[A4] Brake question on A4 & Mt Tremblant track report

[josh Wyte]

Oh, thought you guys would like to know that a 1.8T A4
with a K04 is good for 145 mph.  :-)

-josh


--- josh Wyte <josh_wyte at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, just got done running with the BMWCCA at Mt
> Tremblant this past weekend.  I'd been to the track
> twice in the past and the new track is really nice. 
> It's significantly wider in many spots and there's
> way
> more run off room.  We couldn't use it at all
> because
> it was really soft, but it is there.  The track
> surface is immaculate!
> 
> It's a very brake intensive track tho, so I came
> prepared.  (or so I thought!) I have the A8 brakes
> with ferodo DS2000 pads, flushed the brake fluid
> completely last week.  The brakes were fantastic for
> most of saturday, although they did fade a little. 
> Sunday morning 1st session they totally faded away. 
> I
> bled the system then drove into town, they still
> didn't feel good so I completely flushed the system.
> 
> Still the same, soft pedal and no bite. 
> 
> So I parked the car for the day (grrr!) and let them
> sit overnight.  On the drive back down to Boston
> they
> still felt crappy in the morning and stank to high
> heaven for several hours.  Then progressively they
> got
> better.  They're now 100%.
> 
> What the hell?!  What'd I do?  Glaze the pads and
> they
> just burnt off the coating on the drive back down?
> 
> If that's the case I clearly exceeded the temp
> limits
> of these pads, even tho they're supposed to be
> decent.
>  What track pads does everyone use?
> 
> -josh
> 
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