[s-cars] Rotor warp
TM
t44tq at mindspring.com
Sat Sep 7 11:11:44 EDT 2002
Has anyone seriously looked into brake ducting?
I think a lot of the warpage and cracking problems on
UrS cars is due to the heavy weight of the car and lack
of proper brake cooling. Those front brakes are doing a
lot of work in an environment that is not hospitable.
Porsche, BMW and some others duct their brakes, so I think
it would be a good idea.
One other thought that crossed my mind- have any of you
tried installing brake cooling scoops from a UFO-equipped
car? I don't know if this is possible, but the UFO cars
have big air scoops behind the rotors as well as rudimentary
brake ducts under the front airdam ('91 200q20v, V8q).
Those of you warping your rotors on street-driven cars make
me wonder (esp. when equipped w/ 993tt brakes!). My car has
withstood some track abuse (granted I drive slow) w/o any
problems, maybe my brake ducting works, at least enough to make
a difference?
The biggest problem I see is that there is very limited space
to run ducts in the front of the car because so much other stuff
is competing for airflow "space".
Taka
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