripped down built na track build. but thats down the track.. that ice garbage will just get eliminated with a haltech ecu/
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